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Ver 1.0¹
A workshop on public database verification
for journalists and social scientists

April 9-12, 2006 - Santa Fe, New Mexico USA

¹ Ver” as in “verification” and “verify” and, from the Spanish verb ver: “to see; to look into; to examine.”

Challenge

News Update

30 Nov 2006 Ver 1.0 Workshop Proceedings http://ver1proceedings.notlong.com by J T Johnson, editor Ver 1.0 was a three-day workshop on public database verification for journalists and social scientists held in Santa Fe, New Mexico USA in April 2006. Ten journalists and 10 statisticians, social scientists, public administrators and computer scientists met to discuss mutual concerns and worked to find solutions. This book contains most of the papers presented and the workproduct of three breakout groups, each investigating a different aspect of the problem. Papers by George Duncan, Phil Meyer, Paul Overberg, Marcus Messner, Bruce Garrison, Griff Palmer, Roger Critchlow, Jeff South, Lisa Abrams, Jack Stafurik and Tom Johnson. (204 pages) Paperback: $19.95 Download: $11.33
12 Dec. 2005	The participants and their papers can be found beneth the "Format & Schedule" link to the left.
5 Dec 2005	The participants and their papers will be announced before the end of this week. It looks to be a diverse and quite thoughtful group. Stay tuned.
10 Nov 2005	The first proposal for a presentation/paper arrived this morning. BEFORE the deadline. What a concept! We've posted the first version of the bibliography. Click over there <--
15 Oct 2005	The reminder Call for Papers note has just been sent to leading journalists and social scientists in the U.S. and abroad.
4 Oct 2005	Had a number of good discussions RE: Ver 1.0 and its objectives during the Global Investigative Journalism Conference 2005 in Amsterdam. It seems clear our concerns are not limited to U.S. databases.

Call for Papers

Format & Schedule

Bibliography
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contact: J. T. Johnson Ver1@analyticjournalism.org 505.577.6482