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databases
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How journalists can navigate libraries and databases to find stories
Troves of information are available online and at libraries for reporters without having to leave your seat — if you…
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Tools help reporters follow tax dollars that fund medical research
Why did the chicken cross the road? We’ve never known, but we may soon find out thanks to a United…
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Leaded aviation fuel a threat to public health, children
KUOW’s John Ryan used federal data and a few key sources to delve deep into issues surrounding one of the…
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NYT reporters tease hip replacement numbers from difficult data
Writing for The New York Times, Barry Meier and Janet Roberts analyzed a particularly tricky batch of federal reports detailing…
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Reporter finds the story behind food code violations
All the time that The Muskegon Chronicle‘s Brian McVicar has been spending with his county health department’s inspection records has…
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Reporter FOIA’s database further exposing the toll war takes on returning vets
Writing for the Bay Citizen and The New York Times, Aaron Glantz brings a new, data-based take on the mental…
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CMS releases hospital-by-hospital data on never events
About nine months after its original due date, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have overcome industry opposition and…
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Institute launches global health data clearinghouse
Last month, the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (about) launched the Global Health Data Exchange (or…
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The health highlights of two years of Guardian data
In two years, the Guardian’s data blog has published more than 600 data sets. I know this because, thanks to…
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WSJ explains why Medicare data is hidden
In The Wall Street Journal, reporters Mark Schoofs and Maurice Tamman have pulled off an impressive feat, weaving a tale…