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Gun violence: A growing threat at American schools

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Gun violence: A growing threat at American schools

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2021-12-17T13:10:23-05:00Tags: Animation, Big, Chart, Crime, Database, Fact-checking, Gun violence, Health, Infographics, Investigation, Long-form, Map, Microsoft Excel, Northern America, United States, WKMG-TV, News 6 Orlando|

Game Change

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Game Change

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2021-12-17T13:10:12-05:00Tags: Animation, CSV, Database, Google Sheets, HBO Real Sports, Health, Human rights, Investigation, Long-form, Microsoft Excel, Northern America, Open data, Small, Sports, United States|

Illinois Public Pension Database

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Illinois Public Pension Database

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2021-12-17T13:09:53-05:00Tags: Better Government Association, DataMade, Database, Google Sheets, Infographics, News application, Northern America, Politics, PostgreSQL, Python, Small, United States|

The Storybench 2020 Election Coverage Tracker

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The Storybench 2020 Election Coverage Tracker

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2021-12-17T13:09:52-05:00Tags: CSV, D3.js, Elections, Explainer, Northeastern University School of Journalism, Northern America, Politics, Python, R, RStudio, Scraping, Small, United States|

Innovation’ Nation

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Innovation’ Nation

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2021-12-17T13:09:23-05:00Tags: Adobe, Business, Chart, Creative Suite, Culture, Explainer, Google Sheets, Health, Investigation, Long-form, Microsoft Excel, Nature Biotechnology, Northern America, Small, United States|

Points of Light: Protest in America

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Points of Light: Protest in America

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2021-12-17T13:09:21-05:00Tags: Adobe, Chart, Corruption, Creative Suite, CSV, Culture, D3.js, Elections, Environment, Gun violence, Health, Human rights, Immigration, Infographics, Long-form, Map, Northern America, Open data, Personal website, Politics, R, RStudio, Small, United States, Women|

Bargaining the Badge: How Hundreds of Accused Texas Officers Avoid Prison

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Bargaining the Badge: How Hundreds of Accused Texas Officers Avoid Prison

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2021-12-17T13:09:17-05:00Tags: Big, Corruption, Crime, Investigation, KXAN, Long-form, Microsoft Excel, Northern America, Open data, Politics, United States, Video|

The Reckoning: Hundreds of Accused Priests Living Under the Radar with No Oversight

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The Reckoning: Hundreds of Accused Priests Living Under the Radar with No Oversight

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2021-12-17T13:08:51-05:00Tags: Big, Corruption, Crime, CSV, Database, Google Sheets, Investigation, Long-form, Northern America, R, RStudio, Scraping, The Associated Press, United States|

Secret Chinese documents reveal inner workings of Muslim detention camps: Beijing claims they’re vocational centers. But a cache of leaked records show the sites were designed to be run like prisons.

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Secret Chinese documents reveal inner workings of Muslim detention camps: Beijing claims they’re vocational centers. But a cache of leaked records show the sites were designed to be run like prisons.

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2021-12-17T13:08:44-05:00Tags: Adobe, Big, Creative Suite, Cross-border, CSV, Explainer, Google Sheets, Human rights, Investigation, Json, Long-form, Microsoft Excel, Multiple-newsroom collaboration, NBC News, ICIJ, CBC, BBC, others, Northern America, QGIS, Satellite images, United States|

Heat And Health In American Cities

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Heat And Health In American Cities

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2021-12-17T13:08:40-05:00Tags: Adobe, Audio, Big, Creative Suite, CSV, D3.js, Environment, Google Sheets, Health, Infographics, Investigation, Json, Long-form, Map, Microsoft Excel, Multiple-newsroom collaboration, Node.js, Northern America, NPR, The University of Maryland Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, Open data, OpenStreetMap, Podcast/radio, Python, QGIS, R, RStudio, Satellite images, Scraping, Sensor, Solutions journalism, United States|

Copy, paste, legislate: We looked for legislation that was written by special interests. We found it in all 50 states.

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Copy, paste, legislate: We looked for legislation that was written by special interests. We found it in all 50 states.

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2021-12-17T13:08:35-05:00Tags: Adobe, Animation, Big, Business, Canvas, Chart, Corruption, Creative Suite, CSV, D3.js, Database, Explainer, Fact-checking, Illustration, Infographics, Investigation, Json, Multiple-newsroom collaboration, Northern America, Open data, Politics, R, RStudio, Scraping, Three.js, United States, USA TODAY, the Arizona Republic, and the Center for Public Integrity., Video|

Can you make AI fairer than a judge? Play our courtroom algorithm game

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Can you make AI fairer than a judge? Play our courtroom algorithm game

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2021-12-17T13:18:41-05:00Tags: Chart, Crime, CSV, D3.js, Explainer, Infographics, Investigation, JQuery, Json, Long-form, MIT Technology Review, Node.js, Northern America, Open data, Python, Quiz/game, Small, United States|

Is There a Connection Between Undocumented Immigrants and Crime?

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Is There a Connection Between Undocumented Immigrants and Crime?

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2021-12-17T13:18:21-05:00Tags: Big, Crime, D3.js, Explainer, Immigration, Infographics, Investigation, Northern America, R, The Marshall Project, published in collaboration with The New York Times's Upshot., United States|

The Opioid Files

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The Opioid Files

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2021-12-17T13:18:16-05:00Tags: Big, Breaking news, Business, CSV, Database, Explainer, Health, Infographics, Investigation, JQuery, Json, Long-form, News application, Node.js, Northern America, Open data, Politics, Python, QGIS, R, RStudio, The Washington Post, United States, Video|

You Know Karen

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You Know Karen

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2021-12-17T09:39:29-05:00Tags: Chart, CSV, Culture, D3.js, Infographics, Node.js, Northern America, Personalisation, R, RStudio, Scraping, Small, The Pudding, United States, Women|