NICAR 2026
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How to get data out of complex documents using AI
Everyone can be (and should be) a housing reporter
AI concepts you should know
From delving into data to door knocking: Finding people behind the numbers and getting them to speak
Wanna get hired? Tales from the trenches
Using data to find sources
How to scrape and analyze sports data in R to tell stories that stand out
Challenges with cross-domain collaboration
Enhancing public records work with LLMs
Data investigation frameworks: How to think big picture about what your data will prove
Data in the world of audio
Introduction to network visualization and analysis
Analyzing election data with Polars and Python
Finding the story in higher education data
10 things you didn’t know you could do in R
Using data to investigate the global surveillance industry
AI agents and pipelines with no-code tools
Free or cheap web-scraping tools – no coding required!
From chaos to narrative: Using R for story discovery in document collections
Next-gen crime data: Know your NIBRS!
Detangling federal lobbying disclosures with LobbyR
Coaching ChatGPT to help with coding and data tasks
React 101: Demystifying arrays, state values and components
Accessing data on deaths in custody
Reporting on maternal and infant health in turbulent times
State secrets: A workflow for using state-level ethics disclosure data in your reporting
Introducing libfec, a faster FEC filing parser
Data journalism for new reporters
Running large language models locally, on your computer!
Investigating the AI data center boom
Introducing the new IRE Resource Center
The two essential data sources for covering government spending
R 1: Intro to R and RStudio
R 2: Data analysis and plotting
R 3: Gathering and cleaning data
Finding and using undocumented APIs
Introduction to the command line (OSX)
Cleaning data with OpenRefine
Google Sheets 1: Getting started with spreadsheets
Google Sheets 2: Formulas & sorting
Google Sheets 3: Filtering & pivot tables
Fun with shapes: Scripted mapping in R or Python
SOLD OUT - First LLM Classifier: Practical AI in the newsroom
Journalism jobs for Internationals
Networking: Students
Following the money in college sports’ new era
Finding the story: Using DNS search for investigative journalism
Networking for LGBTQ+ journalists
Finding the story: Education data
AI tools for journalists
Monitoring police accountability laws across the U.S.
Excel 1: Getting started with spreadsheets (PC lab)
Excel 2: Formulas & sorting (PC lab)
Excel 3: Filtering & pivot tables (PC lab)
PyCAR
Welcome to NICAR! First-timers welcome and networking event 👋
Welcome reception
NIghtCAR (game night) ✨
Lunch bunch
Supporting the next generation of journalists through a historic slide in U.S. press freedom
Accessing records to report on immigration enforcement actions
We're managers, ask us anything: career, networking, mentorship
The SLAPP Back Initiative: Building a first-of-its-kind database
Pitch, please! How to contribute to the IRE Journal
What your newsroom knows (but can’t find)
From good to great data viz design
Catching the quiet changes: Automating website monitoring for investigative journalism with Visualping
Finding a needle in a haystack: How to manage document-heavy investigations
How to turn local data into far more useful tools for your newsroom — and your audiences
Google Trends for election coverage
Lunch Food Truck (Thursday)