Today,literally hundreds of square kilometers of Southern California —Los Angeles to San Diego —are burning. Some very alert newspapers and radio stations,though,are using Google Maps and a program called Twitter (www.twitter.com) to update the maps on a regular basis. A good example,I think,of applied tools of analytic [...]
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We've long been intrigued with Benford's Law and its potential for Analytic Journalism. Today we ran across a new post by Charley Kyd that explains both the Law and presents some clear formulas for its application. An Excel 97-2003 Tutorial: Use Benford's Law with Excel To Improve Business Planning Benford's Law addresses an [...] We recently enjoyed meeting Stuart Kasdin at a Netlogo workshop. Stuart spent some years in the Peace Corps,then a decade with the OMB (Office of Budget Management). Currently he's working on his doctorate in Poly Sci at UC-Santa Barbara. Stuart has also been thinking about “performance measurement,”the term-of-art used by auditors and managers [...] We're pleased that the PBS program “Frontline”is keeping up the good fight to produce important journalism. And thanks to the Librarian's Index to the Internet for pointing us to:Private Warriors This Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline program looks “at private contractors servicing U.S. military supply lines,running U.S. military bases,and protecting [...] Dan Gillmor picks up a story from California's Contra Costa Times about a Republican operative who has been sending phony letters-to-the-editor bashing Demos,more than 200 letters for the past 10 years. According to the CC Times story…. “”Bogus letters have a tremendous effect on the readers,”Times Editorial Page editor Dan Hatfield said. [...] The Municipal Performance Measurement Program (MPMP) is an initiative designed to provide taxpayers with useful information on service delivery and …[...] “Will Yancey,a Dallas accountant who specializes in litigation support,started compiling bookmarks of his favorite sites in 1995. Today,his site offers users links to other portals as well as to legal and political directories.” http://www.willyancey.com/forensic.htm “Portals for Prying”,by Jennifer Saranow,The Wall Street Journal,Technology Report,September 15,2003,page R6. [...] | ||||||
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