Data Visualization Editor, @HoustonChron and @ExpressNews. Previously @CityMonitorAI @WFPLNews @kentuckycir @OVReSRC @PublicSourcePA
Spokane, WA
Joined February 2010
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Alexandra Kanik retweeted
Inland Northwest journalists: please join us tomorrow for a free spreadsheet training with @act_rational and don’t forget your laptops. We’ll look at ways to work with data in Google sheets and brainstorm ideas for record requests
Alexandra Kanik retweeted
I realized that I've talked about the class I taught with @act_rational, but I never posted the slides or repo! If you want to learn how to use PostgreSQL + PostGIS or Pandas + Geopandas to make geographic crosswalks with Census data, I gotchu:
bit.ly/make-mapping-better (slides)
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.@WesleyRatko has made the impenetrable understandable. Terrific explainer on Texas property tax bills, what they mean, who's getting paid, etc. Illo by the inimitable @kenduque. Orchestrated by
@act_rational
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Alexandra Kanik retweeted
Well, that didn't last long. As our "official" designation vanishes and our @Twitter blue check mark is probably next to go, a quick note on best ways to confirm the identity of government Twitter accounts around you.
ALT logo for washington emergency management with an official designation and a blue checkmark. This is from the Twitter profile.
Alexandra Kanik retweeted
New from @serrano_alej and me: The wave of book reviews and removals that swept across Texas in the last year was driven more by politicians than parents, a Houston Chronicle analysis found.
Story w/ database of 2,080 book reviews, challenges and bans:
houstonchronicle.com/news/in…
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If you read nothing else this week, read this 👇👇
ps the graphics by @DataVizWes on this are stunning.
Spent this last spring delving into development and environment in Texas. The answer? There really is no answer and also I want to take a class on development law because wowow it's something else. All data is by @DataVizWes and it's seriously the best.
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Just gonna drop this here
If the six week abortion ban were active for the whole of 2020, nearly 8,500 procedures wouldn't have occurred.
Here's what the numbers tell us about abortions that occurred in Texas and among Texas residents in 2020:
(1/6)
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Alexandra Kanik retweeted
Do you ever look to the curb and wonder where the garbage or recycling truck is?
I did a deep dive to try to explain why Solid Waste often is scrambling to catch up.
w/ @MarieDennise & @act_rational: houstonchronicle.com/news/ho…
Alexandra Kanik retweeted
Quartz is dropping its paywall!
qz.com/2154695/quartz-is-tak…
If you love visual, data-heavy stories, here's some great work you may have missed if you weren't a @qz member. Now free to access! 🧵
Alexandra Kanik retweeted
92 yrs ago this week, digging began in WV for the Hawks Nest tunnel. Hundreds of workers, mostly African-American, died from silica dust that choked their lungs. In 2019, @NPR @AdLancianese told the horrific story about failing to protect these workers. npr.org/2019/01/20/685821214…
Alexandra Kanik retweeted
Learning JavaScript:
Year 1 - How do I make this work?
Year 2 - How do I make this work in Safari?
Year 3 - How do I make this work efficiently?
Year 5 - How do I make this code maintainable?
Year 10 - How do I build a cabin in the woods, no WiFi, free from society’s demands
Alexandra Kanik retweeted
"You've got to go look for the problems because if you don't, they will definitely find you" - the great @MaryJoWebster on vetting your data BEFORE analysis starts #NICAR22
Alexandra Kanik retweeted
Ugh. Awful development. "After a fierce battle, Ukrainian control over the Chernobyl site was lost. The condition of the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant, confinement, and nuclear waste storage facilities is unknown," said Mykhailo Podoliak, adviser to head of Chernobyl plant
Alexandra Kanik retweeted
Jesus Ceja Ceja, 29, needs a miracle. He’s waited weeks in Houston for a new set of lungs that can save him after his body was ravaged by COVID. @JulianGi11 and @godovasquez followed his harrowing journey for a new series, Transplanted. Read it Feb. 17 at HoustonChronicle.com
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More on our dive into why minority NFL head coaches are hired less frequently when they don’t have an established connection with the GM or team.
Here’s the data, presented expertly by @act_rational: houstonchronicle.com/project…
Today’s @HoustonChron sports front.
We dove into the factors for why, after 127 coaching changes, there are fewer Black NFL head coaches as there were when the Rooney Rule began in 2003.
On a lack of inclusion, the need for connections & incentives: bit.ly/3HpFGBu
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So, if there's anything I've learned this week, it's that Texans do not handle below-freezing weather well, and they are worried about the #Texas power grid.
Thus, I present this to hopefully alleviate some worries.
#texasweather
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