Researching and developing non-traditional analytic methods and communications tools for journalism.

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Co-directors:
  • Steve Doig - Tempe
  • Tom Johnson - Santa Fe
  • Steve Ross - Boston
    Fellows:
  • Patrick Mattimore - San Francisco & Geneva, Switzerland
  • John R. Sadd - Boston & Santa Fe
  • George T. Duncan - Pittsburgh, PA & Santa Fe

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  • View Article  Xcelsius -- IAJ's "Best Digital Tool-of-the-Week"
    Xcelsius does magical things for your Excel spreadsheets.  It turns the numeric data into controlable Flash charts, which can be standalone "movies," imported into PowerPoint or sent to colleagues as click-and-manipulate e-mail.  Check out the Quicktime demos at http://www.infommersion.com/demos.html
    View Article  Gallery of Data Visualization
    This Gallery of Data Visualization displays some examples of the Best and Worst of Statistical Graphics, with the view that the contrast may be useful, inform current practice, and provide some pointers to both historical and current work. We go from what is arguably the best statistical graphic ever drawn, to the current record-holder for the worst.
    See http://www.math.yorku.ca/SCS/Gallery/
    View Article  Bogus Visual Stats from CNN

    Media Matters for America points out a bogus use of bar charts by CNN.  Yes, the scale and base line DO matter.  See http://mediamatters.org/items/200503220005
    Update: CNN corrected its chart.
    View Article  Black Coaches in N.B.A. Have Shorter Tenures

    DAVID LEONHARDT and FORD FESSENDEN of The New York Times delivered a straightforward analytic piece today.  "Black Coaches in ...   more »
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    View Article  Animated map of fires following San Francisco's 1906 earthquake
    Elementary but interesting application of animated maps of an historic event.
    http://www.archive.org/download/ssfBURNMAP/ssfBURNMAP.AVI
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    View Article  LECTURE: The Internet, Epidemics, and Kevin Bacon: The Emerging Science of Networks
    Abstract: There are networks in almost every part of our lives. Some of them are familiar and obvious: the Internet, the power grid, the road network. Others are less obvious but just as important.... This lecture looks at some new discoveries regarding networks, how these discoveries were made, and what they tell us about the way the world works.   more »
    View Article  eContent Magazine Review of Anacubis, Social Networking software [JTJ]
    Reviewer's View: anacubis Desktop is a novel and sophisticated tool for analyzing data—and connections between data and data sources—imported from ...   more »
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    View Article  International Network for Social Network Analysis
    This page contains information about the organization,  International Network for Social Network Analysis and related subjects.
    http://www.insna.org/

    View Article  JUNG - Java Universal Network/Graph Framework software

    Overview

    JUNG — the Java Universal Network/Graph Framework--is a software library that provides a common and extendible language for the ...   more »

    View Article  Journalism and GIS
    The winter 2004/2005 issue of ArcNews, published by ESRI, carries two stories about journalism institutions employing GIS.

    * Newsweek Maps Out Hurricane Story With GIS and ESRI BIS Data: Fast, Accurate GIS Mapping Visually Enhances News Story

    * CBS News Headlines GIS Mapping: 2004 Presidential Election Coverage
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