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Public Records Seminar: Each online seminar addresses strategies for planning a records search, tips on requesting records and guidance for overcoming common obstacles to access. With examples from local, state, and national investigations, we'll discuss what records are needed, where they're stored and how to request them. There's also an in-depth section on PACER and using the CourtListener free records repository. Each session concludes with a panel review of grant recipients' probable records requests and the CPIR resources that may be available to assist them. Seminar dates will be included with grant acceptance materials and may be reviewed on the forum. |
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Data Journalism Tools: We explore how an an array of Internet-based tools can enhance storytelling and accuracy in reporting. Lectures in this five-part series range from data sources such as the Census Bureau's DataFerrett and the University of Minnesota's IPUMS dataset, to scraping tools like ScraperWiki, Table2Clipboard, and OutWit Docs. We consider some of the top non-governmental sources of data, such as The Guardian Datablog and followthemoney.org.
These lectures are part of CPIR's permanent collection, available at any time to grant recipients. |
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GIS for Journalists: The lecture series covers the following topics, in four lectures with downloadable exercise files. The first covers the basics of map-making with the free QGIS tool, as well as the hallmarks of useable data. Lecture 2 explores outstanding examples of journalists combining geographic datasets with other data in their reporting. The third lecture discusses how to use QGIS as an analytical tool, helping to find the story in the data. The final lecture offers tips on data visualization and design principles to consider when publishing. This series is part of the permanent CPIR online collection |
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