CAR 2011 schedule

Thursday 24th February 2011

• Best use of the conference and introduction to CAR

  Jaimi Dowdell, IRE/NICAR
  Doug Haddix, IRE/NICAR
  Mark Horvit, IRE/NICAR

  • Computer Assisted Reporting

  At 8:30am to 8:50am, Thursday 24th February

• NewsCamp:: Storytelling without prose — Narratives and visualization

  Amanda Cox, The New York Times
  Martin Wattenberg, Google

  • Journalism

  At 9:00am to 9:50am, Thursday 24th February

• Producing the CAR story: Techniques and alternatives to print

  by Ryan Thornburg

  Ryan Thornburg , University of North Carolina
  Stuart Watson, WCNC

  State D

  • Computer Assisted Reporting

  At 9:00am to 9:50am, Thursday 24th February

• Starting the CAR

  by Jaimi Dowdell

  Steve Ahillen, The Knoxville News-Sentinel
  Jaimi Dowdell, IRE/NICAR

  State B

  At 9:00am to 9:50am, Thursday 24th February

• Almost scraping: Tools for extracting data from websites

  by mattwynn and Michelle Minkoff

  Michelle Minkoff, PBS News
  Matt Wynn, Omaha World-Herald

  State A

  • Scraping

  At 10:00am to 10:50am, Thursday 24th February

• Data state of mind

  by Wendell Cochran

  Wendell Cochran, American University
  MaryJo Webster, St. Paul Pioneer Press

  State B

  At 10:00am to 10:50am, Thursday 24th February

• NewsCamp:: Online Data Visualization: What's in the Secret Sauce

  by Michal Migurski

  Michael Migurski, Stamen Design

  Chancellor Room

  At 10:00am to 10:50am, Thursday 24th February

• The latest in mapping

  Andrew Long, The Arizona Republic

  State D

  At 10:00am to 10:50am, Thursday 24th February

• Creative ways to cover campaign finance

  by Chase Davis

  Chase Davis, California Watch
  Griff Palmer, The New York Times
  State D

  At 11:00am to 11:50am, Thursday 24th February

• Mining the Web for data and stories

  by Jaimi Dowdell and Helena Bengtsson

  Helena Bengtsson, Sveriges Television
  Jaimi Dowdell, IRE/NICAR

  State B

  At 11:00am to 11:50am, Thursday 24th February

• NewsCamp:: HTML 5 and Visualization: the Future of Data on the Web

  by Jeff Larson and Len De Groot

  Len De Groot, Knight Digital Media Center
  Jeff Larson, ProPublica

  Chancellor Room

  At 11:00am to 11:50am, Thursday 24th February

• The aftermath of a disaster: Using CAR to follow the story

  Robert Benincasa, NPR
  Andy Lehren, The New York Times

  State A

  At 11:00am to 11:50am, Thursday 24th February

• American Community Survey: Mining the every-year census

  by Paul Overberg

  Robert Gebeloff, The New York Times
  Paul Overberg, USA Today
  Chancellor Room

  At 2:00pm to 2:50pm, Thursday 24th February

• Handling PDFs and scanned documents

  by Jeremy Ashkenas and John Perry

  Jeremy Ashkenas, DocumentCloud
  John Perry, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

  State A

  • DocumentCloud

  At 2:00pm to 2:50pm, Thursday 24th February

• NewsCamp:: Google Fusion Tables

  by Daniel Lathrop

  Daniel Lathrop, The Dallas Morning News
  Rebecca Shapley, Google
  University B

  At 2:00pm to 2:50pm, Thursday 24th February

• NewsCamp:: Using R to visualize data sets and uncover their secrets

  Amanda Cox, The New York Times

  University A

  At 2:00pm to 2:50pm, Thursday 24th February

• Shutting down access to data

  by Ryan McNeill

  Jonathan Buchan, McGuireWoods LLP
  John Bussian, The Bussian Law Firm
  Ryan McNeill, The Dallas Morning News
  Martin Rosenbaum, BBC

  State B

  At 2:00pm to 2:50pm, Thursday 24th February

• Tracking the economy and business

  Rick Brooks, The Wall Street Journal
  Chris Roush, University of North Carolina
  State D

  At 2:00pm to 2:50pm, Thursday 24th February

• Census 2010: Story ideas for the big national count

  by Steve Doig and Burt Hubbard

  Steve Doig, Arizona State University
  Burt Hubbard, Rocky Mountain Investigative News Network

  Chancellor Room

  At 3:00pm to 3:50pm, Thursday 24th February

• In the trenches: Hands-on teaching and working with students

  by Wendell Cochran, Danielle Cervantes and maggie mulvihill

  Danielle Cervantes, San Diego Union-Tribune
  Wendell Cochran, American University
  Maggie Mulvihill, New England Center for Investigative Reporting

  State D

  At 3:00pm to 3:50pm, Thursday 24th February

• NewsCamp:: Javascript data visualization with HTML5

  by Jeff Larson

  Jeff Larson, ProPublica

  University A

  At 3:00pm to 3:50pm, Thursday 24th February

  Coverage handout

• NewsCamp:: TimeFlow and Simile Timeline

  by Sarah Cohen, David Karger and Martin Wattenberg

  Sarah Cohen, Duke University
  David Karger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Martin Wattenberg, Google

  University B

  At 3:00pm to 3:50pm, Thursday 24th February

• Social Network Analysis: Uncovering power and tracking questionable contracts

  by reg chua and Tracy Loew

  Reg Chua, South China Morning Post
  Tracy Loew, Statesman Journal (Salem)
  State A

  At 3:00pm to 3:50pm, Thursday 24th February

• Stats the way we like 'em: Go deeper in your analysis

  David Donald, Center for Public Integrity
  Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica

  State B

  At 3:00pm to 3:50pm, Thursday 24th February

• Data visualiztion for beginners — Online tools and tricks

  by Matt Stiles

  Sanjay Bhatt, The Seattle Times
  Matt Stiles, Texas Tribune
  State B

  At 4:00pm to 4:50pm, Thursday 24th February

• Five databases in 50 minutes: Education

  by Jack Gillum

  Robert Gebeloff, The New York Times
  Jack Gillum, USA Today
  State D

  At 4:00pm to 4:50pm, Thursday 24th February

• Navigating the new American FactFinder for census data

  Ron Campbell, Orange County Register

  Chancellor Room

  At 4:00pm to 4:50pm, Thursday 24th February

• NewsCamp:: Customized mapping

  University A

  At 4:00pm to 4:50pm, Thursday 24th February

• NewsCamp:: Tableau Public

  Ellie Fields, Tableau Public
  University B

  • Tableau

  At 4:00pm to 4:50pm, Thursday 24th February

• PostGIS is your new bicycle: Come and be wowed by a free alternative to costly desktop GIS

  by Ben Welsh and Michael Corey

  Mike Corey, California Watch
  Ben Welsh, The Los Angeles Times
  State A

  At 4:00pm to 4:50pm, Thursday 24th February