The power of linkable data apps (my second LAT app)

September 21st, 2010

Story of my life: This is a few weeks overdue. Launched a new app at the beginning of this month, tracking Prop 19 campaign contributions, which you can see at http://projects.latimes.com/prop19 (more...)

First LAT app (or the butterfly on my windowsill)

July 11th, 2010

http://projects.latimes.com/prop8 So, there's that. First launch! My checklist: Figure out what part of journalism inspires me. CHECK (Data, programming) Find place where I can learn about it from others, but have freedom to try out my ideas and learn from knowledgeable and patient folks Read More...

Piece de resistance: Data viz wrapup

March 8th, 2010

And, scene.  That's a term borrowed from theater, it's used as an act or scene closes.  My giant Chicago art gallery persistence project is completed.  We've got a trend article that uses CAR techniques, and a Flash visualization and a searchable database.  The main thrust to the story is that of the galleries that existed in Chicago in 1990, about half have survived Read More...

Persistence of Chicago Art Galleries

March 3rd, 2010

I've spent the quarter compiling and analyzing data exploring the persistence of Chicago art galleries, as a way of exploring CAR for the arts.  I found a list from the Chicago Artists' Coalition of 96 such businesses that existed in 1990, and tracked their fate.  A story summarizing the trend follows (an assignment for my Arts Reporting class) Read More...

Changes in how we travel across U.S. borders

December 30th, 2009

Traveling is something we often take for granted nowadays -- at least, I know I do.  And as situations in my life have changed, I've been thinking about all the different types of transportation I use.  I'm a bit more reliant on my car in the Chicago suburbs, and while I griped about the Metro while in D Read More...