Susie Webb
A journalist telling data-driven stories
Data Graphics Writing About
R | Python | Lingusitic Data Analysis | RegEx |XML/JSON | C3/D3 | APIs | GitHub | GeoJSON/Shapefiles

Data

Mapping Campus Sexual Assualt

R | APIs | JSON/XML Data | Records Request | Mapping | Database | HTML/CSS/JavaScript | Scrolly Telly

Interactive Media Course Project

Using data I scraped from the UNC Police Crime Log and a public records request, I mapped the locations of 115 reported cases of sexual assault on campus. I used R and RegEx to filter through the crime log data for instances of sexual assault logs and a google maps API key to create the final map. I also used JSON/XML data to create the final table of incidents and list of all the cases.

Racial Disparities in Police Twitter Feeds

Web Scraping | API | Linguistic Data Analysis | RegEx | R

Independent Study

I conducted research through an independent study that found NC law enforcement offices are posting disproportionally more images of Black people on their Twitter feeds than white. The research involved web scraping, R data analysis, image analysis coding and data visualization. I also hired and mentored a research assistant to assist in the image analysis coding in order to boost the reliability of the study.

Violence-Related Headlines in the Black Press

R | RegEx | Linguistic Data Analysis

Published in the Global Africana Review Vol. 7

I combed through six months of microfilms of The Chicago Defender in 1920 and 1929 to evaluate the presence of violence-associated headlines vs. non-violence associated headlines. Using RegEx and hand-coding the headlines, I built a quantitative dataset and used R to analyze the results.

Breaking Demographics News

R | Census Data | Population Change Over Time

The Texas Tribune

When the new census numbers dropped, I quickly put together this breaking news chart showing that the Hispanic population has for the first time surpassed the white population in Texas. I gathered historical population numbers from the U.S. census to show the population change-over-time in Texas.

500,000 Texans Dropped from Medicaid

Daily | R | Datawrapper

The Texas Tribune

I collaborated with the Tribune’s women’s health reporter for this story and created a daily visualization on the number of Texans who were dropped from the rolls. I used R to analyze the data and Datawrapper to create the visualization.

Protest Language in the News

Web Scraping | R | RegEx | Linguistic Data Analysis

Data in Linguistics Course Project

I investigated the use of language associated with violence or non-violence when reporting on Black Lives Matter Protests in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. To do this, I used web scraping techniques and R to analyze headlines from The Oregonian and The Oklahoman.

Quantifying Bat Population Loss

Mapping | Illustrator | JavaScript | R | Tabula

The Texas Tribune

A crux of the story was that there wasn't a lot of historical data on bat population counts. So, I had to dig for that information in unexpected places, like finding a local bat refuge and looking into thier case log database.

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