Digital First Media staff at NICAR14
Dispatches from Digital First Media staff in attendance at this year's NICAR14 conference.

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What worked about @homicidewatch was it promised to cover every homicide and made it public, @LauraNorton says #NICAR14by Lindsey Anderson via twitter 2/27/2014 7:20:05 PM
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Homicide Watch's @LauraNorton says she's working on new platform to track education reform. #NICAR14by Jason Hoppin via twitter 2/27/2014 7:22:23 PM
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Homicide Watch model applies to education reform/etc beats, @LauraNorton says. Look at what info you have: who funds reform, where #NICAR14by Lindsey Anderson via twitter 2/27/2014 7:22:30 PM
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DFM's @L_M_Anderson is tweeting from the #NICAR14 session on crime data. Follow along here: bit.ly/MuAUpWby Chris March via twitter retweeted by edmahonreporter 2/27/2014 7:24:08 PM
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.@homicidewatch model: Start with mission, identify components in notebook, structure info & make it public so they can fill holes #NICAR14by Lindsey Anderson via twitter 2/27/2014 7:27:03 PM
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We'll be doing some live queries, he said. #holdontoyourhats #NICAR14by Ed Mahon via twitter 2/27/2014 7:27:35 PM
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Including detectives' phone numbers on homicide victims profiles has led to tips called in to police, @LauraNorton says #NICAR14by Lindsey Anderson via twitter 2/27/2014 7:32:09 PM
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The court calendar is my favorite part of @homicidewatch . It makes it easy for everyone to keep tabs on any and every case #NICAR14by Lindsey Anderson via twitter 2/27/2014 7:33:12 PM
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Each story on @homicidewatch isn't long, but as a series, they tell the full story, @LauraNorton says. #NICAR14by Lindsey Anderson via twitter 2/27/2014 7:36:36 PM
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Redact phone numbers, etc. from charging documents and others before posting them online, @LauraNorton says #NICAR14by Lindsey Anderson via twitter 2/27/2014 7:46:21 PM
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Sitting around at the courthouse waiting for a case is a good time to talk with detectives working on it, @LauraNorton says #NICAR14by Lindsey Anderson via twitter 2/27/2014 7:47:57 PM
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by IRE_NICAR via twitter retweeted by edmahonreporter 2/27/2014 7:48:33 PM
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"Comment of the day" posts on @homicidewatch model good comments and lead to better ones, @LauraNorton says #NICAR14by Lindsey Anderson via twitter 2/27/2014 7:51:27 PM
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A lesson I keep relearning: The data you need is probably somewhere, just need to find it, make sense of it. Like Census Microdata. #NICAR14by Chris Amico via twitter retweeted by vsundqvist 2/27/2014 7:51:27 PM
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. @haddadme says you have to find out what motivates people to participate when doing crowdsourcing project. #NICAR14 @stevebuttryby Viktoria Sundqvist via twitter 2/27/2014 9:12:48 PM
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You also need to be very specific in what you ask for in order for crowdsourcing to be successful, @haddadme says #NICAR14 @stevebuttryby Viktoria Sundqvist via twitter 2/27/2014 9:13:59 PM
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.@jeremybmerrill : Scraping PDF should be last resort. Beg sources for excel file instead of trying to extract data yourself. #NICAR14by Emily Babay via twitter retweeted by vsundqvist 2/27/2014 9:15:50 PM
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MT @momiperalta : Partner with people who can reach the audience in the Ground says @haddadme #NICAR14 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BhgrLNuIYAIvQz6.jpg
by Viktoria Sundqvist via twitter 2/27/2014 9:23:33 PM -
Don't use sensitive data and documents on Web-based servers to protect it and you, @markhorvit #NICAR14by Lindsey Anderson via twitter 2/27/2014 9:25:08 PM
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Takeaway from #NICAR14 PDF session: @TabulaPDF for tables, DocumentCloud/zamzar/pdftotxt for text, dochive for OCR. Handwriting: You're sunkby andrewmcgill via twitter retweeted by L_M_Anderson 2/27/2014 9:32:51 PM
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by MaryJo Webster via twitter 2/27/2014 9:47:52 PM
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What a great idea for a public service project: NPR's community-edited database of accessible playgrounds: n.pr/OHvFFi #NICAR14by Mandy Jenkins via twitter 2/27/2014 9:54:08 PM
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Slowly but surely, scientists are closing in on print-names-on-both-sides-of-a-conference-nametag technology. #NICAR14by Noah Veltman via twitter retweeted by vsundqvist 2/28/2014 12:23:55 AM
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Now I've found the #NICAR14 stream I need to favourite *every* tweet in it. Thanks (I think) @MacDiva ;)by alisongow via twitter retweeted by ultracasual 2/28/2014 11:38:40 AM
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Drink lots of water, #NICAR14 , I'll see you bright and early.by joewertz via twitter retweeted by ultracasual 2/28/2014 11:43:17 AM
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Only at an IRE would people line up for this MT @ReporterTopher : Line to get into session on pivot tables. #NICAR14 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BhkqAghIQAASHW3.jpg
by JamesVGrimaldi via twitter retweeted by edmahonreporter 2/28/2014 6:27:10 PM