LA Times reporter Marissa Evans shares tips for mining public records — and you don’t have to be a geek to do it.
Curious what’s happening in your state? Here's how one newsroom tackled the question.
When it came to finding truly surprising patterns or stories within the Alabama data, I hit wall after wall. Here's what I learned along the way.
The initial statistics shocked me. It turns out, I hadn’t seen anything yet.
With deadlines looming, I was able to publish a feature-length story just a week after receiving data files with tens of millions of data points. Here's how I did it.
Can't find the data you need? Consider collecting it yourself, as reporter Sandy Mazza did through low-cost air monitors placed at homes around LA's ports.
Have you thought about using data and public records to investigate medical marijuana in your state? Here are some great places to start.
The tide of ER visits rose in Southern California after Obamacare became law, growing about 27 percent from 2010 to 2016.
The Sacramento Bee’s Angela Hart shares how she got a handle on a huge story: the potential move to single-payer health care in the nation’s most populous state.
Kathleen McGrory of the Tampa Bay Times on how she overcame tough obstacles to report on the rising trend of children being shot and killed in Florida.
