NICAR 2014 Wrapup
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
April 29, 2014
What's NICAR?
Annual conference sponsored by
Investigative Reporters and Editors
In Baltimore this year
February 27 - March 2
Schedule
1000 attendees!
Highlights
I spent most of my time either eating crabcakes or in the hands-on demo sessions. ;-)
I did have lasagna and chianti one night at
Supano's Steakhouse
I cheered on as
Team Static Sites
trounced Team Servers in the debate.
Lightning talks!
Comprehensive resource list
from
@chryswu
Projects that tickled my fancy
Open Elections
Tarbell Content Management System
FOIA Machine
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Census Reporter
PoliInformatics Challenge
Political Framing
Not NICAR-related but interesting
Statewide Landslide Information Database for Oregon (SLIDO-3) Release
Portland Data Science Group
Code for Portland
FOSS4G 2014
Community Review of Proposals open till May 5
Knight Prototype Fund Applications Close May 1