March 14th, 2006 | by Derek Willis | published in Fed Data, Social Network Analysis
Ronald Campbell of the Orange County Register used social network analysis and federal tax documents to show that charitable fundraiser Mitch Gold’s business didn’t end when he went to prison in 2002: “In the first four years since Gold fled the business in late 2000, an Orange County Register investigation found former clients, employees and [...]
August 16th, 2005 | by Derek Willis | 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, [...]
May 17th, 2004 | by Derek Willis | published in DIY, Fed Data, Paper Trail, Social Network Analysis
Thomas B. Edsall, Sarah Cohen and James V. Grimaldi of the Washington Post have a two-part series on the top fundraisers for President Bush’s campaign, known as Pioneers and Rangers. “Of the 246 fundraisers identified by The Post as Pioneers in the 2000 campaign, 104 — or slightly more than 40 percent — ended up [...]