Dr.

Brown-Smith’s Reporting Class

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Data Assignment

Due Tuesday, March 30. You may hand in paper copy in class OR electronic copy
via email.

Name:_________________________________________

1 What was the graduation rate for Bartlett High School, according to the last
state school report card?

2. How much did Nicole Walthour contribute to Barack Obama's inauguration?

3. According to the US Census Bureau's Small Area Health Insurance Estimates,

what percent were uninsured in DeSoto County in 2006?

4. Who was the only person in Shelby County to be convicted of Abuse of a

Corpse between 1995 and 2009? [Hint: It’s a felony]

5. How much did MLGW's highest-paid senior communication specialist earn in

2008?

6. How many pedestrians were killed in traffic accidents from 2007-2008 in the
Gulfport-Biloxi metro area? 

7. How many people were employed in the leisure and hospitality industry in

Nashville-Murfreesboro on Aug. 1, 2007?

8. What is the percent change in hate crimes in Memphis from 2006-2008? [Hint:
Yes, you will have to subtract]
9. What score did the Young Ave Deli restaurant earn in its last inspection on
10/13/2009?

10. How many railway accidents has CSX Transportation been involved with in
Shelby County from 2004 through 2008? How many people injured?

11. How many burglaries have occurred within a one mile radius of the Celtic
Crossing pub in Midtown Memphis?

12. How much did one of my neighbor’s houses sell for at 1870 York in Memphis?
(Hint: Sale price, not assessment]:

13. Tell me the two largest racial groups (and percentages) by population in the
38104 zip code (Midtown Memphis)

14. Tell me the mean travel time to work in YOUR zip code and the percentage of
families living below the poverty level. [Write down the zip code as well]

15. Find at least one piece of data relevant to your blog. Tell me what it is and
how you found it i.e. what database or Web site you used (You cannot use Google
for this exercise, it must be from the Commercial Appeal data page or one of the
sites/databases that Mary showed us.) Tell me the kind of story you might write
from that piece of data. Be specific.