Business and Administrative Communication 10th Edition by Kitty Locker,Donna Kienzler

Exercise 13

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 = 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 = 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.