Leah Nelson – 8/22 Homework

Hi! I’m Leah Nelson. Twenty years, two months and five days ago I was born in Dallas, Texas. When I was sixteen, I moved to Topeka, Kansas for my junior and senior year of high school. In high school, I swam on the swim team for four years and I was on the...

Day 1 Class

  1) Introductions 2) Syllabus–Questions       –Software: Excel and Tableau         –Course Materials:           NICAR CoursePack          Numbers in the Newsroom         New Precision Journalism         Data Journalism Handbook3) Tour of...

Final Project (2nd attempt)_ Rachael Krasnesky

A data comparison of population, unemployment rates, and violent crime rates between 2012 and 2015 data in Arkansas show strangely different comparisons for all the cities and regions in Arkansas. In general, population numbers grew between 2012 and 2015. The largest...

Final Project Wenzler

The state of Arkansas has made big changes since 2012 in regards to crime and unemployment rates. The information from the most recent FBI data along with census data reveal a generally uplifting picture for Arkansans. It seems that there is more improvement being...

Jesse Kloss- Final Project

Crime Down, Economy Up in Arkansas By: Jesse Kloss The state of Arkansas is quickly becoming a more attractive place to live, as the unemployment rate and crime rates are on the downfall, and median family income is on the rise. Total offenses are down across the...