Covering a trial? Start with a spreadsheet

How do you get a handle on covering the Boston Marathon bombings trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. 

A spreadsheet.

It helps keep track of the timelines and the witnesses and the events, said Boston Globe data and multimedia editor Laura Amico.

Reporting and technology, hand in hand.

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The bombings happened in 2013. Tsarnaev’s attorneys admit he did the bombings, but blames the influence and domination of his brother, Tamerian, who was killed as Dzhokhar ran him over with his car while trying to escape a shootout with police.

The trial began last week.