Kevin Whited, Author at blogHOUSTON

When TV reporters tackle social-science modelling…

February 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11 ran a story on Friday that purported to determine the effect of Katrina refugees on Houston crime: So we calculated New Orleans’ murder rate before Katrina. We then used that to estimate how many

Chron corrections: The vignette that didn't pass muster

February 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle continued a recent pattern of unusual corrections yesterday: Cliff Stricklin grew up in Dallas and was immediately accepted to Washington and Lee University School of Law after a stint working for the Drug

Blogging the Enron trial: Week one (updated)

February 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle has several staffers blogging the Enron trial, and early in the week, Dwight Silverman posted on the logistics of the blog coverage: In addition to posting in the Enron: Trial Watch blog, [reporter

Maybe they could name it the Houston American-Statesman?

February 4, 2006 Kevin Whited

Today, the University of Houston men’s basketball team won a tough road game in overtime. The Rice men’s basketball team narrowly lost to #3 Memphis at Autry Court. And here is Chron.com’s scoreboard: Nice coverage

Is "unsafe and careless action" a fireable offense?

February 4, 2006 Kevin Whited

In METRO news related to Anne Linehan’s earlier post, the Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee reports that the driver involved in the accident that killed a pedestrian was fired on Friday: A Metropolitan Transit Authority bus driver

Oz Bar films patrons in restroom

February 3, 2006 Kevin Whited

It’s about time for the local television news outlets to start their titillating “undercover” investigations for ratings purposes. KHOU-11’s Mark Greenblatt jumped right in last night with a report on cameras in the restrooms at

How they see Judge Sim Lake

February 3, 2006 Kevin Whited

Judge Sim Lake, who is overseeing the Enron fraud trial, has been profiled by two prominent newspapers today. The Financial Times profile gets off to a predictable start: Judge Sim Lake has spent most of

Cactus Music is closing at the end of March

February 3, 2006 Kevin Whited

H-Town Grooves and Jeff Balke both have posted that Cactus Music and Video is closing up shop. A phone call to the venerable record store confirmed the bad news: Cactus is indeed closing at the

Free tickets to Rice baseball or basketball

February 2, 2006 Kevin Whited

Are you interested in Rice basketball or baseball? If so, you have a couple of days left to score free tickets: Make it a day with the Owls on Sat., Feb. 4, as Rice’s baseball

Queen Sheila heads for the Enron cameras

February 2, 2006 Kevin Whited

Fresh off her usual appearance at the State of the Union proceedings, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D) has made a beeline for the media horde covering Enron. The Chronicle‘s Mary Flood blogs about it: The