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  • How one city cut violent crime by 60 percent

    Greg Barnes

    December 22, 2013 |

    Fayetteville Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, High Point, North Carolina

    Areas of High Point, North Carolina have suffered from crime, poverty, and neglect, until the city began implementing Operation Ceasefire, a policing program that uses data collecting, community support against crime. High Point is now leading the country in its success of Operation Ceasefire, boasting dramatic reductions in violent crimes, domestic abuse, robberies, and drug-related offenses.

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  • How Online Mapmakers Are Helping the Red Cross Save Lives in the Philippines

    Robinson Meyer

    November 13, 2013 |

    The Atlantic |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Philippines, Port-au-Prince

    After typhoon Haiyan, the devastation to the Philippines was hard to locate and track. The Red Cross staffed volunteers to sort through crowd-sourced data to create maps. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap software application has helped the Red Cross better organize search and rescue operations.

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  • Freelance Nation: “The Greatest Economic Transformation in Human History”?

    Manoush Zomorodi

    October 16, 2013 |

    WNYC |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The 2008 recession’s job losses spurred a development of a Do-It-Yourself economy. With the advent of Uber, Etsy, Airbnb, and others, the marketplace has become full of micro-entrepreneurs who thrive with independent web-assisted businesses.

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  • How Nonprofits Can Use Data to Solve the World's Problems

    Victor Luckerson

    December 10, 2012 |

    Time Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Like their for-profit counterparts, charities are starting to embrace Big Data as a means to perform more efficiently and share that performance with potential donors. Data gathered is used both to measure successes and to highlight areas where program structure could be improved.

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  • Reno Site Offers Comparison Shopping for Home Wind Turbines

    Maria Gallucci

    March 28, 2011 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Response Location: United States, Reno, Nevada

    In a campaign to boost community interest in and use of urban wind power, city officials in Reno, Nevada, are helping consumers take the guesswork out of buying home turbines. Through an online consumer guide called the Green Energy Dashboard, potential buyers are able to track power output and durability of different turbines and determine which would be most efficient for their community.

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