How The Boston Globe is covering the Boston Marathon bombing trial
The Globe's coverage plan involves structured journalism, podcasting and card stacks.
March 8, 2015
Homicide Watch
Homicide Watch seeks local owner for D.C. site
Must agree to hire an editor and a reporter -- and raise money.
November 17, 2014
Crime coverage in Chicago may be too good
Chicago is widely known as “Chiraq” or the “murder capital” even though its murder rate…
September 5, 2014
Future of Homicide Watch D.C. uncertain as Amico joins Boston Globe
“This thing that I’d built from nothing really had a place in the community."
July 31, 2014
Creating new forms of journalism that put readers in charge
It’s been 20 years since the Internet began to disrupt journalism. It has turned our…
February 28, 2014
For 7 years, L.A. Times’ Homicide Report has wrested stories from grim data
The site has been redesigned and relaunched.
February 20, 2014
Homicide Watch reaches fundraising goal, but how viable is its business model long-term?
$40,000 will pay interns for a year, but long-term future is uncertain.
September 10, 2012
Homicide Watch faces uncertain future, established news beats as databases
Homicide Watch | Kickstarter | Nieman Lab Homicide Watch, the news startup that tracks homicide…
August 15, 2012
Clay Shirky: Washington Post should emulate Homicide Watch D.C.
Homicide Watch is "a brilliant re-imagining of what it means to be a news outlet."
May 31, 2012
5 provocative ideas sparked by women in media
As 2012 gets moving, I thought I’d be the very last person to list some…
January 24, 2012
Homicide Watch D.C. uses clues in site search queries to ID homicide victim
Search queries lead editor to victim.
October 12, 2011
Police reporter aims to blog every murder in Washington, D.C.
She works seven days a week without pay.
January 19, 2011
