This time around The Commercial Appeal tackles violent crime on the neighborhood level. Kristina Goetz examines the Clementine neighborhood, which I identified as having the most violent crimes July 2000-May 2009, and 39 other neighborhoods…
This past weekend Commercial Appeal reporter Cindy Wolff explored the trends in pet adoption and euthanasia at Memphis Animal Services. I did the data analysis for the story and the thing that struck me instantly was the 79%…
Yes that’s right: Memphis hip-hop artist Sir Vince rapping about the swine flu. It’s full of public health service announcements and it’s catchy as hell. H1N1 Talking bout the swine flu Talking bout the swine…
Part 1 of the Commercial Appeal’s True Crime series has been published at last. A lot of work went into the project and the result is many different components. You can head directly to the…
The Commercial Appeal launches the first of its five-piece series on crime in Memphis on Sunday. There’ll be about one new installment every few weeks through the end of the year. Editor Chris Peck wrote…