The exact number of sickle cell patients in the U.S. is unknown, because data on the genetic disorder is lacking.
The Sun Journal analyzed data from Maine Department of Health and Human Services reports on child welfare, including 18 years of annual child protective services reports and annual reports on Office of Child and Family Services staffing.
The intersection of race and place proves key to understanding the gaps.
“I’ve never had the type of relationship with readers that I’m having right now," said veteran reporter Lisa Krieger in her recent webinar on vaccines.
As the amount of COVID-19 data grows, so do the coverage possibilities for reporters covering the pandemic.
This story was produced as part of a larger project led by Monica Vaughan, a participant in the 2019 California Fellowship....
We were about 30 seconds into our first look at the California Department of Education’s chronic absenteeism data when we knew what our story would be.
A reporter shares a handful of investigative reporting techniques that proved essential in overcoming blind spots among local health experts who were largely unaware of opioids' toll in their communities.
Ultimately, I had no data for my data project. So, under the advice of data guru Paul Overberg of The Wall Street Journal, I created my own.
Five practical takeaways from reporting on how communities are tackling persistent disparities in infant mortality, in the midst of newsroom downsizing and shifting beats.
