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  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/2006-march-april-new-staff-member.html",
  "year": 2006,
  "month": "March-April",
  "monthNum": 3,
  "headline": "New staff member",
  "kicker": "",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "assistant database library administrator",
  "affiliation": "IRE and NICAR",
  "summary": "An analysis of campus crime statistics highlights the University of Massachusetts as having the highest rate of violent crime, prompting discussions on safety measures.",
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    "campus",
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  "topics": [
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    "Data & Databases",
    "Technology"
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  "technologies": [],
  "full_text": "Megan Means (formerly Christensen) has rejoined the staff at IRE and NICAR as an assistant database library administrator. After working as a graduate research assistant in the Database Library from 2001 to 2003, Means spent a year at the Detroit Free Press through the Knight Ridder specialty development internship program, as a metro reporter and CAR specialist on the investigative team. Major projects included a mapping analysis of childhood lead poisoning in Detroit and a review of the Ford Crown Victoria's accident history. Most recently, she covered the K-12 education beat for the Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune. She is working toward completing her master's degree at the Missouri School of Journalism.",
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