Oct 01 Official says no ‘manipulation’ of data seen in election hacks By Tami Abdollah, Associated Press A department official told The Associated Press on Friday that hackers have targeted the voter registration systems of more than 20 states in recent months. Continue reading
Jun 30 The man who studies how Americans die By Laura Santhanam In 2014, 2.6 million Americans died, according to the latest available data from the National Center for Health Statistics. Continue reading
Jun 09 States scramble to protect student data and privacy By Sarah Breitenbach, Stateline With few protections on the privacy of student data beyond a decades-old federal law, states have been scrambling to regulate how student data is collected and stored. Continue reading
Apr 22 Who’s the real main character in Shakespearean tragedies? Here’s what the data say By Corinne Segal Martin Grandjean's data visualizations look at the relationships between characters in Shakespearean tragedies. Continue reading
Apr 19 Watch 6:28 Washington Post honored for deep dive into fatal police shootings By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 31 Data: How does the U.S. women’s soccer team pay compare to the men? By Laura Santhanam Members of the U.S. women's national soccer team filed a complaint with the federal government this week for being paid less than their male counterparts. Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch 9:20 In Boston, tracking data to score government progress By PBS News Hour Boston plans to use data and analytics to help improve operations, better measure performance and increase efficiency under a forthcoming initiative called CityScore. A single number is issued daily, measuring how the city is meeting its goals on a variety… Continue watching
Dec 04 Infographic: Where America’s mass shootings happened in 2015 By Laura Santhanam, Megan Crigger Following this week’s mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, the PBS NewsHour analyzed news reports of 354 shootings where at least four people were killed or wounded to understand where and when gun violence erupts in America. Continue reading
Aug 30 Looking for a way to store data for millennia? Try DNA. By Carey Reed, Andrew Mach The breakthrough could lead to the creation of digital archives, storing everything from ancient texts to Wikipedia pages in DNA form that could survive for hundreds of thousands of years without the loss of any data. Continue reading
Apr 21 Americans use more government data than they think By Colleen Shalby A new report from Pew Research Center shows that a majority of Americans don’t trust the government, but plenty use its open data -- often without knowing they’re doing so. Continue reading