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    Reporting on school crime with databases

    Posted on June 30th, 2009

    In this free-read article from Uplink, Gavin Off of the Tulsa World shows how he used local school crime report data to uncover a rise in incidents at local elementary schools. The article provides useful tips for journalists who’d like to cover school crime in their own areas.

    Posted in Data Library Blog, Uplink
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