Records/CAR

          For the analysis, I chose investigative story of business. The reporter Aaron Glantz had several visual sources, such as interactive map and pie chart for readers to understand the story better. First of all, the interactive map of America's Recovery Capital Stimulus Loans was well made. By scrolling, it was easy to zoom in and zoom out from the map. Also, the chart of each state's loan and population percentage of different race groups showed up by clicking the state. The map was easily accessible and clearly organized. Moreover, three pie charts of stimulus loans to distressed small business, percent of business ownership, and percnet of U.S. population was very easy to understand. The significant difference between different races clearly showed by just taking a one look. It does not require much time to understand the information.
          Glanz used different records to produce the story: Demographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau, For the pie charts, he gathered information from ARC loan statistics from the U.S. Small Business Administration, population percentages 2008, business Ownership percentages are from the Census' 2002 Economic Census: Survey of Business Owners. Although there are a lot of numbers mentioned throughout the story, it is easy to read because the information is clearly organized by supporting the main point. Also, he interviewed different sources and produced variety of views about the subject. Overall, Glanz did a very nice job incorporating the data using computer skills and organizing the important data for his story.