About the Authors
Emily Merwin DiRico has been doing information design and news application development at the AJC since she arrived as a summer intern in 2009. Her mission is to help readers understand complex data and how it affects them.
Pete Corson is a Presentation Specialist for the Digital Storytellers team and works closely with the Enterprise and Investigative teams. He has worked at the AJC since 1998. He enjoys bringing the best of the paper's journalism to life on your digital devices and finding new ways to tell the stories that make Atlanta unique.
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