WRAL launches data-driven local newsletter focused on Raleigh neighborhoods
The new newsletter -- WRAL Data Trackers: Raleigh -- offers data-driven journalism that offers insight into specific areas of the capital city.
Posted — UpdatedWRAL News is launching a new newsletter offering data-driven insights about neighborhoods across Raleigh.
WRAL News is the first local television news station in the country selected to take part in the program, which is designed to analyze state and local data and help transform them into important stories for Raleigh residents using the platform.
Crosstown was developed at the University of Southern California as a data tool for journalists. It’s the result of collaboration between the Annenberg School of Journalism and the Viterbi School of Engineering, led by Professor Gabriel Kahn.
WRAL’s analysis will enable readers to see how they compare to different neighborhoods and the city as a whole on a variety of issues. At the heart of the project is data-driven storytelling in an era when demand for hyper-local journalism is higher than ever.
Instead of declaring whether crime is up or down citywide, for example, the newsletter can help residents learn the crime rate in their neighborhood. Crime data is just one of several datasets that are analyzed at the neighborhood level for stories. Crosstown pulls each dataset from the city of Raleigh’s public data.
Articles are expected to focus on a number of quality-of-life topics, such as how many potholes were filled during 2022 or the number of pool permits issued.
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