Urban Wire Urban Institute's year in digital and data storytelling
Tim Meko
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Urban Institute researchers generate a lot of data, and data, in our minds, are gateways to stories about people, places, and policies. In terms of data, 2014 has been a very busy year at Urban, and we continued to experiment with the way we tell stories with the data our researchers produce.

Here is a look at our favorite interactive, data visualization, and video-based projects of 2014:

everyday-violence

Everyday Violence: Gunfire Near DC Schools

September 2014 
crossroads

Crossroads: The Intersection of Housing and Education Policy

October 2014 
occ-housing

Our Changing City: Housing

October 2014 
hip

Hidden in Plain Sight: Labor Trafficking in the United States

October 2014 
hmda

A New View of the Housing Boom and Bust

January 2014 
hustle

The Hustle: Economics of the Underground Commercial Sex Industry

March 2014 
medicaid expansion

Wide Local Variation in Numbers of Poor Uninsured Americans Who Would Be Eligible for Medicaid if States Opt for ACA Expansion

January 2014 
rental-crisis

Mapping America's Rental Housing Crisis

March 2014 
coi

Children of Immigrants Data Tool

May 2014 
one-in-four

One in Four: America's Housing Assistance Lottery

May 2014 
dmr

Dead Men Ruling: the Decline of Fiscal Democracy

May 2014 
occ-schools

Our Changing City: Schools

March 2014 
domestic-violence

How Better Data Can Reduce Domestic Violence

December 2014 
pension-calc

Build Your Own Pension Plan

December 2014 
1040

Interactive Tax Forms

April 2014