The Color of Money

The Color of Money, "How study of home loans in metro Atlanta was carried out" was written with the help of computer assisted reporting. The article which is less than exciting to read, but for its time was an very valuable piece of information to readers.

The authors of this article provides information to the public about lending companies that may not have been known , and the percentage of African American that have home loans through various banks and companies in 1988 versus other races. This is a must read and need to know piece that is news worthy.

Research for this article was done with the help of computers, even if computers had not been assessable; the study could still have had life. Doing it the old fashion way and doing it all by hand, and looking at line after line of records to collect the data to prove their point.

Closing the article was very informative and the title was very catching but more life could have been breathed into it, with personal accounts from buyers who where dealing with having a problem getting a home loan because the color of of their skin .


To read the article you can visit, http://powerreporting.com/color/1d.html