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Around the Web: Some Census resources for community newspapers
Shared by Tommy Thomason on January 5, 2011
Rural journalism, Story ideas
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IRE, Poynter
No state gained more new congressional seats than Texas this year. The Census Bureau has begun the process of releasing information and the first data released is on the populations of the states and the percentage change in that population over the past 10 years. Check out the interactive map that tracks population change, population density and apportionment. And if you find it all confusing, check out this YouTube video on the apportionment process made by the Census Bureau. See also Al Tompkins' Poynter article about how journalists can mine census data for story ideas. You might also want to check out Investigative Reporters and Editors' 25-minute webinar to help journalists make sense of the Census. The webinar costs $5 for IRE members and $10 for non-members.
About the author
Tommy Thomason
Director at Texas Center for Community Journalism
Tommy Thomason is the founding director of the Texas Center for Community Journalism. Thomason began his career in journalism in the early 1970s with the Associated Press, working as a sportswriter in Arkadelphia and Little Rock, Ark. He has also worked in public relations in Dallas and as a...