Month: June 2008
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Launch: EveryBlock Philadelphia and EveryBlock Charlotte
Today I helped launch EveryBlock in two more cities— Philadelphia and Charlotte. Here’s the blog post on the EveryBlock blog: Two new EveryBlock cities are live. My role was to find and coordinate the publication of all data in each city. I’m particularly happy with a new data type— Library items. Here’s more: New library items — We’re…
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LAUNCH: New York Attorney General Expired Pharmacy Products Investigation Locations
Today at EveryBlock we launched a new project: New York Attorney General Expired Pharmacy Products Investigation Locations. It’s one thing to read a story about an investigation of expired products in pharmacies across your state, but it’s another thing altogether to see that your drugstore has been selling expired products.
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Radio interview: BBC: Mapping Crime: Lessons from Chicago”
Here’s a pretty lengthy BBC interview of Adrian & me about crime data in the United States.
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LAUNCH: “Operation Crooked Code”
Today I helped launch the first EveryBlock Special Report, Operation Crooked Code. Here’s some notes on the work, from the announcement blog post: The first EveryBlock special report is a great one: Operation Crooked Code. A week or so ago, 15 people were arrested on bribery charges as part of a federal probe into corruption…