RESOURCES

This list is a work in progress, and not formatted exactly as I'd like because of the limitations of Blogger. I will continue to add to existing categories, and also share resources for Blogger, Wordpress, filing FOI and PRA requests, links to individual journalists whose own sites maintain valuable resources, and legal research. 

If you have resources you'd like to share, please be in touch.

DRUPAL

DrupalCamp LA 2015
This is the annual conference, which was held in August in Irvine. As of September 2015, all the recorded sessions are still available for free. There is training for everyone from beginner to advanced, including creating a site from scratch with absolutely no Drupal knowledge. In the session information is each speaker's email address.

NARRATIVE WRITING
Narrative conferences and workshops throughout 2016, listed by the Nieman Foundation, are here. 

FINDING DATA

GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMIC DATA AND PUBLIC RECORDS

Articles, tip sheets, and presentations
Reading economic data releases from the government
By Chris Roush for Journalist's Resource

Data journalism: Download, analyze, visualize
By Jeff South on his own site at Virginia Commonwealth University
Jeff's site contains a wealth of tools, including some for computer-assisted reporting out of China.

Strategic Searching - Tips and Tricks
By Paul Bradshaw for the European Journalism Centre - Vimeo tutorial focused on Google

Websites and databases

Government databases and public records Automotive safety, recalls, and investigations National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NationalTransportation Safety Board Automotive industry and trade International Trade Administration (Department of Commerce) United States Census National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Aviation and airport security and efficiency NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System Federal Aviation Administration NationalTransportation Safety Board Bureau of Transportation Statistics Census and demographics United States Census Census Reporter Environmental safety, loose hazardous materials, oil spills Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration EPA Toxics Release Inventory WebFIRE Federally subsidized lending Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Federal Student Aid Federal stimulus packages and their use USA Spending Recovery.gov Health costs, insurance enrollment, comparative availability Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services UCLA Center for Health Policy Research World Health Organization Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (U.S. Census) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Health and salient issues: AIDS, cancer, vaccinations, food and drug safety, veterans’ physical and mental health CDC WONDER Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System FDA FAERS Food and Drug Administration Gapminder               National Center for Veterans Analysis  Lawsuits PACER Military and contractors Defense Casualty Analysis System (Department of Defense) Department of Defense Department of Veterans Affairs UNODA Report on Military Expenditures Reading economic indicators and mining company news Commercial Real Estate Find property value, investment in improvements, last assessment, most recent sale, square footage, deeds and other document images, values of comparable properties Portico NETR Online Company news Find publicly traded companies’ competitive strategies, operational structure, spending, stock repurchases, revenue, future plans, executive compensation, mergers and acquisitions, litigation, and investment risk disclosures EDGAR   Business Wire PR Newswire Consumer confidence Read releases of the consumer confidence index, find other economic indicators The Conference Board Labor and unemployment Find changes in overall employment rates, changes across and within categories, consequences for consumer spending Bureau of Labor Statistics Residential real estate Find housing starts, new home sales, mortgage lending, real estate market, and statistics on home ownership National Association of Home Builders National Association of Realtors Portico U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development NETR Online

MINING SOCIAL MEDIA FOR INVESTIGATIONS AND PRODUCING ANALYTICS

Track emerging conversations Find what’s trending, map social conversations around major events	Foller Me TrendsMap Twitter Tweet Archivist
Analyze connections and influence Analyze a Twitter profile, quantify someone’s social media following and reach	Keyhole BuzzSumo Klear TweetReach
Search old tweets Locate specific tweets without a hashtag	Snap Bird Tweet Tunnel
Location-based analysis and UGC Track a social conversation in any specific area, monitor reaction to an event, identify areas hardest hit by disaster or power outage	Ban.jo Mappeo Geofeedia TrendsMap
Find out what someone’s about Map someone’s social life, differentiate people with common names, check a politician’s leisure spending and whereabouts, identify major themes in social media usage	Foursquare Topsy Instagram

WRITING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT...

Company news, using SEC filings
By Chris Roush for the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Business Journalism at ASU

Education, using the College Scorecard
By the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Business Journalism at ASU



Women-owned businesses, using Census data
By Eddie Keller for the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Business Journalism at ASU