Jacob Betzner

Zack’s Bad Data Day

CHALLENGE

Working with the investigative team at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, I helped find, organize, and analyze databases to support a series of articles focusing on the level of surveillance and tracking in everyday life aggregated in the multimedia project Zack’s Bad Data Day. Additionally, I contributed articles to the series.

STRATEGY

I wrote the article Wearable Fitness Devices Often Carry Security Risks (Readable) and contributed data analysis to many of the articles for the Surveillance Society.

Working with the interactive design team, I helped create Zack’s Bad Data Day, a digital interactive web series bringing the articles to life.

INTERACTIVE DESIGN

RESULTS

The series provided a framework for future multimedia projects and received acclaim throughout the region, including acknowledgement from politicians.