Institute for Analytic Journalism

Regional Economic Models Inc. cordially invites you to join us on June 7th for a teleconference regarding Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC). On Friday May 13th Department of Defense released Recommendations to the BRAC commission. We feel that a discussion of BRAC studies and analysis methods would be helpful ... more »

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"Flashing" the human body

by JTJ on Mon 16 May 2005 02:15 PM MDT

The power of good infographics is that they can greatly aid in the upstream aspects of journalism -- providing insight for journalists to understand what's happening with a particular phenomena -- and then downstream, to help journalists tell the story and for the audience to understand it.

The Digital Revolution has upped the ante far beyond what good ol' Leonardo was using and envisioning. One of the innovators in today's datasphere is Alexander Tsiaras. A recent story in Digital Journal has this to say about Tsiaras's company, Anatomical Travelogue:

"Digital Journal — At ideaCity04, one presenter was so overflowing with information that host Moses Znaimer had to enter stage right and patiently sit beside him, a silent reminder to wrap it up. But you couldn’t ask Alexander Tsiaras to gloss over the wonders of the human body, from blood flow to cell mutation.

During his presentation, he showed images from his visualization software company Anatomical Travelogue, whose clients include Nike, Pfizer and Time Inc. Tsiaras and his 25 employees take data from MRI scans, spiral CT scans and other medical imaging technologies, and use them to create scientifically accurate 3D pictures and animations.

In 2003, his book of images of fetal development, From Conception to Birth, sold 150,000 copies and his latest work is Part Two of this fantastic voyage, The Architecture and Design of Man and Woman. For a chapter on sex, Tsiaras even scanned an employee doing the deed with his girlfriend — all in the name of science."

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Online course in epidemiology

by JTJ on Mon 16 May 2005 11:24 AM MDT

Jump into the study of epidemiology with Prof. David Kleinbaum and Prof. Nancy Barker in the online course "Fundamentals of Epidemiology" at statistics.com June 10 - July 15. Using their electronic textbook "ActiveEpi", this introductory course emphasizes the underlying concepts andmethods of epidemiology. Topics covered include: study designs (clinical ... more »

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