This is the site of Jack Gillum, an investigative reporter at The Associated Press, where I focus on money in politics ahead of the election. I write, report, code and do all sorts of interesting journalism-related things.Tumblr (3.0; @gillum)http://gillum.org/<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/4345979838/tumblr_lj5a2mtxk41qh9psq&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>My interview with American RadioWorks on our investigation into D.C. test scores</p>http://gillum.org/post/4345979838http://gillum.org/post/4345979838Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:25:00 -0400DCTestingCARNCLBNo Child Left Behind<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2011-03-06-school-testing_N.htm">Our investigation into standardized test scores</a>http://gillum.org/post/3679215767http://gillum.org/post/3679215767Sun, 06 Mar 2011 09:16:42 -0500CARtestingno child left behindHow Foursquare found the world's "rudest" cities: Hat tip to @clairemeaney for finding this.http://gillum.org/post/3587789133http://gillum.org/post/3587789133Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:35:20 -0500Are here: http://s3.amazonaws.com/NICAR/NICAR_internet_reporting.pdfhttp://gillum.org/post/3506113851http://gillum.org/post/3506113851Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:34:00 -0500NICARCAR““Why aren’t data apps taking off at every paper?”” -...http://gillum.org/post/3345240055http://gillum.org/post/3345240055Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:29:44 -0500CARAlas, I’ve moved over to tumblr. Adios, Wordpress.http://gillum.org/post/3331633533http://gillum.org/post/3331633533Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:08:04 -0500 This week, my colleagues and I published the first story in an ongoing series on money going to...http://gillum.org/post/3330756302http://gillum.org/post/3330756302Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500CARsportscollege athletics My editor forwarded me a good piece on how data can revitalize, if not save, professional reporting...http://gillum.org/post/3330747958http://gillum.org/post/3330747958Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400CAR After nearly 150 years, one of Denver’s major papers has closed. I think this counts as the first...http://gillum.org/post/3330737841http://gillum.org/post/3330737841Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500the press The guv’ment doesn’t make it so easy to search for lobbying data, I’ve found, but a little work can...http://gillum.org/post/3330729928http://gillum.org/post/3330729928Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500I’m sure everyone knows this already, but cygwin provides a great way to use Linux commands on...http://gillum.org/post/3330722787http://gillum.org/post/3330722787Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 The meltdown on Wall Street, which has become issue No. 1 in the race for the White House, was...http://gillum.org/post/3330713925http://gillum.org/post/3330713925Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 So, I decided to break down and buy a Chumby, an Internet appliance of the squishy type. It does...http://gillum.org/post/3330674937http://gillum.org/post/3330674937Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 After 10 months of intensive public-records negotiating, programming, and collaborating with...http://gillum.org/post/3330660962http://gillum.org/post/3330660962Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400public records,gradesschool districts It really irritates me when I ask public agencies for Excel or tab-delimited files, and I’m greeted...http://gillum.org/post/3330614012http://gillum.org/post/3330614012Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500CARPDF We in the newspaper business can be stumped with ways to present complex information. We try our...http://gillum.org/post/3330604418http://gillum.org/post/3330604418Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500CARgraphics ArcView is a very handy program for mapping information, particularly when you can visually find...http://gillum.org/post/3330593095http://gillum.org/post/3330593095Sun, 25 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 I’ve been following this arrest of two Phoenix New Times executives with much interest. Sadly, it...http://gillum.org/post/3330576724http://gillum.org/post/3330576724Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400the press