Boston Globe: Telling readers how its done

A Boston Globe investigation of traffic tickets and warnings in Massachusetts shows differences in race, sex and age in who gets a fine and break for the same offenses. The excellent package include three good online extras: a Q & A with Secretary of Public Safety Edward A. Flynn; an online chat (and then transcript) with reporter Bill Dedman; and a fascinating, detailed report how the Globe analyzed hundreds of thousands of traffic tickets. Kudos in particular for using the Web to tell readers how a complex investigation was done (though one wonders why it was posted in a PDF format when an HTML page would be much more readable online -- see "PDF: Unfit for human consumption"). More news organizations should consider doing so.

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