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  "id": "2006-march-april-yes-we-still-say-computer-assisted-reporting",
  "slug": "2006-march-april-yes-we-still-say-computer-assisted-reporting",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/2006-march-april-yes-we-still-say-computer-assisted-reporting.html",
  "year": 2006,
  "month": "March-April",
  "monthNum": 3,
  "headline": "Yes, we still say \"computer-assisted reporting\"",
  "kicker": "",
  "author_name": "David Herzog",
  "author_title": "NICAR representative",
  "affiliation": "NICAR and Missouri School of Journalism",
  "summary": "Computer-assisted reporting remains a vital journalistic skill that goes beyond simple web searching, involving data analysis through databases and spreadsheets to uncover stories that wouldn't be apparent from surface-level web browsing.",
  "keywords": [
    "journalism",
    "data",
    "analysis"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Investigative Methods",
    "Journalism & Newsroom",
    "Technology"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "spreadsheet",
    "GIS"
  ],
  "full_text": "A contributor to Poynteronline recently asked \"Does Anyone Still Say \"Computer- Assisted Reporting'?\" in a brief essay that suggested CAR has gotten as mundane as using the telephone to gather news. Well, it hasn't and plenty of journalists still utter the words \"computer-assisted reporting\" when they are talking about analyzing data using spreadsheets, database managers and mapping programs for their news stories. It's true that many journalists are tapping into Web tools to enhance their reporting, making good use of sites such as Google, reverse-lookup directories and the local assessor's online real estate tax rolls. But many journalists know CAR means more than effectively scouring the Web for information. A journalist visiting the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration Web site would not learn that the agency lets many of the major fines assessed against mine operators go unpaid. But journalists who have obtained MSHA's enforcement data and analyzed it using a database manager discovered that newsworthy piece of information, among others. That's what we still call \"computer-assisted reporting.\" Contact David Herzog by e-mail at dherzog@nicar.org.",
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