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LaCrosse Tribune reporter turns IRE training into data-driven stories for community

Published: July 17, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
In March, LaCrosse Tribune reporter Chris Hubbuch attended an IRE training event in Wisconsin, where introductions to Excel and data-driven journalism were on the agenda. Since then, he’s produced data-driven […]
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Governments battle to maintain bridges

Published: July 12, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
By Ryan McGeeney, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette When Washington County employees began tearing down the Miley Wagon Bridge near Baldwin earlier this year, there was no doubt about how the county was […]
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Enforcement Works To Keep Alcohol Violations In Check

Published: July 12, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
By Misty Gittings, NWAonline Businesses selling alcoholic beverages in Benton and Washington counties had 72 violations from March 2012 through February, according to records from the state’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Division. […]
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180 Arkansas facilities, mainly wholesale, retail, store fertilizer

Published: July 12, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
By Ryan McGeeney, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Only one fertilizer manufacturer in Arkansas currently reports storing both anhydrous ammonia and ammonium nitrate, the two chemical compounds thought to be responsible for […]
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St. Clair County's part-time employees earn the same benefits as those who work full time

Published: July 12, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
By Daniel Kelley, The Belleville News Democrat A review of the salaries and benefits of public employees and elected officials at St. Clair County found the county spent more than […]
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Gambling triples its local reach in four months

Published: July 12, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
By Brad Weisenstein, The Belleville News-Democrat The News-Democrat found the newly legal video gaming in Southwestern Illinois grew rapidly, with gamblers in April losing $1.06 million - nearly triple what […]
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How this year's CAR Conference turned Australian journalist Edmund Tadros on to programming

Published: July 11, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
Edmund Tadros, a journalist at The Australian Financial Review, said he used to dismiss the idea that journalists needed to know how to program. He considered it a waste of time. […]
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The Obama administration's war on leaks

Published: July 10, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
// Leonard Downie Jr, far right, moderates the showcase panel entitled "The government's war on leaks" with (l-r) Michael Oreskes of the Associated Press, Lucy Dalglish of the Phillip Merrill […]
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Behind the Story: Tracking food waste at a local institution

Published: July 9, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
Forty percent of food grown in the United States goes uneaten, according to the National Institutes of Health. That’s everything from misshapen potatoes left in the field to the half […]
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Census finds difference in night and day

Published: July 9, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
By Daniel Kelley, The Belleville News-Democrat Filtering through Census data, Belleville News-Democrat discovered cities that experience huge daily growth as commuters arrive from bedroom communities. For example, workers caused the […]
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