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In the midnight hour: The nocturnal email habits of Durham’s mayor

STORY BY JULIANNA RENNIE, DATA ANALYSIS BY ASA ROYAL, PHOTO BY KATIE NELSON

If you’ve received an email from Durham Mayor Steve Schewel, you probably got it in the middle of the night. An analysis of more than 4,000 of his emails by the 9th Street Journal finds that Schewel is quite a night owl. His peak time for sending messages is around midnight. Reporter Julianna Rennie and data journalist Asa Royal examined his outbox and found some interesting patterns. Click here for their detailed report.