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Eric UlkenLos Angeles, California Homepage: http://ulken.com Eric Ulken is a 2005 graduate of the communication management M.A. program at USC's Annenberg School for Communication, where he was an editor and producer for OJR and Japan Media Review. He has been a web monkey at newsrooms in six states, including his native Louisiana. He currently works for latimes.com.
Contact:Articles:These articles are the work of their author, and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of nor an assignment by OJR.L.A. Times launches sharable electoral vote mapJune 9, 2008Which campaign will get to 270 in November, and how will they do it? The L.A. Times has built an interactive map that allows readers to create and test their own electoral vote scenarios, and then embed those scenarios in their own sites. (Sample after the jump.) We're hoping to improve on this as the campaign heats up, perhaps adding demographic info and data on past elections by state. Would love to hear suggestions.
 2 Comments |  Archive LinkLATimes.com launches online database of California's war deadMay 30, 2008Thought I'd share with OJR readers a project I've been working on: Last week the Los Angeles Times launched a database of California's military dead in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. More...
2 Comments | Archive LinkL.A. Times uses mapping, databases to build interactive homicide mapAugust 10, 2007The newspaper is mapping every homicide in Los Angeles county, giving readers the ability to search and filter the data.
3 Comments | Archive LinkNon-traditional sources cloud Google News resultsMay 19, 2005Additional research suggests that the search engine's selection of online-only news sources to include in Google News skews its search results toward political extremes.
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