Presenters: Kat Aaron, Renee Feltz, Peoples Production House

There's no question that most community media makers have their fingers on the pulse of their communities. But they often don't have stats and numbers to back up the stories they tell about their cities, and their powerful stories get dismissed as anecdotes. This session will show the AMC community what kinds of numbers and data are available, where they can find useful data, and how to use it in their reporting. The session will focus on finding and using data relating to the financial crisis: unemployment numbers, housing prices, campaign contributions from banks. But the tactics can be extrapolated to other kinds areas of research.