Meetup at CAR Conference at Raleigh City Center Marriott

Journogeeks have descended on Raleigh for the 2011 Computer-Assisted Reporting conference (http://data.nicar.org/conference/raleigh2011), hosted by the Investigative Reporters and Editors (http://ire.org) + NICAR. We'll have a meetup to mingle and kick off Hacks/Hackers Triangle at the Raleigh Marriott City Center (http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/rdumc-raleigh-marriott-city-center/) bar for late night hijinks in the bar.

Join folks from The New York Times (http://nytimes.com), Pro Publica (http://propublica.org), MIT (http://mit.edu), NPR (http://npr.org), and more. We love journalism and we love technology.

For conference folks: break at 7 p.m. after the Saturday reception, go out for dinner, then join us in the bar for cavorting into the night.

Interested in the CAR conference? come and learn about tools you need to dig deeper into stories and give readers, viewers and your online audience the information they're demanding. The conference offers something for everyone, from beginners to those on the cutting edge of digital reporting. You can learn the latest technological advances to the basics on using spreadsheets, databases and online mapping. Learn from the best in the business in panel discussions and during hands-on training sessions. Bypass the budget issues in your newsroom by taking classes in free software. Or get a look at what the biggest names in data-driven reporting are using to make a major impact online.