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Investigating megabits: How Leon Yin and The Markup uncovered the story of ISP inequality and digital redlining

by Stella Westlake

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How the Marshall Project dug into the FBI’s new crime statistics collection program

by Bridget Bost

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Breaking down “The Big Bang Theory,” Chinese censorship, and data journalism with Manyun Zou

by Miska Salemann

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Vox Atlas: Producer Sam Ellis on his distinctive map animations

by Zoe Baumgartner

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How the Marshall Project presented the thriving underground economy behind bars

by Matteo Farah

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Founder of The Pudding and Polygraph, Matt Daniels, on the shift in content consumption and digital storytelling

by Pasit Lerkkumsup

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A stunning multimedia lens on mass incarceration and its aftermath: The story behind “Facing Life”

by Stella Westlake

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How NPR used voicemails to explore national grief 20 years after 9/11

by Rachel Erwin

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Deep fake learning: How a University of Washington AI game is teaching us to be better information consumers

by Annie Probert

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How Marco Hernandez visualized humanity’s plastic waste problem — and changed the way we think about pollution

by Laurel Booth

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USA TODAY’s coverage of the 2022 midterms and polarized language on Twitter

by Casey Cormier

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How The Washington Post’s Angel Mendoza uses Reddit to seek out new audiences

by Matt Yan

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