It's the start of a new academic year here at the Missouri School of Journalism - home to IRE and NICAR - so it's time to introduce the graduate research assistants in the Database Library who also serve as contributing editors to Uplink.
We have a talented crew, as usual. You may have already talked to the staff if you have called to order data or ask a technical question.
Brian Hamman is a second-year master's student who is returning to the Database Library. He has worked as a reporter, graphics reporter and online assistant city editor for the Columbia Missourian. He is also an editor for MyMissourian, a citizen journalism publication based at the Missouri School of Journalism.
Catherine Rentz Pernot is a second-year master's student specializing in business reporting and is returning to the Database Library. Over the summer she had the Pulliam Fellowship for business reporting at The Indianapolis Star. She also has reported for the Columbia Missourian.
Ben Welsh is a second-year master's student in newspaper journalism and he is new to the Database Library. Before coming to Missouri, where he
"Social Network Analysis" to three sessions covering "Mapping the News."
For more information about the conference, and other IRE and NICAR training events, visit www.ire.org/training.