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Thursday, August 13 • 10:00am - 12:00pm
Scrape Data From the Internet and Get 100 Hours of Your Life Back

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As journalists, we often need information that isn’t easily downloadable. This hands-on session will teach you basic ways to easily save and download data from any URL, without needing to spend hours (or even days) copying and pasting. This technique is most often called “web scraping.” Laptop required.

Speakers
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Emily Chow

Graphics editor, Washington Post
@eschow | Emily Chow is a graphics editor at The Washington Post where she designs and codes rich visual storytelling experiences and data visualizations. Prior to joining the Washington Post, Emily interned at Sunset Magazine and the Chicago Tribune. She’s a graduate of Northwestern Univ... Read More →
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Sisi Wei

News Applications Developer, ProPublica
@sisiwei | Sisi Wei is news applications developer at ProPublica, where she builds interactive stories that serve the public interest. Previously, she was a Graphics Editor at the Washington Post. She is also the co-founder of Code with me, a high-impact workshop focused on teaching journalist... Read More →

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Associated Press

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Thursday August 13, 2015 10:00am - 12:00pm
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