Databases 101

WHERE:

Bloomberg Room

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Professional Development

This event is not sponsored or endorsed by The National Press Club. Inquiries should be directed to the contact above.

Databases 101 will be taught by David Donald, data editor at the Center for Public Integrity, who has taught journalists all over the country how to extract great stories from piles of data.

David's database class will show how to use databases to make connections in databases where the secrets of governments, companies and candidates are hidden. Such connections – "mash-ups" if you will – are difficult if not impossible with spreadsheets, and learning a database program such as Access will open possibilities for your data-driven stories. He will also teach techniques for finding government data online, importing data into databases and cleaning that data so that you’re ready to go.

This session will run from 9:00 a.m. -12:00 noon in the Bloomberg Room.

Databases 102 will be taught on February 4, 2013. The database classes do not need to be taken in succession.