Monday 16/04/18 Brainstorming ideas of what dataset I'm going to use. Mass shooting in the last 50 years in America (1966-2017) Bill clinton passed a law in 1994 The ban took effect September 13, 1994 and expired on September 13, 2004 by a sunset provision. Since...
DID THE ASSAULT WEAPON BAN IN 1994 HELP DECREASE GUN FATALITIES AND MASS SHOOTINGS? In 1994, President Bill Clinton passed Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. One of the subsections was the Federal Assault Weapons Ban which restricted the making of certain semi-automatic firearms for civilian use. These...
Workbook When we first began looking into datasets and deciding which ones to use for our infographic I immediately went to TFL’s (Transport for London) website as I already have a pre-existing interest in transport, and in particular the London underground network. As soon as I began...
London’s Cable Car, Fortune or Flop? In 2012 When the cable car first opened in Greenwich Boris Johnson had dreams of people using the “airline” in their everyday commute. Although its unclear how many regular commuters there are, it is clear that the number of passengers...
The creation of my infographic has been through various stages - including originally using a completely different dataset in hopes of finding other suitable comparison data. Originally the intention was to create an infographic and article based about sexual health including HIV/AIDS in the UK...
Brexit changed the future of the United Kingdom in 2016 when the UK officially decided to leave the European Union, but who voted what? Political parties and local history play an important part of the statistics behind 31 years in the EU. Opinions can change like...
23rd April News Outlets that have touched on Knife Crime and UK Drill Music: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/apr/09/uk-drill-music-london-wave-violent-crime https://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/article/ne94yx/uk-drill-music-london-knife-crime-austerity-government-2018 http://www.9bills.co.uk/knife-crime-rise-drill-music/ 24th April Thought of many different titles for both my 500 word piece and infographic, these were my favourite. Some of them are puns and some are straight to the point. TITLE IDEAS: Grime...
Knife Crime has risen immensely over the past couple of months and it's the highest it's ever been. London has inevitably had a high crime rate due to how busy it is. Knife crime has been linked to the come up of UK music and...
http://www.lsbu-multimedia-journalists.co.uk/prince/2018/05/01/recyling-in-the-uk/ ...