Tom Koch is an early-adapter of the tools of analytic journalism and a friend of the IAJ. 



“In an important new book to be published by ESRI Press in spring 2005,
author Koch explores the role that mapping has played in man's
ongoing struggle to understand and treat illness. In Cartographies of Disease: Maps, Mapping, and Medicine,
he argues that we are all fellow travelers in the war against disease
as well as agents complicit in their engagement. The communities we
build, the technologies that enable them, and the commerce that
sustains them together assure an environment favorable to the advance
of microscopic disease agents. In a real way, medical science plays
catch-up with the health problems we create in our evolving society;
its scientific advances are a response to the diseases we foster
through economic, environmental, and social choices.“

This article, “Let's stop dumbing up education,” appeared in today's San Francisco Examiner.

Media Matters for America points out a bogus use of bar charts by CNN.  Yes, the scale and base line DO matter.  See http://mediamatters.org/items/200503220005
Update: CNN corrected its chart.

DAVID LEONHARDT and FORD FESSENDEN
of The New York Times delivered a straightforward analytic piece today.  “Black Coaches in N.B.A. Have Shorter Tenures”
is based on fairly basic statistical analysis that suggests that black
coaches, all things being equal, don't stick around as long in the
musical chairs game that is professional sports.  Solid graphics
accompany the story, along with a helpful nerd box.

GovTrack.us
is a free, publicly available, privately run, open-government-advocating web
service in good company with such sites as Project Vote Smart and
CitizenJoe.  GovTrack debuted quietly in September 2004,
then hit the big time with mentions in
BusinessWeek
and the
New
York Times (registration required). The attention-getting feature is this:
GovTrack will send you a notice via email or
RSS feed when official legislative
websites such as THOMAS report that action
has occurred on legislation of interest to you.

The digital revolution changed the practice of journalism. This 1993 program
looks at how journalists are using computers and the Internet. Segments
include CNN Newsroom Global View, the San Jose Mercury's Mercury Center
on AOL, Prodigy's Journalist application, Newsweek Interactive, the JFK
Assassinatin CD-ROM, a visit to the MIT Media Lab, and CNBC's Private
Financial Network (PFN) online service. Guests include Michael Rogers
of Newsweek.
http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.php?collection=computerchronicles&collectionid=1115

Elementary but interesting application of animated maps of an historic event.
http://www.archive.org/download/ssfBURNMAP/ssfBURNMAP.AVI

The
National Criminal Justice Reference service maintains a helpful page of
resources related to crime mapping and crime analysis.  See
http://virlib.ncjrs.org/lawe.asp?category=48&subcategory=79