Data Journalism Notes
Data Visualization Examples
2010 MTV Awards Twitter activity.
Methadone and the Politics of Pain
Disease overlap in elderly patients, NYTimes
Interactive Maps
View New Haven Murder and Homicide Map in a larger map
New Haven Homicide Map, New Haven Register
Asthma Hospitalization Rates in Connecticut Increase, C-HIT
13 Seconds In August, Star Tribune interactive map detailing the 2007 Minneapolis bridge collapse July 31, 2012
Mapping the Nation’s Well-being New York Times, March 5, 2011
Crime L.A. Los Angeles Times
Mapping L.A. — Baldwin Park Los Angeles Times community profiles via map
Resources
Tutorial on Google Fusion Tables
The Scoop, Hartford Courant investigative reporting blog
Practice
Search through sports participation statistics for each sport in Connecticut and find some potential story ideas. The data is provided by the National Federation of State High School Associations.
First, work with a partner to identify what information you’d like to know about these figures. What might be newsworthy?
Then we’ll work as a group to use Excel to sort through the data to try to find some answers.
