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Giving journalists the tools to tell data-driven stories in North Carolina. Contact us for assistance with acquiring, cleaning, analyzing or presenting data.

Chapel Hill, NC
Joined October 2016
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Carolina Data Desk retweeted
Chatham's own "blue wave" in #electionresults. Shout out to #ChathamNC voters for having turnout 14 pts higher than the rest of the state! 👏 #ncpol mailchi.mp/reesenewslab/your…
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Piece by @UNCMJschool MA student @cgentilviso gets featured on @wfdd. Here's his analysis: nc-votes.org/2018/10/trackin…
North Carolina Sees Rise In Unaffiliated Voters wfdd.org/story/north-carolin…
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Just previewed our voter interview tool to room of reporters at @UNCDataDesk @reveal workshop in Winston-Salem. Positive reviews & great suggestions. Coming soon...
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We provide an overview of how to request public records and who/what is subject to #FOIA here: rcfp.org/digital-journalists… And check out our iFOIA.org website to create, submit & track your public records requests all in one place! teapawt.net/UNCDataDesk/status/100…
A great go-to source for writing requests for public data is @rcfp, says @eman_thedataman rcfp.org/
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Carolina Data Desk retweeted
7 new ways to think about N.C. voters - which kind of precinct do you live in? nc-votes.org/2018/05/cluster…
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We also caught up with @rtburg to talk #NICAR18, educating future data reporters and opportunities for @UNCMJschool students cislm.org/ryan-thornburg-at-…
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We're hiring! #Full-stack developer for news applications #job reesenewslab.org/2018/02/13/…
SELECT * FROM tshirts WHERE tshirts.thisone = “Awesome” The #NICAR18 T-shirt contest starts TODAY! Get your entries in by Feb. 4
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.@rtburg on dirty data: "When you see anomalies in data you’ve got one of two things — either a good story or bad data." #datajournalism teapawt.net/nc_votes/status/932589…
Explaining why 1000s of voters in N.C. data look like they've outlived oldest living American. By @daniellechemtob #askncvotes nc-votes.org/2017/11/older-v…
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Carolina Data Desk retweeted
Explaining why 1000s of voters in N.C. data look like they've outlived oldest living American. By @daniellechemtob #askncvotes nc-votes.org/2017/11/older-v…
Carolina Data Desk retweeted
Precinct 141 -- Charlotte's youngest -- went 85% for @ViLyles ... Precinct 22 gave her 73%.
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Open data is often underutilized by journalists - @mkramer hopes to change that. Listen to our podcast @reesenewslab cislm.org/podcast-melody-kra…
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local gov't transparency through open data allows residents to "do their part" and help their community #citycampNC
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Carolina Data Desk retweeted
Welcome @mkramer to @reesenewslab and @UNCDataDesk where she will research how news orgs can use data for innovation bit.ly/2eR6eU3
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There's more where that came from, too! We're using pandas & jupyter as a standard now and we open source all our work! teapawt.net/rtburg/status/87980737… – at Severn, MD
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Carolina Data Desk retweeted
"All data is biased. All data are artifacts of systems and systems are built by humans. They are built on choices." @AngeBassa at #TowAI
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You can look at predicting clicks and that’s close to predicting importance but it’s not, says @jerrytalton #TowAI
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Here's the shortlist for @GENinnovate Data Journalism Awards. Enjoy! datajournalismawards.org/sho…
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The @sbsun published an editorial on Sunday about our collaboration with the paper, which tracked police shootings sbsun.com/opinion/20170519/a…
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A great guest post from @shannonp_4 (@UNCDataDesk) about whether UNC has been Moses Malone-ing it on the glass: thesecondarybreak.us/moses-m…
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