We wrote about an enormous new study that shows that cross-class friendships, perhaps more than anything else, help people climb the income ladder. The study used Facebook data for 84% of U.S. adults ages 25-44, and shows the effect is profound.
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Kansas will vote on Tuesday to decide whether to amend its Constitution to say it does not protect abortion rights. The state is one of five to put abortion rights directly on the ballot with measures to amend state constitutions.
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I love working largely because the people are brilliant ♥️and I think the journalism is 🔥. But yes, it is quite pricey. There's a lot of important free content ft.com/content/77ab8d but there is also the very affordable FT Edit app
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Um. So. I wrote a thing. Should anyone out there happen to be interested in the fairly extensive notes on generative art in R written to accompany my #RStudioConf2022 workshop, here they are! A little #rtistry love for today 💕
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.’s fascinating voyage into the heart of elite competition is a must-read even if you’re not into chess, on the cover of & only in on.ft.com/3vlGdRj
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I’m super late sharing this, but I’m so grateful & excited to help make interactives & graphics at the NYT more accessible!
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We’re excited to welcome @tanner_jaime, who is joining The Times as an accessibility visuals editor. nytco.com/press/jaime-ta
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OK, so who's ready for an "are we in a recession?" mega-thread? (Too bad, you're getting one anyway.)
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The U.S. is not in a recession.
Probably.
More here:
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Some news! 🎉 I have a new job as Weather Data Editor at the , leading a team focused on building interactive features to cover day-to-day and extreme weather. (Also: We're hiring!)
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Some personal/personnel news!
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We’re excited to welcome @anmccartney to @nytgraphics nytco.com/press/allison-
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Little survey update. We've heard from more than 550 people. Wow! Thank you for your time!
If you'd been meaning to click through we're keeping it open just a few more days: opennews.org/2022-survey
Wednesday, July 27 is the final final deadline. Thanks for your thoughts!
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We’re excited to welcome , who is joining The Times as an accessibility visuals editor.
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I was waiting until tomorrow but this has been spotted on a NYC newsstand. I admit, I’m tearing up writing this: my byline on the front page of ! I’m a child of immigrants & have an extra helping of imposter syndrome so I can’t quite express what this means to me (1/2)
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Super interesting paper on how to better understand shifts among voting blocs by taking into account turnout and composition of the electorate.
Also reminds me of one of my favorite 2020 election analysis piece by and
ft.com/content/31a027
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How should election analysts, pundits, and researchers characterize election outcomes? In this paper, we propose tools for analyzing elections, with a focus on decomposing the sources of votes across different groups in the electorate.
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we've added Baltimore neighborhood borders to the "precinct-level" results for the state's attorney's race. also, there's a search bar you can put your zip code and precinct number into
thanks for the idea and
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without , i would not have a job in journalism
they have done so much to expand the community: srccon, scholarships, community calls, the source blog, etc
pls fill out this short confidential survey to help opennews inform their work ⚡️⚡️⚡️
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👋 Help learn more about what's happening in your career and what you want to see changed in the industry:
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night at the nyt printing plant
aka “the daily miracle” according to this 2019 article 🗞🗞🗞
nytimes.com/2019/03/26/mag
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GOP small-dollar donations via WinRed are flat this year, while Democrats' have increased substantially the last 2 months on ActBlue
washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/
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Regulating abortion in the U.S. is now in the hands of states, so every election has implications for access. This fall, some states will put the issue directly on ballots. In others, outcomes for state offices could help sway protections or restrictions.
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A New York Times investigation into a Bronx apartment fire in January that killed 17 people found that the deaths were preventable. Deadly smoke filled all 19 stories when the fire safety system failed disastrously.
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Together, we're working for a journalism industry that truly serves and includes everyone, no matter their job title or background. How can we better support your work to get there?
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NEW investigation:
The U.S. military’s high school program, JROTC, has all too often become a venue for retired military veterans to sexually abuse their teenage students.
Today we publish our investigation, which began 2+ years ago...
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Shinzo Abe, Japan’s former prime minister, was assassinated while delivering a speech in the city of Nara.
Follow our updates. nyti.ms/3bXQiNg
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Really interesting story. Los Angeles bucks the trend the article describes — because it was already so economically segregated
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ECONOMIC SEGREGATION
A generation ago, a majority of US families lived in “middle income” neighborhoods, where income was within 25% of the regional median.
Now, they increasingly live in areas that are much richer or much poorer than the regional norm.
nytimes.com/2022/07/06/us/
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ECONOMIC SEGREGATION
A generation ago, a majority of US families lived in “middle income” neighborhoods, where income was within 25% of the regional median.
Now, they increasingly live in areas that are much richer or much poorer than the regional norm.
nytimes.com/2022/07/06/us/
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1) You’ve probably heard of income inequality, but in a new story today, we look at the increasing level of income segregation in the U.S. nytimes.com/2022/07/06/us/, with and
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Here's a story I've been working on for a bit -- it's on a hard-to-measure polling phenomenon ("expressive responding") that's complicating attempts to measure Americans' beliefs and experiences on everything from the economy to political violence.
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In 2010 midterms, the RSLC “spent just $30 million — less than the cost of some Senate races. Republicans won 680 seats, more than the Democrats had won in the post-Watergate election of 1974.”
Smart analysis from w/ A+ graphics nytimes.com/interactive/20
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It took years of organizing and electoral action by opponents of abortion to reach the day when Roe was brought down. This is an excellent, detailed account of how it happened by , author of an important early book on the Tea Party.
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If you want to see the impact of these changes on how far women will need to go to obtain abortions, maps in this piece show you a range of likely scenarios... nytimes.com/interactive/20
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SCOTUS has overturned Roe -- We'll be tracking the patchwork of state abortion laws in the days, weeks and months ahead here:
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wow, gmail’s autofill has really figured out how to to capture my tendency for insecurity 🙃
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How & why did come to be? The #SvelteOrigins documentary is live! 🎥
Feat. , , , , , , , , , , & .
#Svelte #JavaScript
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I think it’s (increasingly) important for data journalists and other people who analyze data—especially for public consumption—to make their analysis public, so I’ll be sharing GitHub links that accompany my stories:
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Check out this “north is not up” POV in this NYC subway map from 1917
Reminds me of the fabulous “#Dataviz in the upside down” presentation from #nicar18 by :
bit.ly/data-upside-do
#northisaaocietalconstruct ⚡️🙃
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The analyzed hundreds of photos from Ukraine. We found that Russia repeatedly and widely used unguided weapons, as well as cluster weapons banned under some treaties, often in civilian areas. It reflects a barbaric, old-fashioned war strategy.
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this week was my first as their interactive graphics reporter!
send tips, graphics ideas and your favorite datasets to taylor.johnston@hearstmediact.com 🗞️📊✨
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