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		<title>My problem with media criticism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The cynical definition of a critic is &#8220;one who knows the way but can&#8217;t drive the car.&#8221; Generally speaking, critics of the arts are better at criticism than they are at the endeavor they&#8217;re criticizing. Otherwise, they&#8217;d be artists and not critics.
But media criticism is a unique undertaking. Critical writing about journalism is itself an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2010/03/07/my-problem-with-media-criticism/</link>
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		<title>Why I delve for data</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Michelle Minkoff, a graduate student at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern, has been doing a series of profiles of some of the smartest database reporters and newsroom developers around: People like Matt Waite, Chase Davis, David Donald, Maurice Tamman and Mary Jo Webster. She calls them &#8220;data delvers.&#8221;
How the heck she came up with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2010/02/23/why-i-delve-for-data/</link>
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		<title>Election 2009 result maps</title>
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Here, all in one place, are links to all the popular precinct maps that ran with various stories in The Cincinnati Enquirer after the November 3, 2009 general election:

Cincinnati Mayor: Mark Mallory (D) v. Brad Wenstrup (R)
Cincinnati City Council: First-place finishers by ward
Cincinnati Board of Education: Vanessa White (C) electoral strength and Charter-Democratic ticket comparison
Ohio [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2009/11/11/election-2009-precinct-maps/</link>
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		<title>Why I built my own short URL site    (and maybe you should, too) </title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s nothing wrong with TinyURL.com, the url-shortening service that started in 2002 to help tame unwieldy links and has become indispensable in the age of Twitter.
It&#8217;s just that, well, (1) everybody uses it &#8212; or a clone like bit.ly or snurl.com or snipurl.com &#8212; so it&#8217;s a bit impersonal, (2) there&#8217;s no guarantee it will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2009/07/29/why-i-built-my-own-short-urls/</link>
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		<title>Gregory is &#8230; contemplating the linguistics of statusing</title>
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(Self-plagiarism disclosure: This post is a compilation of previous observations I&#8217;ve made, mostly on Facebook or on in this comment currently awaiting moderation at the Oxford University Press blog.)
There&#8217;s been much hand-wringing lately about how social networking is changing journalism.
Frankly, I&#8217;m more interested in how it&#8217;s changing language:  How it has forced users into peculiar, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2009/06/05/language-of-statusing/</link>
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		<title>A side project:  CincyPolitics.org</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, while on an weeklong furlough from my employer, I created an online database of Cincinnati City Council election results by ward. I&#8217;ve now launched that project publicly at CincyPolitics.org. The data&#8217;s not very deep yet, and the site still has limited functionality, but it&#8217;s the first web site I&#8217;ve ever created entirely from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2009/04/04/a-side-project-cincypoliticscom/</link>
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		<title>New Media, Old Values at NKU</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: Canceled because of inclement weather.
David Umhoefer, a Pulitzer prize-winning local government reporter for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, will be speaking at Northern Kentucky University Wednesday.
Following his talk, I&#8217;ll be on a panel titled, &#8220;New Media, Old Values.&#8221; I&#8217;m hoping it&#8217;s a thought provoking discussion of how news organizations can stay true to their First Amendment [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2009/01/25/new-media-old-values-at-nku/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Foreclosure&#8217;s Fallout&#8217; judged best of 2007 foreclosure reporting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The other day, my colleague Alexander Coolidge found out &#8212; belatedly and accidentally &#8212; that our series on foreclosures won an honorable mention (and a $1,000 cash prize) from Excellence in Economic Journalism from the Fund for American Studies. (From the newspaper: &#8220;Enquirer series on foreclosures honored for economic reporting.&#8221;)
We came in a close second [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2008/08/25/foreclosures-fallout-judged/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Gas Price Secrets&#8217; and WVXU appearance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning, the Enquirer began promoting a series I reported with my colleague James Pilcher that we&#8217;re calling &#8220;Gas Price Secrets Revealed.&#8221; It&#8217;s a look at the  vagaries of retail gas pricing, explaining why you&#8217;ll pay more on one day of the week and why two stations a mile apart can have such vastly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2008/07/18/gas-price-secrets-and-wvxu-appearance/</link>
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		<title>Ad watch reports to be shared across Ohio</title>
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It&#8217;s been 15 years this fall since my byline last appeared in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. This week, it was back.
The Cincinnati Enquirer has joined a consortium of Ohio newspapers pooling resources to fact-check election year political ads. Each paper will take turns reviewing an ad for accuracy, and share the story with the other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2008/07/10/ad-watch-reports-to-be-shared-across-ohio/</link>
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		<title>Cleveland Press Club honors &#8216;Foreclosure&#8217;s Fallout&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Cleveland Press Club awarded The Cincinnati Enquirer first place honors in public service in its annual Excellence in Journalism Awards last weekend.
The award was for Foreclosure&#8217;s Fallout, a story I wrote with colleague Alexander Coolidge. The series used an examination of 30,000 foreclosures and interviews with dozens of homeowners and neighbors to explain the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2008/06/19/cleveland-press-club-honors-foreclosures-fallout/</link>
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		<title>Ohio traffic crash database</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Online database produced for the Cincinnati.com Data Center.
 
Click here to load this Caspio Bridge DataPage.
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2008/06/05/kentucky-traffic-crash-database/</link>
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		<title>Cincinnati Magazine: Enquirer 2.0</title>
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Cincinnati Magazine says The Cincinnati Enquirer &#8220;seems poised to triumph in a journalistic New World Order of mommy-blogs, data collection experts, and citizen journalists.&#8221;
The story is heavily inspired by a similar story by Wired Magazine last year: &#8220;To Save Themselves, US Newspapers Put Readers to Work.&#8221;
Photograph by Baerbel Schmidt for Wired

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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2008/05/29/cincinnati-magazine-enquirer-20/</link>
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		<title>Kentucky traffic crash database</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Online database produced for the Cincinnati.com Data Center.
 
Click here to load this Caspio Bridge DataPage.
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2008/05/25/kentucky-traffic-crash-database-2/</link>
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		<title>My byline on Jay Leno&#8217;s &#8216;headlines&#8217;</title>
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Jay Leno: &#8220;You wouldn&#8217;t think something like this would provoke an argument&#8230;&#8221;

&#8220;&#8230; Guess they don&#8217;t want to rush to judgment on that one in Cincinnati.&#8221;
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2008/04/29/my-byline-on-jay-lenos-headlines/</link>
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		<title>Panel on race, politics and the media</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a theory that the closest parallel to the 2008 presidential campaign is &#8230; the 2005 Cincinnati mayor&#8217;s race. And I&#8217;m going to try it out Wednesday at a panel discussion Wednesday on &#8220;Media Coverage of The Politics of Race &#38; Gender in the Presidential Election&#8221; at the University of Cincinnati.
Should be a lively [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2008/02/26/panel-on-race-politics-and-the-media/</link>
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		<title>Foreclosure analysis cited in Financial Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stephanie Kirchgaessner of the Financial Times focused on Cincinnati for a story on the &#8220;real-life impact&#8221; of the subprime mortgage meltdown, and cited my reporting:
An analysis by the local newspaper, the Cincinnati Enquirer, last November found that Deutsche Bank National Trust “owned” 188 homes in Hamilton County, more than anyone except for the federal government, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2008/01/30/foreclosure-analysis-cited-in-financial-times/</link>
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		<title>New ideas may test voters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New ideas may test voters
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2008/01/13/new-ideas-may-test-voters/</link>
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		<title>Foster parent request reaches Ohio Supreme Court</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My colleague Jon Craig reports:
Attorneys argued before the Ohio Supreme Court Tuesday whether the names and addresses of foster care parents should be public record. &#8230;
Enquirer reporter Gregory Korte made a public records request shortly after the August 2006 death of 3-year-old Marcus Fiesel, seeking an electronic database of all foster homes in Ohio. &#8230; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2008/01/09/foster-parent-request-reaches-the-ohio-supreme-court/</link>
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		<title>Nuanced and data-driven</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ben L. Kaufman writes in his revamped media column in this week&#8217;s Citybeat: &#8220;(W)e need more stories like Greg Korte’s nuanced data-based exploration of the impacts of local eminent domain and home foreclosures.&#8221;
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2008/01/05/nuanced-and-data-driven/</link>
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		<title>Out in the cold</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Out in the cold: Front loaded schedule should have nominees picked by Feb. 5.
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2008/01/03/out-in-the-cold/</link>
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		<title>Welcome</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for visiting my new web site.
I&#8217;ve revamped GregoryKorte.com in order to feature my recent newspaper stories and other professional work. It&#8217;s still under construction. Coming soon: My resume, a bio and some special projects.
Subscribe to my RSS feed for the latest.
If you&#8217;re looking for my personal blog, it&#8217;s moving to a new domain [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2007/12/30/hello-world/</link>
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		<title>Lawsuit: Mortgage company avoided deed to get out of maintaining property</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lawsuit: Mortgage company avoided deed to get out of maintaining property
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2007/12/26/6/</link>
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		<title>Help those losing homes, justice urges</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Help those losing homes, justice urges: Tells lawyers to offer service for free
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2007/12/25/help-those-losing-homes-justice-urges/</link>
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		<title>County may ask proof of mortgage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[County may ask proof of mortgage: Rule would slow foreclosure rate
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2007/12/20/county-may-ask-proof-of-mortgage/</link>
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		<title>Housing chief resigns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Housing chief resigns: New authority board members shifting agency&#8217;s focus
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2007/12/19/housing-chief-resigns/</link>
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		<title>Who cares for foreclosures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Deeds often not filed after foreclosure: Cities then issue arrest warrants for wrong owners
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2007/12/14/3/</link>
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		<title>Judge puts brakes on foreclosure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Judge puts brakes on foreclosure: Says banks must prove they hold mortgages
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2007/12/08/judge-puts-brakes-on-foreclosure/</link>
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		<title>Tunnels a money pit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tunnels a money pit: Report says maintaining subway is cheapest option
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2007/12/05/tunnels-a-money-pit/</link>
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		<title>City cuts water to Westwood apartments, citing danger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[City cuts water to Westwood apartments, citing danger
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2007/12/01/city-cuts-water-to-westwood-apartments-citing-danger/</link>
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		<title>At auction, dreams are gone in minutes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At auction, dreams are gone in minutes: Millions in real estate on the block every week
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2007/11/30/at-auction-dreams-are-gone-in-minutes/</link>
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		<title>Bank says its lawyer misspoke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bank says its lawyer misspoke: Union Savings disavows letter citing loans
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2007/11/28/bank-says-its-lawyer-misspoke/</link>
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		<title>Banks taking homes, but city footing bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Banks taking homes, but city footing bill: Repair, demolition costs add up on foreclosed property
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2007/11/25/banks-taking-homes-but-city-footing-bill/</link>
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		<title>Even long arm of law can&#8217;t reach absentee owners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even long arm of law can&#8217;t reach absentee owners
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2007/11/25/even-long-arm-of-law-cant-reach-absentee-owners/</link>
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		<title>Communities beat &#8216;flippers&#8217; to the punch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Communities beat &#8216;flippers&#8217; to the punch
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2007/11/25/communities-beat-flippers-to-the-punch/</link>
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		<title>Bank, city argue over houses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bank, city argue over houses: Union Savings threatens to stop lending in inner city
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2007/11/24/bank-city-argue-over-houses/</link>
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		<title>Renters told to get out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Renters told to get out: As owners walk away, residents often left &#8216;out in the cold&#8217;
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2007/11/23/renters-told-to-get-out/</link>
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		<title>Sales tax increase had everything but support</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sales tax increase had everything but support: Money, endorsements can&#8217;t overcome widespread opposition
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2007/11/08/sales-tax-increase-had-everything-but-support/</link>
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		<title>Election analysis on the Morning Netcast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[kml_flashembed movie="http://opera.cincinnati.com/netcasts/embedplaysm.swf?vfile=netcasts/10am/netcast_11072007.flv&#38;vname=NetCast: November 7" align="center" width="315" height="330" wmode="transparent" /]
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2007/11/07/election-analysis-on-the-cincinnaticom-morning-netcast/</link>
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		<title>Cincinnati&#8217;s best public views</title>
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Microsoft Live maps mashup of city report on protecting public view corridors.
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2007/11/05/cincinnatis-best-public-views/</link>
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		<title>Vendors already angling for a piece of the action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vendors already angling for a piece of the action
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2007/11/02/vendors-already-angling-for-a-piece-of-the-action/</link>
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		<title>Goal is 30% of contract work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Goal is 30% of contract work: Minority participation
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2007/11/02/goal-is-30-of-contract-work/</link>
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		<title>Set your watches &#8230; Start building</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Set your watches &#8230; Start building: Deadlines will pace construction 
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2007/11/02/set-your-watches-start-building/</link>
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		<title>Banks a go? Not until all details ironed out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Banks a go? Not until all details ironed out: &#8216;Contingencies&#8217; could still stall development
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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2007/11/01/banks-a-go-not-until-all-details-ironed-out/</link>
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		<title>Enquirer voting problems hotline</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Enquirer Voting Hotline was a Google maps/Blogger mashup built to track problems reported by voters at their precincts in the 2006 general election.

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		<link>http://gregorykorte.com/2006/11/07/enquirer-voting-problems-hotline/</link>
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