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USA Today's Paul Overberg presents "Breaking Local Stories with BLS Data," part of the free business journalism workshop, "Breaking Local Stories with Economic Data," hosted by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism and the Investigative Reporters and Editors. This presentation focuses on the Texas region, however the tools and resources provided can be applied anywhere in the United States. For more information about free training for business journalists, please visit businessjournalism.org.
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Title Slide Breaking Local Stories with Economic Data
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Overberg Paul
Paul Overberg, a database editor at USA TODAY, !nds news in all kinds of data. He focuses on who the American people are and how they live -- their demographics. "at includes income in all forms; their lack of income, or poverty; and their jobs, the primary source of income for most people. "rough IRE/NICAR, he often helps local reporters learn about this kind of data. He also has worked as a science and health editor and as a local reporter and business editor.
[email protected] @poverberg
What we’ll cover Real news stories from BLS data on: • County employment, unemployment • Metro labor force, unemployment • Metro employment • Metro wage rates • State business dynamics • How to !nd each type of data • How to turn data → stories!
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County unemployment “Fairfax County’s jobless rate declined slightly from October to November … to 3.6% …” -- Scott McCaffrey, Vienna (VA) Sun Gazette, Jan. 17, 2013
• Start here: bls.gov/lau/home.htm • Click on highlighted link: “LAU tables and maps” • County data: bls.gov/lau/laucntycur14.txt
bls.gov/lau/home.htm
County unemployment
• If you have a spreadsheet, open the !le and !lter on “Adams County, CO”
County unemployment
• Ideas: Google image search for “county unemployment map”
County unemployment
Video: Excel as BLS dashboard How to collect regular BLS data updates without having to reformat, analyze and graph them each month
Review the video at: http://bit.ly/econdata13
Metro unemployment “"e Lubbock-area unemployment rate fell to 5.8 percent in August from 6.4 percent in July … because of notable losses in both jobs and the civilian labor force.” -- Walt Nett, Sept. 21, 2012, Lubbock (Texas) Avalanche-Journal
http://lubbockonline.com/business/2012-09-21/local-unemployment-rate-falls-58-percent-sizeable-drop-workforce-jobs#.UUILNFe0J8E
http://bls.gov/lau/home.htm
Metro unemployment • Start here: bls.gov/lau/home.htm • Choose !rst link in highlighted section: “Unemployment rates for metro areas”
Metro unemployment Direct links: Monthly: bls.gov/web/metro/laummtrk.htm Year-over-year: bls.gov/web/metro/laummtch.htm
Metro employment “ … the six-county Chattanooga region added 3,900 jobs in the most recent 12-month period …” -- Dave Flessner, Jan. 1, 2013, Chattanooga Times Free-Press
www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/jan/01/rebound-chattanooga-leads-state-job-growth
Metro employment Start here: bls.gov/news.release/metro.toc.htm • Table 1: Labor force, unemployed • Table 3: Employed
bls.gov/news.release/metro.toc.htm
Metro employment Start here: bls.gov/news.release/metro.toc.htm • Table 1: Labor force, unemployed • Table 3: Employed
Local wages “… Miami-Dade !nishes in the middle of the pack. ... average weekly wage grew to $880 in the third quarter of 2011, a 3.3 percent gain ... .” -- Douglas Hanks, HispanicBusiness.com, May 11, 2012
http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2012/5/11/wage_gains_not_matching_job_gains.htm
Local wages Start here: bls.gov/bls/blswage.htm • Choose second link of fourth section: “For 375 metropolitan areas …” • Choose “T” for “Texas,” then “San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX”
bls.gov/bls/blswage.htm
Local wages -- Use column sorting to see top-paying occupations -- In Firefox, use add-on called TableTools2
Video: Location quotient A powerful tool to analyze your local economy
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Employment dynamics “… Colorado gained 128,595 private-sector jobs in last year’s fourth quarter from the previous quarter and lost 122,675 jobs, for a net gain of 5,920 jobs …” -- Mark Harden, Aug. 2, 2012, Denver Business Journal
www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2012/08/02/colorado-gains-business-jobs-a-bit.html
Employment dynamics Start here: bls.gov/news.release/cewbd.toc.htm • Click on link for Table 6
http://bls.gov/news.release/cewbd.toc.htm
Employment dynamics
Employment dynamics To explore much deeper: onthemap.ces.census.gov
Questions? "anks for coming! Paul Overberg
USA TODAY poverberg@usatoday Twitter: @poverberg
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