Who Runs Richmond?
August 16th, 2005 | Published in DIY, Social Network Analysis
Michael Martz, David Ress, Michael Williams, Clement Britt, Gordon Hickey and Paul Kyber of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, along with Aaron Kessler used the social network analysis program UCINET and more than 50 interviews to investigate who really wields power in Richmond, Va. The series includes a story about the four men central to Richmond’s power, a story about minorities and how political influence does not equal power, as well as a sidebar on how the series was done. The series includes an interactive network map detailing the web of power.