"It’s an old story, but there it is, high-tech and clickable. We don’t have many violent killings in Roanoke compared to some places, but the patterns are the same as about any urban center."

"What is this thing, this DataSphere? Think of it as a toolbox, a library, a warehouse full of data. Yeah, I know. Data. Makes you want to have a nap. But this is no online statistics class. This is stuff you can use."

"...maybe a lot of other news organizations will realize that the television people have already failed at this, and there’s no earthly reason for newspapers to make the same mistakes."