The counted
| The Guardian created the first online database of police killings in the USA | ||
| Home page | http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2015/jun/01/the-counted-police-killings-us-database | |
| Approach | The Guardian reporters and analysts indexed the number of killings by the police and gathered statistical information such as race, state but also the names of the victimes, The Guardian is now building -- with the help of Internet users who can submit a tip-- the very first database of all the killings and indirect casualties committed by the police in the US. | |
| Phase | Released | |
| Tags | US, blacklivesmatter, accountability, police, killings, database, statistics, viz, journalism, and The Guardian | |
| Practices | Plan | |
| Project Start Date | 2015 |
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| Launch Date | 2015 |
| Most Recent Update | Oct 15, 2015 |
| Update Frequency | true |
| Thematic Focus | Justice |
| Issue addressed | Abuses of power |
| Geographic Focus | US |
Experience
How does a user interact with and navigate the project?
| Narrative | true |
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| Query | true |
| Geographic Map | true |
| Lists | true |
| Raw Data | true |
Description
Summary of the project and its approach
| The Guardian is counting the people killed by US law enforcement agencies this year. | |
| Approach (How?) | The Guardian reporters and analysts indexed the number of killings by the police and gathered statistical information such as race, state but also the names of the victimes, The Guardian is now building -- with the help of Internet users who can submit a tip-- the very first database of all the killings and indirect casualties committed by the police in the US. |
| Language | English |
| Commissioner | Self-commissionned |
| Publisher | The Guardian |
Impact
Indicators of reach and impact of the project.
Target Audience : Online Audience Reached : International Twitter : (13.4K followers) Publisher's Twitter Followers : 4.37M Online Rank : Google: Alexa: OSE Domain Authority Rank: 96/100 Marketing Grader Rank: 87/100 () Online Rank (Publisher) : Google: Alexa: News Source : Very High Offline Audience Reached : International Outcome : Raising questions about the data collection done by the FBI, as it offers no category for recording killings by law enforcement officers of people who were not felons. Last updated : 17/10/2015 Attempts against the project : /Technology
What tools and code were used to create the project?
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Team size and expertise
Team Size : Large Team Experience : Research : Dedicated Data Science : Some Engineering : Some Design : DedicatedProject Methodology
What strategies were in place for managing the project?
Project Methodology : Traditional Open Source : false Open Data : false Budget : Contracting : Risk Planning : No planning Sustainability Planning : UpdatedDocumented Practices
Documentation about project practices
CollectPractices
How projects handle different aspects of data management
Data Modeling : Complex Ethical Collection : No guidelines Ethical Storage : Data Collection : Trained Collectors Data Collection : Data Verification : Corroborated Data Cleaning : Data Analysis : Classification / Tagging / Categories / Linking Data Description : Basic Data Licensing : Restricted Ethical Publishing : Cited Sources Ethical Publishing : Data Publishing Mode : Dump