Monthly Archives: November 2018

Links to demographic data research

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In class we explore various databases to conduct research on demographics. Below are links and descriptions:

Library databases (off-campus login with barcode from college ID):
Social Explorer – create your own maps, graphs, and other visualizations from contemporary and historic US Census data

InfoShare – create custom tables from New York and national demographic data | guide

Statista – statistical and demographic information with an emphasis on business and industry

Free to all:
American FactFinder – portal for US Census data, no login or authentication required

Stats and the City from Crain’s New York – economic and business data from Crains, a business news source

NYC Open Data – includes 311 data

NYPD – data on crime and traffic

Podcast Response

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What do you think the speakers and interview subjects did particularly well to communicate their ideas? What questions do you still have, or what do you think they could have explained better? Feel free to link to 1-2 of your favorite podcasts if you regularly listen to ones you want to share.

I chose to listen to the podcast of “East New York, did it work?” I like this podcast since the speaker did a great job so that we could hear a lot of opinions from people living around East New York. Through the interview, we felt a sense of the shortage of affordable housing in New York. He did great on defining the true meaning of affordable which was so controversial, which means is the word, affordable works for those rich people or those people with low income.

There Goes the Neighborhood – Our Town

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After listening “There Goes the Neighborhood – Our Town”, I understand better of how to make a podcast. I think they are doing a good job on their podcast because the podcast is running so smooth. the podcast use a question, information, and conclusion technique to make the podcast. the beginning of the podcast is well done too, it used an important question to attract the listener curiosity or interest. I think I also can do a podcast like what they did, starting with an interesting question or information, then just shoot out question, information, and answer.