#nicar24 — Public Fediverse posts

Searchable table of resources from the NICAR data journalism conference now updated with links to presentations, GitHub repos, and tipsheets from the 2024 conference. Database starts from 2020. Topics include R, Python, command line, regular expressions, GIS and mapping, and more. New this year: #GenAI.

https://www.machlis.com/nicar/

#python #rstats #CommandLine #GIS #maps #mapping #dataviz #nicar24 #ddj

MuckRockers attended the NICAR conference in Baltimore this past weekend and in this week’s “For the Record,” we’re recapping the panels hosted by MuckRock and a few other takeaways from the conference.

See what you might have missed from #NICAR24: https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2024/mar/13/for-the-record-muckrock-nicar/

A #nicar24 follow-up: In my session on mapping, I briefly mentioned that I'm trying to take an "ecological approach" to self-hosted maps. I want to expand on that thinking, so here's a post where I link the way I've been learning #BJJ with my mapping work https://chrisamico.com/blog/2024-03-11/ecological-approach-self-hosted-maps/ Figured we might as well get weird.

@simon and done! The #nicar24 mini-podcast is up at https://backspace.com/nicar2024/podcast.xml

Hey news nerds, if, like me, you missed #NICAR24 I put together a podcast feed of audio files up at https://backspace.com/nicar2024/podcast.xml

The full web page of tip sheets and audio is up at https://www.ire.org/training/conferences/nicar-2024/nicar24-tipsheets-audio/

For folks working on self-hosted maps, if you want to try out Tilemaker to render #OSM vector tiles, I made a starter kit here https://github.com/eyeseast/tilemaker-map-template Caveat: I haven't gotten it to work in the codespace yet, but maybe someone reading this can help. #nicar24

There's a ton of handouts (NICAR calls them tipsheets) and other materials from #nicar24 available here https://www.ire.org/training/conferences/nicar-2024/nicar24-tipsheets-audio/

Another outstanding NICAR #nicar24 - ~1100 attendees this year and every slot on the schedule had at least 2 sessions that I wanted to attend (and usually a lot more)

If you're interested in the intersection of data analysis and journalism it really should be a permanent fixture on your calendar, it's fantastic https://www.ire.org/training/conferences/nicar-2024/

“Most #NICAR24 sessions will have audio recordings and tipsheets uploaded here ⤵️
https://www.ire.org/training/conferences/nicar-2024/nicar24-tipsheets-audio/ “ - Investigative Reporters & Editors

NICAR is the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting. Topics include #RStats, #Python, #GenerativeAI, #GIS, #CommandLine & more #ddj

If you're inspired to try running an LLM locally - either because you're just back from the #NICAR24 data journalism conference or any other reason - I did a roundup of useful tools:

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3705035/5-easy-ways-to-run-an-llm-locally.html

#AI #GenerativeAI #LLM #LLMs #ddj #InfoWorld

Boarded United #UA248 (BWI-ORD)!

Hectic week, but _so_ thoroughly enjoyed seeing friends, colleagues and co-conspirators at #NICAR24.

I laughed, I cried, I sang, I ate, I learned, I shared. What more could I ask for?

Link to my #NICAR24 presentation: https://www.canva.com/design/DAF65yFUgGs/18H-ur18Fj6iV2Ku9Q-tUA/edit?utm_content=DAF65yFUgGs&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

Also some great further reading by @smach @hadleywickham and more.

Teaching self-hosted maps at #nicar24 at 10:15 am. Here's everything I'm showing https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2024/feb/13/release-notes-how-to-make-self-hosted-maps-that-work-everywhere-cost-next-to-nothing-and-might-even-work-in-airplane-mode/ and a codespace to try it yourself https://github.com/eyeseast/self-hosted-maps-codespace

Going to show some @protomaps and talk through this whole emerging ecosystem.

Good morning #nicar24! ☕️🤖

Grab some coffee, then head to my session “Using AI tools for data journalism” which will be happening in Harborside C at 9am.

We’ll talk about ethics, look at the landscape of tools and take a tough look at how AI actually does when faced with real world data journalism tasks.

Good morning #nicar24! Do you have media law questions? Get some answers from me and other media lawyers 9-10am, Harborside A, fourth floor

https://schedules.ire.org/nicar-2024/index.html#2090

Hey #nicar24 if you have questions about organizing your newsroom and starting a union a few of us are hanging out across from Harborside D if you want to talk unions!

Finding needles in haystacks with fuzzy matching - slide presentation by Max Harlow, author of the csvmatch #python 📦 , at #NICAR24
#ddj

So great to meet @hadleywickham today at #NICAR24! 😎🤓

If you are httr2 curious, there are a ton of new features compared to httr to check out:

https://httr2.r-lib.org/

Starting now in Harborside D at #NICAR24: Undercovered stories about trans communities!

A great panel lineup here, including yours truly! Come by if you're interested!

Here are our slides for our #nicar24 talks “Weathering the Stormy News Business”.

Five things you can do to grab control of you career:
1. Expand your professional network
2. Set up / update your website
3. Rebuild / grow your social media audience
4. Start a newsletter
5. Start freelancing
(And start a union!)

With Paroma Soni and Tara Garcia Mathewson

https://bit.ly/nicar24-stormy-news

Are you at the NICAR conference this weekend? MuckRock will be hosting various sessions throughout the weekend!

Check out MuckRock's NICAR schedule and our tipsheets. #NICAR24 https://www.muckrock.com/nicar/

Helloooo #nicar24 ! Come check out our awesome federal #FOIA session on Saturday at 11:30AM, featuring @JasonLeopold
(Bloomberg), Paula Lavigne (ESPN), Kate Martin (APM Reports) & yours truly. We'll have games & great info you can put to use!

https://schedules.ire.org/nicar-2024/index.html#2104

Fun Baltimore fact for my fellow #nicar24 nerds:

The U.S. Coast Guard and the Atomic Energy Commission experimented with an ATOMIC LIGHTHOUSE, placing a small nuclear reactor (RTG) in the Baltimore Harbor Lighthouse in 1964. It was tested for a year then removed. ☢️⛵️

https://media.defense.gov/2023/Jun/23/2003247012/-1/-1/0/ATOMICLIGHTHOUSE.PDF

Today at #nicar24 at 10:15 in Harborside B.

The news business is navigating through an extremely stormy, chaotic moment.

But there are steps you can take today to seize control of the direction of your career no matter what the industry has is store for you.

With Tara García Mathewson and
Paroma Soni

Matt Stiles: “🚨 Goofy side project alert 🚨
“I have a growing list of scrapers that collect the geocoded locations of popular restaurants, stores and other spots [in the US]. So far I have 58 companies and ~119,000 locations.
“Grab data/code — and contribute! — here: https://github.com/stiles/locations/ #NICAR24 “

“This is your annual reminder that I made a Python beginners resource for my students and it's open and free #nicar24 https://python-adv-web-apps.readthedocs.io/en/latest/learn_python.html “ -Mindy McAdams @macloo

#Python @python

Tomorrow at #nicar24 👇🏻

We just secured our first contract at @the.markup after two and a half years of negotiations. Let’s talk about how you can organize your newsroom!

New @documentcloud feature just went live: Project pinning.

If you have a ton of projects, you can now pin some (or all) in the sidebar, or open the new project browser to search. Go to https://www.documentcloud.org and check it out, and find me at #nicar24 if you want to talk docs.