Computer-Assisted Reporting/Research Resources

vRead this excellent article by University of California Professor of Journalism Cynthia Gorney about the skills entry-level newspaper journalists need to succeed. http://www.journalism.berkeley.edu/faculty/gorney.html

vThe CARR Page

Lists links for:

• texts
• sample stories
• associations and education sources
• library, government and journalism gateways
• database management and software application use in CARR

http://www.ryerson.ca/journal/mega11.htm

vNational Institute for Computer Assisted Reporting (NICAR) http://www.nicar.org/

• NICAR `Net Tour
  • "A Strategy Guide with Starting Points [by] Ron Nixon, Tom McGinty and Sarah Cohen [for the] National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting[.] A joint program of Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc. and Missouri School of Journalism[.]" Sections include:
    • Reliable government sources
    • Finding experts
    • Telephone directories
    • Downloadable data on the 'Net
    • E-mail and Web address finders
    • Searchable online databases
    • Listserv and newsgroup postings
    • Other links collections for journalists
    • Backgrounding businesses
    • Search Engines
    • Public records on the Internet
    • The Invisible Web
    • Tech tips

    http://www.ire.org/training/nettour/

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