Data Road Trip Home
Eleven postcards from a religious nation.
By Jeremy Rue, Singeli Agnew, Toni DeAztlan, Samantha Grant, Joelle Jaffe, Clayton Worfolk, July 31, 2007
What does it mean to be Christian in the divorce capital of the United States? Or Catholic in the city with the most abortions? We poured over the statistics -- census numbers, spreadsheets, maps -- to find the places where god, sex and family intersect. And to tell the stories of the people behind the numbers. The Data Road Trip: Eleven postcards from a religious nation.
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Pauline, 2007-08-01 20:14:50 -- Flag for review
Awesome photos, and great integration of stills and video!
Carolyn L. Massey, 2007-08-02 11:51:15 -- Flag for review
Thank you for giving voice to the numbers. Truly, the story is in the numbers!
martine jaffe, 2007-08-03 13:41:21 -- Flag for review
nice job!
TC Taylor, 2007-08-04 08:39:53 -- Flag for review
Interesting! Check out: Cities with Highest Murder Rates in "Democrat & Chronicle" newspaper, Rochester, NY. It shows a map of where, who, and how murders have taken place in the murder capital of NY.
Joe, 2007-08-04 09:32:57 -- Flag for review
I really like the depth and color you've added to the people and stories. Although only the length of a snapshot, it feels like you've met the person at a friend's house.
If I could make a technical suggestion, your video could use better transcoding. It looks like your camera shoots interlaced frames (which is good for television), but since a computer's display is progressive, I can see a lot 'combing' effects during pans or fast-motion segments. If you de-interlace the video as you encode for the web, those effects will be much less pronounced. Or if your camera has a progressive mode, use that if you know you're going to publish on the Internet.
Thanks for your wide and intersesting coverage! I really hope journalism adopts a lot of your approaches.
Bob Calo, Project Director, News21, 2007-08-06 14:54:03 -- Flag for review
Joe: Thanks for the tip. You are correct about the shooting modes we used. The pieces were designed for both broadcast and web, so we shot broadcast style, but we agree that the 'combing' is a problem. In retrospect, progressive mode!
Adithya, 2007-08-06 16:17:08 -- Flag for review
Hearing Mrs Jerath's thoughts on arranged marriages was really interesting and I would have liked to hear more from her children about what they envision for themselves. An entire generation of Hindus is growing up in this country trying to navigate the path between tradition and reality.
Great job.
Judy Kaye, 2008-01-02 20:18:00 -- Flag for review
John, 2008-02-19 13:49:45 -- Flag for review
Interesting!