Find data on the web about a topic that interests you.

Sites with data include the following:

Catalyst (women in business)

http://www.catalyst.org/page/64/

browse-research-knowledge ClickZ (digital marketing)

http://www.clickz.com/showPage

.html?page 5 stats FEDSTATS (links to 70 U.S. government agencies)

http://www.fedstats.gov United Nations Environment Program http://na.unep.net U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee http://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index

.cfm?p 5 Charts As your instructor directs,

a. Identify at least five stories in the data.

b. Create visuals or data displays for three of the stories.

c. Write an e-mail to your instructor explaining why you chose these stories and why you chose these visuals or data displays to display them.

d. Write an e-mail to a group that might be interested in your findings, presenting your visuals as part of a short report.

e. Print out the data and include them with a copy of your e-mail or report.