Flying through February

It is nearly impossible to believe that the month of February has already passed us by and we are approaching March and the halfway point of the semester. It feels like we both just started and have been working for months at this point…. oh the time we have left. 

One of the most recent pieces I have written is without doubt one of the most challenging pieces that I have had to work with thus far. One of my general assignment pieces was to break down and explain the internal affairs report released by the Columbia Police Department for the year of 2017. The report itself was not hard to understand, but rather the break down of the numbers and what exactly they meant for community members and members of the police force. 

In particular making accurate comparisons between years was challenging. It was particularly difficult to determine which numbers were actually representative of the data that was being presented. Ultimately we aired on the cautious side of number provisions, and offered as many numbers as seemed doable and not completely overwhelming in the piece. Looking back at the final product, it is extremely number heavy. Making a graphic helped with this a bit, giving a quick visual rather than just numbers and letters! I am hopeful to try out more number heavy pieces in the future, now that I have a bit more experience.