Detail from Nami Sumida’s Japantown project

NEW PODCAST EPISODE: Dan Kopf⁠ and ⁠Nami Sumida⁠ join Simon and Alberto to discuss how the SF Chronicle tells data stories, such as Sumida’s ⁠recent exploration of the city’s Japantown⁠ (sub required) and the WW2 internment that nearly destroyed it. The team discuss what makes the Bay Area such a rich source of data journalism and how the Chron approaches it each day.

The⁠ ⁠⁠⁠music this episode⁠,⁠ made with⁠⁠⁠ ⁠TwoTone⁠⁠⁠⁠, is ⁠⁠⁠US Berkeley’s in-state acceptance rate⁠⁠⁠.

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE HERE >>

And here’s a YouTube version of the Japantown project:

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