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Arrest, conviction data shed light on repeat drunken drivers in Wisconsin
The I-Team created an interactive visualization showing OWIs in each county. Consistently named as the state with the highest number of binge drinkers in the nation, alcohol is tightly woven through...
View ArticleUncover wage theft with Department of Labor data
Wage theft happens more than you realize, and in some hidden places. Workers in fast food restaurants, big-box stores or hotels aren’t the only ones. We’ve found examples of Colorado’s teachers,...
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Parking permit data leads to stories, new reporting tool
Parking permit graphic by the Boston Globe In dense cities like Boston, few topics are as contentious as parking. Everyone has a complaint. Everyone has a personal story about driving around aimlessly...
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State database reveals ‘overbedding’ problem in Illinois hospitals
Graphic from Crain’s Chicago Business Chicago is one of the most fragmented hospital markets in the country, with 95 hospitals in a six-county area competing to survive. Fewer patients are walking...
View ArticleData analysis shows red-light camera did little to reduce crashes
The first red-light camera in Collier County, Florida, was installed near the county’s busiest intersection in April 2009, a year after the cameras were approved by a divided county commission. In a...
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State, local fire department data reveals slow response times, decline in...
Like any TV station, WTAE covers lots of fires. But when Justin Antoniotti took over as news director several years ago, he was struck by the number of fires in Western Pennsylvania where homes burned...
View ArticleHow dangerous are uncontrolled intersections?
Billings is a city of 110,000 in the southeastern part of Montana. It’s partitioned by sandstone cliffs and punctuated by refineries and casinos. In the middle of town, there’s a lone high-rise from...
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How to investigate and analyze police pursuit data, policies
If you live in a metropolitan area with multiple police departments — as many of us do — it might surprise you to learn how many have conflicting and uncoordinated police pursuit policies that put...
View ArticleIdentical teacher evaluation scores raise questions for Idaho journalists
When Idaho lawmakers voted in 2015 to increase teacher pay by more than $250 million, many had no idea the accountability measures they attached to their funding formula were rooted in flawed data....
View ArticleWatchdogs over higher education rarely bite
College accreditation might sound like a wonky subject – the kind of thing that only interests policy makers and people at think tanks. But accreditors have tremendous power. Colleges have to be...
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