Ted Alcorn
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@TedAlcorn
Reporting on health + justice in @NYtimes, @NMinDepth, more. Teaching @columbiamsph & @NYUWagner. Bi-Nuevo: New Mexican in NYC.
The geography of U.S. coverage shows which states draw the most attention and which the least. Iowa surges every four years. Least written about? Arkansas.
It's been quite heartening that every candidate other than Schlossberg saw the value in meeting with New York journalists and testing their ideas. Includes, recently, @ReynosoBrooklyn @claireforny @AlexBores @bradlander @danielsgoldman — @MicahLasher, @juliej_won coming soon nyeditorialboard.substack.com
With data from @nytimes API, I analyzed all national+local coverage since 2000—224K articles— to see which topics in each state get covered out of proportion to the rest of the country. A portrait of how the paper of record sees America, one state per tweet, alphabetical. 👇
NEW MEXICO — Native peoples, modern technologies, and natural disasters thrown in. (UFOs also scored high!)
One of the funniest things about journalism is how many people hate writing. You should have picked a different job!
With data from @nytimes API, I analyzed all national+local coverage since 2000—224K articles— to see which topics in each state get covered out of proportion to the rest of the country. A portrait of how the paper of record sees America, one state per tweet, alphabetical. 👇
WYOMING — A state covered through wildlife, plus the occasional buried treasure rumor.
VERMONT — A small state, covered through its quiet exceptionalisms: maple syrup, heroin, and death-with-dignity.
With data from @nytimes API, I analyzed all national+local coverage since 2000—224K articles— to see which topics in each state get covered out of proportion to the rest of the country. A portrait of how the paper of record sees America, one state per tweet, alphabetical. 👇
With data from @nytimes API, I analyzed all national+local coverage since 2000—224K articles— to see which topics in each state get covered out of proportion to the rest of the country. A portrait of how the paper of record sees America, one state per tweet, alphabetical. 👇
With data from @nytimes API, I analyzed all national+local coverage since 2000—224K articles— to see which topics in each state get covered out of proportion to the rest of the country. A portrait of how the paper of record sees America, one state per tweet, alphabetical. 👇
CALIFORNIA — There's a theme here. 🔥
