Category Archives: law

Oakland Trib’s Not-Just-A-Number improves on crime data visualization

Posted on November 20, 2007 by

OJR’s Jim Wayne dives into Oakland Tribune’s “Not Just A Number” web site. The service won the Service Journalism Award from ONA for an amazingly powerful view of crime data. The basic premise was to create a data visualization for … Continue reading →

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Crime data stories

Posted on May 17, 2007 by

My Potrero Hill neighbors tell me that the sweet song of crackling firearms in the evening always begins again in May as the days get longer, hotter and schoolless. Recently, I witnessed a sample of the gun play happening in … Continue reading →

Posted in 94107, chicago, crime, data, denver, design, guns, law, maps, mashups, new orleans, politics, potrero hill, visualization | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments