Over at the Globe and Mail, one of the country's top reporters once again turned to CAR in December to help cement a fabulous story. Peter Cheney used database techniques to build a story about the man who owned Just Desserts, when the Toronto cafe became the scene of one of that city's most infamous murders. It turns out the proprietor had his own checkered and criminal past. CAR techniques helped Cheney reveal that past. Not to be outdone, down at Cheney's old haunts at the Toronto Star, investigative reporter Robb Cribb is continuing a proud CAR tradition.
CAR is on a roll.
The list of newspaper reporters actively using CAR just keeps getting longer and longer. And perhaps most telling of CAR's advance, newsroom managers are starting to take serious notice. The newspaper that recently became my professional home, The Hamilton Spectator, is making CAR a priority. To help keep up the momentum, the CAJ's CAR Network is continuing its training program, offering a beginner's course and drop-in room at the upcoming Halifax national convention. The drop-in room, pioneered in Vancouver last year, is a chance for d elegates to check out CAR in an informal way, and talk to experts about just how it's done.