IRE/NICAR Presentations
I’ve been a member of IRE since 1995, attended two bootcamps and have spoken at a number of conferences and training events. Here are some of my handouts and presentations.
Using RSS in the Newsroom, NICAR 2006
A tipsheet/talking points for a panel at the 2006 Annual CAR conference in Newark, N.J. HTML version.
Parsing House Votes with Python, NICAR 2006
A tipsheet for a demo at the 2006 Annual CAR conference in Newark, N.J. HTML version.
Covering Elections & Campaign Finance, Richmond BWW, Sept. 2004
This handout is for a panel on elections and campaign finance at a Better Watchdog Workshop in Richmond, Va. HTML version.
Cleaning Data Using UltraEdit, NICAR 2005
In Los Angeles I taught a session on using the text editor UltraEdit and some of its features, including regular expressions and grabbing lines. HTML version.
XML for Journalists, IRE 2003
At IRE’s 2003 conference in Washington, I spoke on a panel about Web technologies. This handout provides a reporter’s introduction to XML and RSS, a syndication format used by many Web sites. HTML version.