Documenting a Transit Nightmare with Greg Morton

<p><a href="http://gregmortonweb.site/"><u>Greg Morton</u></a> is the data editor for <a href="https://www.thebanner.com/author/greg-morton/"><u>The Baltimore Banner</u></a>. His story, “<a href="https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/baltimore-city-school-buses-HF3HHWC67ZF7BCRJ66WMB3VWDI/"><u>Transit nightmare: Thousands of Baltimore kids can’t get to school on time</u></a>” won first place at the 2025 Philip Meyer Awards. We sat down with him at NICAR to go behind the scenes on the project.</p><p>Special thanks to the NICAR team for all of their support! The⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠music this episode⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, made with⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ <a href="https://datavized.github.io/twotone/"><u>⁠⁠⁠⁠TwoTone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</u></a>, represents Google searches for the term “data journalism” since 2004. The Data Journalism Podcast is produced by Ozzy Llinas Goodman.</p><p>Do you have a new data-driven story or project coming up? Tell us about it at <a href="mailto:datajournalismpodcast@gmail.com"><u>⁠⁠datajournalismpodcast@gmail.com</u></a>⁠⁠, and we might feature it on the show. Subscribe to make sure you never miss an episode!</p>