Forget computers. The birth of data journalism, Scott Klein writes, can be traced to Horace Greeley's New York Tribune. In 1848, with Greeley temporarily sitting in Congress, his paper ran a story suggesting that many congressmen legally padded their mileage: "Among the accused stood Abraham Lincoln, in his only term as congressman. Lincoln’s travel from faraway Springfield, Illinois, made him the recipient of some $677 in excess mileage — more than $18,700 today."
April 3, 2015
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