#nicar26 — Public Fediverse posts

“If you like podcasts and computer-assisted investigative journalism you might enjoy this podcast feed of audio recordings from the 2024, 2025, and 2026 NICAR conferences.” - @john
https://github.com/bcks/nicar
#NICAR26 #DDJ

“If you like podcasts and computer-assisted investigative journalism you might enjoy this podcast feed of audio recordings from the 2024, 2025, and 2026 NICAR conferences.” - @john
https://github.com/bcks/nicar
#NICAR26 #DDJ

“If you like podcasts and computer-assisted investigative journalism you might enjoy this podcast feed of audio recordings from the 2024, 2025, and 2026 NICAR conferences.” - @john
https://github.com/bcks/nicar
#NICAR26 #DDJ

“If you like podcasts and computer-assisted investigative journalism you might enjoy this podcast feed of audio recordings from the 2024, 2025, and 2026 NICAR conferences.” - @john
https://github.com/bcks/nicar
#NICAR26 #DDJ

“If you like podcasts and computer-assisted investigative journalism you might enjoy this podcast feed of audio recordings from the 2024, 2025, and 2026 NICAR conferences.” - @john
https://github.com/bcks/nicar
#NICAR26 #DDJ

It was different attending the #NICAR26 data journalism conference this year now that I'm retired! And kind of strange not returning home to a newsroom.
My latest #NextChapter post:
https://nextchapter.machlis.com/posts/2026-03-15-attending-a-conference-as-a-retiree-this-time-with-former-peers/
#Retirement

Now both the front end and back end for Investigative Reporters & Editors' new semantic-searchable archives -- unveiled at #NICAR26 -- have been open sourced 🎉🎉
Front end (SvelteKit): https://github.com/ireapps/ire-archive-frontend
Back end (FastAPI): https://github.com/ireapps/ire-archive-backend
#DDJ

Now both the front end and back end for Investigative Reporters & Editors' new semantic-searchable archives -- unveiled at #NICAR26 -- have been open sourced 🎉🎉
Front end (SvelteKit): https://github.com/ireapps/ire-archive-frontend
Back end (FastAPI): https://github.com/ireapps/ire-archive-backend
#DDJ

Now both the front end and back end for Investigative Reporters & Editors' new semantic-searchable archives -- unveiled at #NICAR26 -- have been open sourced 🎉🎉
Front end (SvelteKit): https://github.com/ireapps/ire-archive-frontend
Back end (FastAPI): https://github.com/ireapps/ire-archive-backend
#DDJ

Now both the front end and back end for Investigative Reporters & Editors' new semantic-searchable archives -- unveiled at #NICAR26 -- have been open sourced 🎉🎉
Front end (SvelteKit): https://github.com/ireapps/ire-archive-frontend
Back end (FastAPI): https://github.com/ireapps/ire-archive-backend
#DDJ

Now both the front end and back end for Investigative Reporters & Editors' new semantic-searchable archives -- unveiled at #NICAR26 -- have been open sourced 🎉🎉
Front end (SvelteKit): https://github.com/ireapps/ire-archive-frontend
Back end (FastAPI): https://github.com/ireapps/ire-archive-backend
#DDJ

25 free resources, presentations & tip sheets so far added to my searchable table of #NICAR26 materials, including
10 Things you Didn't Know You Could Do in R
AI Glossary for Journalists
Decoding Deportation Data
https://apps.machlis.com/shiny/nicar20_resources/
Plus lots from prior yrs
##RStats #Python #GenAI #DDJ

25 free resources, presentations & tip sheets so far added to my searchable table of #NICAR26 materials, including
10 Things you Didn't Know You Could Do in R
AI Glossary for Journalists
Decoding Deportation Data
https://apps.machlis.com/shiny/nicar20_resources/
Plus lots from prior yrs
##RStats #Python #GenAI #DDJ

25 free resources, presentations & tip sheets so far added to my searchable table of #NICAR26 materials, including
10 Things you Didn't Know You Could Do in R
AI Glossary for Journalists
Decoding Deportation Data
https://apps.machlis.com/shiny/nicar20_resources/
Plus lots from prior yrs
##RStats #Python #GenAI #DDJ

25 free resources, presentations & tip sheets so far added to my searchable table of #NICAR26 materials, including
10 Things you Didn't Know You Could Do in R
AI Glossary for Journalists
Decoding Deportation Data
https://apps.machlis.com/shiny/nicar20_resources/
Plus lots from prior yrs
##RStats #Python #GenAI #DDJ

25 free resources, presentations & tip sheets so far added to my searchable table of #NICAR26 materials, including
10 Things you Didn't Know You Could Do in R
AI Glossary for Journalists
Decoding Deportation Data
https://apps.machlis.com/shiny/nicar20_resources/
Plus lots from prior yrs
##RStats #Python #GenAI #DDJ

R folks listening to this morning's #NICAR26 session on extracting data from documents and - importantly! - how to check your results: You can set up and run evaluations of LLM results with the {vitals} #rstats 📦
https://www.infoworld.com/article/4130274/how-to-choose-the-best-llm-using-r-and-vitals.html #DDJ

R folks listening to this morning's #NICAR26 session on extracting data from documents and - importantly! - how to check your results: You can set up and run evaluations of LLM results with the {vitals} #rstats 📦
https://www.infoworld.com/article/4130274/how-to-choose-the-best-llm-using-r-and-vitals.html #DDJ

R folks listening to this morning's #NICAR26 session on extracting data from documents and - importantly! - how to check your results: You can set up and run evaluations of LLM results with the {vitals} #rstats 📦
https://www.infoworld.com/article/4130274/how-to-choose-the-best-llm-using-r-and-vitals.html #DDJ

R folks listening to this morning's #NICAR26 session on extracting data from documents and - importantly! - how to check your results: You can set up and run evaluations of LLM results with the {vitals} #rstats 📦
https://www.infoworld.com/article/4130274/how-to-choose-the-best-llm-using-r-and-vitals.html #DDJ

R folks listening to this morning's #NICAR26 session on extracting data from documents and - importantly! - how to check your results: You can set up and run evaluations of LLM results with the {vitals} #rstats 📦
https://www.infoworld.com/article/4130274/how-to-choose-the-best-llm-using-r-and-vitals.html #DDJ

RE: https://mastodon.palewi.re/@palewire/116176285413735482

This looks like it will be a very cool resource for data journalism ⬇️⬇️⬇️
You need to be an Investigative Reporters & Editors member to access. Announced at the #NICAR26 data journalism conference #DDJ

RE: https://mastodon.palewi.re/@palewire/116176285413735482

This looks like it will be a very cool resource for data journalism ⬇️⬇️⬇️
You need to be an Investigative Reporters & Editors member to access. Announced at the #NICAR26 data journalism conference #DDJ

RE: https://mastodon.palewi.re/@palewire/116176285413735482

This looks like it will be a very cool resource for data journalism ⬇️⬇️⬇️
You need to be an Investigative Reporters & Editors member to access. Announced at the #NICAR26 data journalism conference #DDJ

RE: https://mastodon.palewi.re/@palewire/116176285413735482

This looks like it will be a very cool resource for data journalism ⬇️⬇️⬇️
You need to be an Investigative Reporters & Editors member to access. Announced at the #NICAR26 data journalism conference #DDJ

RE: https://mastodon.palewi.re/@palewire/116176285413735482

This looks like it will be a very cool resource for data journalism ⬇️⬇️⬇️
You need to be an Investigative Reporters & Editors member to access. Announced at the #NICAR26 data journalism conference #DDJ

Browse, search, and filter all the Bluesky posts about next week's NICAR 2026 data journalism conference - even if you're not on Bluesky. App collects all the posts with the #NICAR26 or #NICAR2026 hashtags
App: https://apps.machlis.com/shiny/nicar2026/
#RStats code: https://github.com/smach/bskyconf
#RShiny

[Did this for Twitter years ago back when their API was free and their algorithm was, um, different. Now updated. Sorry not also doing it here, but I didn't see anyone else posting about that conf here besides me.]

Conference app chatbot built in R that:
- Answers natural-language questions about the schedule
- Includes both chatbot and searchable table
- One-click button filters table to see only sessions AI bot mentions
Code: https://github.com/smach/NICAR2026_chatbot
App: https://smach-nicar2026-chatbot.share.connect.posit.cloud/
#RStats #RShiny #NICAR26