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Michael Corey

Senior Data Editor

Michael Corey is a former senior data editor. He led a team of data journalists who seek to distill large datasets into compelling and easily understandable stories using the tools of journalism, statistics and programming. His specialties include mapping, the U.S.-Mexico border, scientific data and working with remote sensing. Corey's work has been honored with an Online Journalism Award, an Emmy Award, a Polk Award, an IRE Medal and other national awards. He previously worked for the Des Moines Register and graduated from Drake University.

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Posted inEnvironment, Oil and Mining

Quakes near key Oklahoma oil depot draw regulator attention

by Michael Corey October 22, 2015December 15, 2015

Oklahoma’s earthquakes are threatening a strategic crude oil storage depot, and the state’s regulators are shutting down some disposal wells in response. That’s the latest in a string of developments as Oklahoma tries to slow down an explosion of earthquakes that seismologists blame on the injection of wastewater from oil exploration.

Posted inCriminal Justice, Left for Dead

Searchable database: The Lost & The Found

by Michael Corey, Allison McCartney, Emmanuel Martinez and Julia Smith September 2, 2015June 30, 2021

Federal data tracks thousands of unsolved missing persons cases and unidentified bodies. Use our Web tool to search for potential matches.

Posted inInside the Newsroom

Turn your data into sound using our new MIDITime library

by Michael Corey July 9, 2015December 15, 2015

We’ve built a Python library called MIDITime for data sonification, which we hope others will find useful. It’s released publicly on our GitHub page and via pip.

Posted inEnvironment, Oil and Mining

Man-made earthquakes: Fact or fiction?

by Ariane Wu and Michael Corey June 30, 2015June 30, 2021

Earthquakes in Oklahoma used to be something of a rarity, but a few years ago, that began to change. What’s going on? This short video explains why this is happening across the U.S. and who scientists think the culprits are.

Posted inEnvironment, Oil and Mining

Oklahoma’s man-made earthquakes

by Michael Corey June 13, 2015June 30, 2021

Join reporters as they hop in a car and drive toward the epicenter of two earthquakes that had just struck near a small Oklahoma town, to see the after-effects and talk to the people who live in the area.

Posted inEnvironment, Oil and Mining

Listen to the music of seismic activity in Oklahoma

by Michael Corey June 13, 2015June 30, 2021

Reveal took 10 years of Oklahoma earthquake data, translated it into MIDI notes, and ran those notes through a synthesizer to add more musicality. Hear more in our June episode.

Posted inEnvironment

Watch Oklahoma’s earthquake explosion

by Michael Corey June 13, 2015June 30, 2021

Until 2009, earthquakes that people could feel were rare in Oklahoma. But by 2014, Oklahoma had more than three times as many earthquakes as California.

Posted inEnvironment, Oil and Mining

Earthquake hazard forecasts upgraded for Oklahoma, 7 other states

by Michael Corey April 23, 2015June 30, 2021

The U.S. Geological Survey is planning to significantly upgrade its forecasts of seismic hazards in places such as Oklahoma that have seen dramatic increases in earthquakes since 2009.

Posted inEnvironment, Oil and Mining

Oklahoma unveils new wastewater restrictions as quakes keep coming

by Michael Corey March 25, 2015June 30, 2021

Oklahoma officials are beefing up their regulation of the injection of wastewater from oil and gas into deep layers of rock that scientists blame for an explosion of earthquakes.

Posted inEnvironment, Oil and Mining

Hey, California: Oklahoma had 3 times as many earthquakes in 2014

by Michael Corey February 7, 2015June 30, 2021

Earthquakes are synonymous with California to most Americans, but other states are seeing more earthquakes likely triggered by human activity.

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