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With the Review Lab, we're hoping to make finding a software solution to your reporting problem much easier.
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Tyler Dukes//February 11, 2012

Find a solution to your reporting problem fast with our Reporters’ Lab Reviews, created to test, rate and make sense of tools that can help journalists find stories in public records and data. Here’s how to use it to upgrade your newsroom. Read More »

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One-to-many relationships apply to tables like these, where "Library of Congress" needs to be applied to each one of the cells below.
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Top tools for handling government printouts

Tyler Dukes//February 11, 2012

Spreadsheets aren’t very useful when they’re locked inside printouts and PDFs. But after some rigorous testing, we have a few suggestions to help you wrangle your data and free you up for more reporting. Read More »

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