Tag: U.S. Census Bureau
The Importance of context, data, and expert sources in discussing Latino communities
And the proliferation of disinformation in these spaces.
Empowering local newsrooms with comprehensive community dashboards
Han Vu is a 2023 RJI Student Innovation Fellow partnered with the American Press Institute in Washington, DC. The RJI Student Fellows will be sharing their innovative work through Innovation in Focus. Data holds great power for newsrooms to better understand their communities, but accessing and understanding it can be daunting. To aid local journalists … Continued
Making Census data accessible for reporters with varying data literacy
Your guide to variables, visualizations and more.
Going beyond local data to contextualize a community issue
Tools and advice for finding and analyzing data in rural Lake County, California.
Building interactive maps to more equitably serve community
Bloomfield Info Project created community level maps to establish baseline tools to guide coverage decisions.
Providing context for data in journalism
One dataset we used for this work was the Missouri Healthnet Applications. Here are takeaways to assist you in making data points easier to understand for readers