The Next to Die

The Next to Die sheds light on upcoming executions in US states
Home page https://www.themarshallproject.org/next-to-die
Approach Using data from the Death Penalty Information Center and other invesgative methods, the Next To Die narrates, visualizes the Death penalty system in the US and advocates for a radical change of policy
Phase Released
Tags stories, prison, US, advocacy, penitentiary system, and journalism
Partners AL.com, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Frontier, Houston Chronicle, St Louis Public Radio, Tampa Bay Times, and The Virginian pilote
Project Start Date 2015
Launch Date 2015
Update Frequency true
Thematic Focus Justice
Geographic Focus US

Experience

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Narrative true
Other Visualisation true

Description

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Raises awareness about the necessity of a US penitental system's reform and provides exhaustive data on criminal justice in the US
Approach (How?) Using data from the Death Penalty Information Center and other invesgative methods, the Next To Die narrates, visualizes the Death penalty system in the US and advocates for a radical change of policy
Language English
Commissioner Self-commissionned
Publisher The Marshall Project

Impact

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Target Audience : Online Audience Reached : National Twitter : (435 followers) Publisher's Twitter Followers : 22.6K Online Rank : Google: Alexa: 108.2 OSE Domain Authority Rank: 41/100 Marketing Grader Rank: 70/100 () Online Rank (Publisher) : Google: Alexa: News Source : Some Offline Audience Reached : National Outcome : Last updated : 19/10/2015 Attempts against the project : /

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Team

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Team Size : Small Team Experience : Research : Dedicated Data Science : Some Engineering : None Design : Dedicated

Project Methodology

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Project Methodology : Traditional Open Source : false Open Data : false Budget : Contracting : Risk Planning : No planning Sustainability Planning : No planning

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Practices

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Data Modeling : Documents Ethical Collection : No guidelines Ethical Storage : Data Collection : Trained Collectors Data Collection : Data Verification : Corroborated Data Cleaning : Data Analysis : Simple Data Description : false Data Licensing : Restricted Ethical Publishing : Cited Sources Ethical Publishing : Data Publishing Mode : false