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What |
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| Two days of timely, engaging
speakers and technical training on the topic of using maps and geography
to achieve greater depth and relevance in reporting, with a focus on current
news topics, including election mapping, and cutting-edge media applications.
Included are seminars and hands-on demonstrations of new GIS software,
practical satellite observations of earth, and visual storytelling. The
conference will also open new networking opportunities with experts in
environmental matters, cartography, human rights, geography, politics
and elections, news media design, crime mapping, taxes and infrastructure
issues, and homeland security applications, among others. |
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| Who |
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| You! This event will bring
journalists, geographers, and media experts together to explore how geographic
understanding, information, and technology combine to enhance the world
of media and the news? |
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| When |
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| May 14th-15th, 2004 |
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| Where |
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| The National Press Club in
Washington, D.C. |
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| Why |
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| The 2004 Mapping the News Conference will be an exciting joint forum to discuss how understanding a place, its culture, demographics, geography, and history make telling the story of news events richer, more, vivid, more engaging, and more understandable. This year’s conference will place special emphasis on mapping elections. |
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