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A  learn-­‐to-­‐program  blog  written  with  journalists  in  mind  

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Economic Crisis

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Economic Crisis

Climate Change

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War

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Top  ten  data  viz  for  journalism  projects  

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New Haven Register Tool: Dipity Difficulty: Beginner

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NYT  oil  spill  

NYT Oil Spill Tracker Tool: Flash and TileMill(?) Difficulty: Expert

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Grassroots Mapping Tool: Cartagen Knitting

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Cartagen  oil  spill  

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Iraq  War  Logs  

Associated Press Iraq War Logs Tool: Gephy Expert

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Seattle  Times  Foreclosures  

Seattle Times Foreclosure Crisis Tool: Tableau Public Intermediate

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Top  Secret  America  

Washington Post Flash, etc. Expert

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Nonprofit  News  Organizations  

Nonprofit News Tool: Many Eyes Beginner

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Recovery  Tracker  

WNYC Snow Map Tool: Fusion Tables Intermediate

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Population  Data  

Baseball Salaries Tool: BuzzData Intermediate

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Oil  spills,  public  corruption,  war,  foreclosures,  

snowstorms,  government  spending,  the  future  of  news  national  security  and  the  fate  

of  the  Red  Sox  

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Our  problems  are  distributed  and  global  

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local  

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Veterans  battlefield  injuries  

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Turn  stories  into  signals  

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from  the  bad  ones  

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