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  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/2005-marchapril-upcoming-hands-on-car-training.html",
  "year": 2005,
  "month": "March/April",
  "monthNum": 3,
  "headline": "UPCOMING HANDS-ON CAR TRAINING",
  "kicker": "",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "IRE and NICAR",
  "summary": "IRE and NICAR offer multiple hands-on training programs in computer-assisted reporting, including weeklong boot camps in Columbia, Missouri, and specialized mini-boot camps for managers and data mapping instruction.",
  "keywords": [
    "training",
    "journalism",
    "reporting"
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  "topics": [
    "Investigative Methods",
    "Journalism & Newsroom",
    "Technology"
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  "technologies": [
    "spreadsheet",
    "GIS"
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  "full_text": "IRE and NICAR have several training opportunities for journalists seeking hands-on instruction in using computer-assisted reporting.\n\nThere are two weeklong Boot Camps in Columbia, Mo., for journalists who want to learn how to acquire electronic information, use spreadsheets and database to analyze the information, and to translate that information into high-impact stories.\n\nIRE and NICAR provide follow-up help after participants return to their news organizations. The boot camps are May 15-20 and Aug. 7-12.\n\nNews managers interested in learning how to better integrate CAR into their newsrooms can attend the April 8-10 mini-Boot Camp in Columbia. Participants will learn enough about spreadsheets and database managers to understand the programs and effectively manage journalists who use the programs in their reporting and analysis.\n\nJournalists interested in learning how to map data for news stories can take advantage of a min-Boot Camp in using geographic information systems (GIS) Aug 19-21 in Columbia.\n\nFor more complete information about these and other IRE and NICAR training opportunities, visit www.ire.org/training.",
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    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
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