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The Markup Wins Two SND Best of News Design Awards
The global contest recognizes excellence in visual storytelling, design, and journalism
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Major internet providers disproportionately gave the worst deals to poorer and least-White neighborhoods.
Inside The Markup
The global contest recognizes excellence in visual storytelling, design, and journalism
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Explore The Markup’s interactive map to see where AT&T, CenturyLink, and Verizon offered only slow internet speeds in major U.S. cities
Build Your Own Dataset
All you need to test for disparities in internet speeds and pricing is a computer, internet access, a Google account, and some free time
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The global contest recognizes excellence in data reporting
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We were also awarded two honorable mentions
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Easily sample random U.S. street addresses using this new tool from Big Local News and The Markup
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AT&T, Verizon, EarthLink, and CenturyLink disproportionately offered the worst deals to lower-income areas and communities of color across the country—while charging the same for faster speeds in higher-income and Whiter areas
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An investigation by The Markup found that AT&T, Verizon, EarthLink, and CenturyLink disproportionately offered lower-income and least-White neighborhoods slow internet service for the same price as speedy connections they offered in other parts of town
Story Recipes
We analyzed more than 800,000 internet service offers in major U.S. cities. Here’s how you can use our data to report local stories
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Small tubes good, big tubes better
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