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Search results for "Computer-assisted reporting" ...
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Managing the CAR Project
Donald, Sallah and Stapleton created an extensive list of almost every step you should take while managing a computer-assisted reporting project.
Tags: CAR; managing; computer-assisted reporting
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Year in CAR
Horvit and Luther go over some of the best stories, from the past year, using computer-assisted reporting.
Tags: story ideas; CAR
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Under Pressure
This Powerpoint presentation gives tons of great tips and ideas on how to cover a story after it breaks, using computer-assisted reporting.
Tags: story ideas; CAR
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Investigating Public School Construction
Holland gives tips on how to use public records, confidential sources and computer-assisted reporting to expose reckless spending and shoddy construction in your public school's construction.
Tags: construction; school safety; oversight; public records
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Integrating CAR into a Daily Beat
Be ready to report on your daily beat using computer-assisted reporting techniques.
Tags: CAR; computer assisted reporting
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Mapping The News
Mapping data extends computer-assisted reporting and uncovers new knowledge.
Tags: None
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Human-assisted reporting: How to create robot reporters in your own image
Welch goes over how to, via programming, extract information from a continuous data stream, and the potential stories that may come out of it.
Tags: programming; computer-assisted reporting; CAR; data analysis
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Integrating CAR into a daily beat
Use computer-assisted reporting in your daily beat. Martin provides helpful tips to integrate CAR
Tags: integrating CAR; daily beat
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Producing the CAR Story: Techniques and Alternatives to Print
Alternatives to presenting a computer-assisted reporting story that include an emphasis on "good use" of video, audio and graphics.
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Data State of Mind
Cochran and Webster discuss "Approaching story ideas with the mindset that you are going to quantify or measure something, rather than just getting the facts and all sides of the story. This requires that you analyze some data on your own, making you less dependent on public officials to give you the straight story and oftentimes giving you a story that wouldn’t have been possible without the analysis.
Tags: data; analysis; data sets; reporting; computer-assisted reporting; beat reporting