Preliminary schedule
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9:00 am to 9:50 am

10:00 am to 10:50 am

11:00 am to 11:50 am

2:00 pm to 2:50 pm

3:00 pm to 3:50 pm

4:00 pm to 4:50 pm

9:00 am to 9:50 am
Introduction to MySQL
  • Darnell Little, Chicago Tribune
Illinois

Library

Web scraping 1
  • John Perry, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Ohio

Excel 1
  • Kevin Crowe, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Panorama A

Mapping 1
  • Justin Mayo, The Seattle Times
Panorama B

10:00 am to 10:50 am
Searching the deep Web
  • Carolyn Edds, St. Petersburg Times
Illinois

PDF to Excel
  • Alex Richards, Las Vegas Sun
Library

Web scraping 2
  • Daniel Lathrop
Ohio

Excel 2
  • Griff Palmer, The New York Times
Panorama A

Mapping 2
  • Brad Branan, The Fresno (Calif.) Bee
Panorama B

11:00 am to 11:50 am
Excel as a statistics package
  • Steve Doig, Arizona State University
Illinois

Backgrounding people and business
  • Cheryl Phillips, The Seattle Times
Library

Google maps
  • Jeremy Milarsky, IRE and NICAR
Ohio

Excel 3
  • Ken McCall, Dayton (Ohio) Daily News
Panorama A

Mapping 3
  • Brad Heath, USA Today
Panorama B

2:00 pm to 2:50 pm
Intro to Django and frameworks (Web Frameworks boot camp)
  • Chase Davis, The Des Moines (Iowa) Register
  • Matthew Waite, St. Petersburg Times
Illinois

Excel 1 (mini-boot camp)
  • Mark Greenblatt, KHOU-Houston
Library

Advanced Google maps
  • Michael Corey, The Des Moines (Iowa) Register
Ohio

Excel 1 (mini-boot camp)
  • Dan Stockman, The Journal Gazette
Panorama A

Mapping 4
  • David Herzog, IRE and NICAR
Panorama B

3:00 pm to 3:50 pm
Objects, Models and the ORM (Web Frameworks boot camp)
  • Chase Davis, The Des Moines (Iowa) Register
  • Matthew Waite, St. Petersburg Times
Illinois

Excel 2 (mini-boot camp)
  • Darnell Little, Chicago Tribune
Library

String functions - Access
  • David Knox, Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal
Ohio

Excel 2 (mini-boot camp)
  • Ryan McNeill, The Dallas Morning News
Panorama A

Mapping 5
  • Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica
Panorama B

4:00 pm to 4:50 pm
Prepping your data (Web Frameworks boot camp)
  • Chase Davis, The Des Moines (Iowa) Register
  • Matthew Waite, St. Petersburg Times
Illinois

Importing data into Excel (mini-boot camp)
  • David Heath, The Seattle Times
Library

Access functions and other tools
  • David Milliron, Caspio, Inc.
Ohio

Importing data into Excel (mini-boot camp)
  • Ben Poston, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Panorama A

Social Network Analysis
  • Jaimi Dowdell, IRE and NICAR
Panorama B

9:00 am to 9:50 am
PDF to Excel
  • Gregory Korte, The Cincinnati Enquirer
Library

SPSS 1
  • Ken McCall, Dayton (Ohio) Daily News
Ohio

Access 1
  • Jack Gillum, USA Today
Panorama A

Finding and downloading data online
  • Paul Overberg, USA Today
Panorama B

10:00 am to 10:50 am
String functions - Access
  • Andy Lehren, The New York Times
Library

SPSS 2
  • Stan Ketterer, Oklahoma State University
Ohio

Access 2
  • Sarah Okeson, Charlotte (N.C.) Business Journal
Panorama A

Cleaning data found online
  • Alex Richards, Las Vegas Sun
Panorama B

11:00 am to 11:50 am
Access functions and other tools
  • David Milliron, Caspio, Inc.
Library

SPSS 3
  • David Donald, Center for Public Integrity
Ohio

Access 3
  • Fred Vallance-Jones, University of King's College
Panorama A

Backgrounding people and businesses
  • Nora Paul, Institute for Media Studies
Panorama B

2:00 pm to 2:50 pm
Using the ORM to get data (Web Frameworks boot camp)
  • Chase Davis, The Des Moines (Iowa) Register
  • Matthew Waite, St. Petersburg Times
Illinois


SPSS 4
  • Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica
Ohio

Moving into Access (mini-boot camp)
  • David Knox, Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal
Panorama A

Advanced Excel functions
  • Wayne Winston, Indiana University
Panorama B

3:00 pm to 3:50 pm
Design by URL (Web Frameworks boot camp)
  • Chase Davis, The Des Moines (Iowa) Register
  • Matthew Waite, St. Petersburg Times
Illinois

Access 2 (mini-boot camp)
  • Aaron Kessler, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Library

Mapping 1
  • Ben Poston, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Ohio

Access 2 (mini-boot camp)
  • David Heath, The Seattle Times
Panorama A

Google Maps
  • Michael Corey, The Des Moines (Iowa) Register
Panorama B

4:00 pm to 4:50 pm
Views (Web Frameworks boot camp)
  • Chase Davis, The Des Moines (Iowa) Register
  • Matthew Waite, St. Petersburg Times
Illinois

Access 3 (mini-boot camp)
  • Ted Mellnik, The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer
Library

Mapping 2
  • Andy Lehren, The New York Times
Ohio

Access 3 (mini-boot camp)
  • David Donald, Center for Public Integrity
Panorama A

Web scraping 1
  • Daniel Lathrop
Panorama B

9:00 am to 9:50 am

Building your own database (mini-boot camp)
  • Jeremy Milarsky, IRE and NICAR
Library

Building your own database (mini-boot camp)
  • David Donald, Center for Public Integrity
Panorama A


10:00 am to 10:50 am

Final Q&A (mini-boot camp)
  • Jeremy Milarsky, IRE and NICAR
Library

Final Q&A (mini-boot camp)
  • David Donald, Center for Public Integrity
Panorama A


11:00 am to 11:50 am