Computer-assisted reporting director at The Courier-Journal
Louisville, Kentucky Area
- Current
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- Computer-assisted reporting director at The Courier-Journal
- Past
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- Reporter at Wilmington Star-News
- Reporter at Raleigh News & Observer
- Reporter at Durham Morning Herald / Chapel Hill Herald
- Education
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Boston University
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Mark Schaver’s Summary
I'm a journalist who specializes in the use of technology to produce in-depth investigative and general reporting of public affairs. I write and report but also know how to code software, run a Web server, query a database and analyze data.
Mark Schaver’s Specialties:
Police and courts, education, politics, government, Web programming, scripting, GIS, data analysis
Mark Schaver’s Experience
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Computer-assisted reporting director
The Courier-Journal
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)
December 1990 — Present (17 years 11 months)
Oversee newspaper's computer-assisted reporting efforts; work with reporters and editors to obtain and analyze databases for daily stories and projects; develop data and map applications for Web site and intranet using using C#, PHP, Perl, Javascript, Python, CSS, HTML; administer SQL Server and MySQL databases on Windows and Linux; perform data analysis with SPSS; map news events with Arcview; assist with various news and technology projects; train staff on using spreadsheets, databases and Web research to improve stories.
Have written the blog, Depth Reporting, since 2003. Co-founder of the Reporters' Cookbook, a wiki on reporting techniques.
Formerly a staff writer before becoming the newspaper's CAR Director. Was Western Kentucky reporter responsible for coverage of 19 counties in far Western Kentucky; state education reporter, which included coverage of the Kentucky General Assembly; Louisville police reporter and federal courts reporter. -
Reporter
Wilmington Star-News
(Newspapers industry)
1989 — 1990 (1 year)
Beats included Columbus County, beaches and city hall.
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Reporter
Raleigh News & Observer
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; MNI; Newspapers industry)
1987 — 1988 (1 year)
Part-time night cops reporter for the N&O's Durham bureau while in graduate school.
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Reporter
Durham Morning Herald / Chapel Hill Herald
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
1987 — 1987 (less than a year)
Part-time for The Chapel Hill Herald while in graduate school.
Mark Schaver’s Education
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Master's, Journalism, 1986 — 1988
Left graduate school to work for Wilmington Star-News. Degree granted in 1993.
- Activities and Societies:
- Editor, JAFA News. Reporter, Daily Tar Heel.
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Boston University
Bachelor's, Economics and political science, 1979 — 1982
- Activities and Societies:
- Magna Cum Laude
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Mark Schaver’s Interests:
Journalism, writing, programming, data visualization, drawing, multimedia, investigative reporting, databases, data, politics, economics, research methods, travel
Mark Schaver’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
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