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The Data Journalism Handbook

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Data Journalism Handbook 1.0 BETA

“What is data journalism? What potential does it have? What are its limits? Where does it come from? In this section we look at what data journalism is and what it might mean for news organizations. Paul Bradshaw (Birmingham City University) and Mirko Lorenz (Deutsche Welle) say a bit about what is distinctive about data journalism. Leading data journalists tell us why they think it is important and what their favourite examples are. Finally Liliana Bounegru (European Journalism Centre) puts data journalism into its broader historical context…”

Report on the Status of Undergraduate Women at MIT, February 2016

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“The purpose of this report is to provide an extensive overview on the status of undergraduate women at MIT. The findings are supported by data from the MIT Office of Institutional Research, focus groups, and the Undergraduate Experience Survey, a survey implemented specifically for this report. We hope that the findings of this report and its recommendations… Continue Reading

Homeland Infrastructure Foundation Level Data Open Data Portal

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“This site provides National foundation-level geospatial data within the open public domain that can be useful to support community preparedness, resiliency, research, and more. HIFLD Open represents the initial evolutionary first step to provide online access to HIFLD Data. HIFLD Open provides publicly available datasets previously contained in HSIP 2015. These 270+ public domain datasets… Continue Reading

A Theory of Operational Risk

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Basak, Suleyman and Buffa, Andrea M., A Theory of Operational Risk (February 2016). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2737178 “We study the dynamic decision making of a financial institution in the presence of a novel implementation friction that gives rise to operational risk. We distinguish between internal and external operational risks depending on whether the… Continue Reading

Paper – Fed Communication Away from the Zero Lower Bound

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Language after Liftoff: Fed Communication Away from the Zero Lower Bound – by Michael Feroli, David Greenlaw, Peter Hooper, Frederic S. Mishkin, Amir Sufi. February 26, 2016. “This paper examines the Federal Reserve’s communication strategy to see how well it has worked and how it can be improved. It argues that Federal Reserve communication when… Continue Reading

Pitching a Level Playing Field: Women and Leadership in Sports

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Pitching a Level Playing Field: Women and Leadership in Sports by Barbara Kotschwar, Peterson Institute for International Economics and Tyler Moran, Peterson Institute for International Economics, December 2015. “While women’s presence in the leadership ranks of international sporting bodies has increased over the past decade, women continue to be underrepresented relative to their involvement in sports. Seeing qualified… Continue Reading

Report – Perspectives on 2015 Law Student Recruiting

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NALP [National Association for Law Placement] – Perspectives on 2015 Law Student Recruiting: “Entry-level Law Firm Recruiting Activity Again Becomes Brisk Seven years after the Great Recession – Entry-level law firm recruiting activity continues to increase, with higher levels of activity measured in the spring, summer, and fall of 2015 than in 2014. Over the… Continue Reading

Minority women leaving big law in large numbers

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ABA Journal – Minority women are disappearing from BigLaw–and here’s why by Liane Jackson: “…Eighty-five percent of minority female attorneys in the U.S. will quit large firms within seven years of starting their practice. According to the research and personal stories these women share, it’s not because they want to leave, or because they “can’t… Continue Reading