Articles tagged: Backbone

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   How The Chicago Reporter Made ‘Settling for Misconduct’

   By Matt Kiefer and Julia Smith

   Posted on January 9, 2017

   In researching Settling for Misconduct, we had to account for details from hundreds of county and federal court filings, identify thousands of officers named in civil complaints and tally hundreds of millions of dollars in monetary awards. We also needed thorough reporting to connect issues of police misconduct to fiscal accountability. And oh yeah – we had to have a slick web app to present the data to the public.

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   How We Made “Your Warming World”

   By Peter Aldhous, Chris Amico, and Erin Kissane

   Posted on January 25, 2013

   New Scientist’s Peter Aldhous and NPR’s Chris Amico break down the data, mapping, and interface details of their collaboration on Your Warming World.