Team puts human face on census A compliment from a reader can go a long way.
A voice mail from a man who read Monday's story about the population centers in the five-county area was passed along to members of the census team. The team is composed of reporters Paula Schleis, Katie Byard and Keith McKnight. Computer-assisted reporting manager David Knox handles the census data, and Deputy Metro Editor Mitch McKenney oversees the team's work. The team was created earlier this year to an conduct in-depth analysis of the 2000 census. Knox used the data to find the spot in each county where an equal number of people live in each direction.