Institute for Analytic Journalism

The conference will take place in Amsterdam, from September 29th to October 2nd. We have been able to keep the registration fee really low at 390 euro, which includes three lunches and drinks. If you register before May 15th it is even cheaper, as an early bird discount of 35 euro applies. Participation in the celebration dinner on Saturday night is not included. It costs 60 euro, including drinks. Registration for the conference and the celebration dinner is possible only through the VVOJ website on
https://www.vvoj.nl/activity.php?activiteitscode=con0501. Direct payment is required, either by MasterCard or Visa. Cancellation policy: There is a 10 percent cancellation fee for all cancellations until August 17th, 2005. From August 17th until September 14th the cancellation fee is 50 percent. Refunds will not be given for cancellations after September 14th, 2005."

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New JAGIS book on mapping disease

by JTJ on Wed 23 Mar 2005 03:11 PM MST

Tom Koch is an early-adapter of the tools of analytic journalism and a friend of the IAJ.

"In an important new book to be published by ESRI Press in spring 2005, author Koch explores the role that mapping has played in man's ongoing struggle to understand and treat illness. book cover

In Cartographies of Disease: Maps, Mapping, and Medicine, he argues that we are all fellow travelers in the war against disease as well as agents complicit in their engagement. The communities we build, the technologies that enable them, and the commerce that sustains them together assure an environment favorable to the advance of microscopic disease agents. In a real way, medical science plays catch-up with the health problems we create in our evolving society; its scientific advances are a response to the diseases we foster through economic, environmental, and social choices."

--ESRI catalog blurb

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Let's stop dumbing up education

by Patrick Mattimore on Wed 23 Mar 2005 01:25 PM PST

This article, "Let's stop dumbing up education," appeared in today's San Francisco Examiner.

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Bogus Visual Stats from CNN

by JTJ on Wed 23 Mar 2005 02:12 PM MST

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.

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