Justin Myers » Projects

Prospects: Who Will Reach College Age in the Next 14 Years?

An interactive dotmap allows users to select two racial or ethnic groups and see where they do and don't overlap within a given area.

Posted 4:51 p.m., Feb. 23, 2014 (View comments)

I used U.S. Census data to help reporters and readers understand the changing demographics of children who will reach college age in the next decade and beyond.

Search committee game

The whole interactive, including the applicant pool and filter system.

Posted 4:57 p.m., Sept. 24, 2013 (View comments)

What kinds of people apply for tenure-track faculty positions at universities? Explore some details from a real hiring process!

Student debt calculator

This is a screenshot of the full calculator, including all of the controls for picking a wage and picking a type of college.

Posted 6:14 p.m., May 30, 2012 (View comments)

Is it possible now to work your way through college? Play around with the numbers and find out!

Vote 2012 Map Center

We've been using the Map Center for our live primary and caucus results online since Iowa voted at the beginning of the year. Here's New Hampshire (the next contest), including an example of a county breakdown.

Posted 2:12 p.m., Feb. 21, 2012 (View comments)

The NewsHour's election maps work online and on air, show all kinds of interesting data at a state or county level and are completely Flash-free.

Temperature widget

The widget shows the locations of each record high temperature and the ages of the previous records in each place.

Posted 11:21 p.m., Oct. 21, 2011 (View comments)

How many daily high temperature records have been tied or broken so far this year? Users were able to find out and embed that information on their own sites.