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  1. Stop & Frisk: Guns

    By Erin Kissane

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    A mapping project from WNYC that displays NYPD stop-and-frisks by block and locations where the police discovered guns during such stops.

  2. Miso Project

    By Erika Owens

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    Miso is an open source toolkit designed to expedite the creation of high-quality interactive storytelling and data visualisation content.

  3. PAC Track

    By Al Shaw

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    Expenditure tracking for super PACs during the 2012 election campaign, showing filings and contributor data.

  4. Illinois School Report Cards

    By Brian Boyer

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    A tool for Chicago-area parents to compare school performance data, and a home for the Tribune’s reporting on school performance.

  5. Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law

    By Darla Cameron

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    We assembled a database of stand your ground cases in Florida to encourage people to explore the cases to see how the law was being applied. We did this because no government entity was tracking such cases.

  6. SchoolBook

    By Tyson Evans

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    The New York Times and WNYC have joined forces on a new site dedicated to news, data and conversation about schools in New York City. SchoolBook is now the main place to find coverage of schools in New York by The Times and WNYC. SchoolBook’s home page will mix those news, feature and multimedia stories with essays by members of the education community, as well as photos, videos, queries, comments and more.

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