Earthquakes are synonymous with California to most Americans, but other states are seeing more earthquakes likely triggered by human activity.
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.
Do you love visual data? Be a Knight-Mozilla fellow at CIR
The Center for Investigative Reporting’s staff is thrilled to be one of seven organizations chosen to host a Knight-Mozilla fellow in 2015. Here’s our pitch for why you should apply to be a fellow and come to CIR.
Do you love visual data? Be a Knight-Mozilla fellow at CIR
The Center for Investigative Reporting’s staff is thrilled to be one of seven organizations chosen to host a Knight-Mozilla fellow in 2015. Here’s our pitch for why you should apply to be a fellow and come to CIR.
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Let research apps, MVC JavaScript and APIs work for you
We hope that by using some of the techniques we describe other news applications developers can build apps that use sophisticated (and free!) tools at record speeds and create engaging news products.
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