We just launched this interactive map with details about 2,294 homicides that occurred in D.C. between 2000 and 2011. You can find the killings in your neighborhood, follow the trends over time, and learn how the victims died and what happened to their cases. Key findings featured in the graphic: Click the headline to jump straight to that view in the map. Homicides in D.C. are down 55 percent since 2000 The number of homicides in the District fell last year to 108, a 49-year…
I’ve been completely delinquent about posting here. I will try to do better, and in the meantime, here is a selection of work from the first part of the year (am going to follow this up with some breakout posts on specific projects). What’s at stake on Super Tuesday? Going way back to Super Tuesday, we published this really fun motion graphic featuring Chris Cillizza and the delegate mountain that Todd Lindeman and Sisi Wei built. I worked on storyboarding it with the team, a…
Some photos from snowmageddon, which continues even as I post. This is definitely the most snow I have seen in a long time (possibly ever). It is beautiful, especially with such incredible landmarks in the background.
A few weeks ago I shot my first real set of engagement photos for some friends of mine, Caitlin and Alex, who are getting married in November. We decided to shoot around the Capitol and Supreme Court (2nd St. NE) first and try to get some good shots with some classic DC backgrounds. It rained the whole day but started to clear up right before we went out — about 5:30. We ended up with some really beautiful evening light. They looked great and we…
There was a fire in the bar I was at Saturday night. Witness it.Nouveau Riche.
Two fun items on the agenda: Darfur: Who Will Survive Now? and FFI The Holocaust Memorial Museum had a special display of photographs on the outside of their building last week to raise awareness about the situation in Darfur. They projected enormous photographs onto the three walls on the outside of the building, which were accompanied by music. The images, which were taken by several photojournalists, were hauntingly beautiful. The multimedia presentation was incredibly effective. If you check out the links above, you can see…
These pictures are a sum-up of a quintessential fall day, spent in four stages:a) kickball tournament (i got a single)b) cornfield maze (i’ve achieved a life-long dream)c) scouring the city for apple cider (we know it’s in that box!) and a fall favorite, tough-guy (excuse me, dirty) chaid) one bottle of wine + political debate = eating granola on the subway on the way to a house party in clarendon Me, Kelly, and Jenny at a Cornfield Maze and Pumpkin Patch in Maryland, on a…
Here’s an interesting article about Walmart moving more people to part-time.
The panda hugger: What a guy! Who would’ve thought Pandas were dangerous? And just as a little treat, my car got hit in the parking lot. Luckily, “Brian” left me a note: Hit your car. Scratched up your left rear bumper. Reeally really sorry. - Brian Adorable. Love the frowny face.
Fun experiment. And a duck.
Since I haven’t given too much info on DC life, here’s a little excerpt including some visits by some VIPs. Vanessa, Lisa, and me exploring the city Me! Our shadows on the Washington Monument (guess who’s who?) A$ doing the president’s speech (Museum of American History) Monumental, Chris and me The fourth of July!!
My new apartment is on 3rd street-it is three minutes to Union Station and the U.S. Capitol. I’ve got a roommate (via Criagslist), who works on the Hill. That’s right, we’re fancy.
USA TODAY linked to this picture today:It’s from a digital archive of 9/11 images, stories and audio. It is basically community journalism at its best-getting the people who were there to tell their own stories in their own words, using the things they saw and heard. The archive is really deep and some of the artifacts are really moving and unusual-very personal, although the navigation system could use some work. It could bring up the question of whether or not the internet will/can take over…