Reporting on health + justice in NYTimes, NM in Depth, more • Teaching @ Columbia & NYU Wagner • Bi-Nuevo: New Mexican in NYC
Ted Alcorn
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It’s always striking how the decline in alcohol consumption is covered as a business problem instead of a win for public health.
This is such fascinating analysis as says much about the NYT and how this plays into the perception of each state, as much as what it says of what goes on in each state.
Journalism from @nytimes international articles since 2000 (n≈199,000) turned into a map. We see which topics were covered disproportionately. HT @tedalcorn
*stares at "home" state of Nebraska*
That is accurate and depressing.
Yep this tracks
Such a great use of AI. Fantastic project
Allow me, former pledge master of Penn’s 2008 Sigma Phi Epsilon pledge class and WHYY transportation reporter who now covers election administration, to take a bow.
Yeah yeah I’m aware of what you all think of us
I do think that even though other states are caricatured here, NJ as viewed from NY might be the most pigeonholed
With data from the @nytimes.com API, I analyzed all national+local coverage since 2000—224,000 articles— to see which topics in each state get covered out of proportion to the rest of the country. A portrait of how the paper of record sees America, one state per tweet, alphabetical. 👇
IOWA — Two things on repeat: state fairs and presidential primaries. The NYT comes to Iowa every four years for the campaign-trail.
With data from the @nytimes.com API, I analyzed all national+local coverage since 2000—224,000 articles— to see which topics in each state get covered out of proportion to the rest of the country. A portrait of how the paper of record sees America, one state per tweet, alphabetical. 👇
With data from the @nytimes.com API, I analyzed all national+local coverage since 2000—224,000 articles— to see which topics in each state get covered out of proportion to the rest of the country. A portrait of how the paper of record sees America, one state per tweet, alphabetical. 👇
COLORADO — Mountains, marijuana, and mass shootings.
PENNSYLVANIA — Higher education's underside, plus rail accidents and electoral fights.
NEW JERSEY — Covered as a commute. Tolls, casinos, property taxes, bridges and tunnels, the daily ride to somewhere else.
