2018-09-18 by Derek Willis and Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee We launched the Election DataBot in 2016 with the idea that it would help reporters, researchers and concerned citizens more easi …›
2018-09-12 by Derek Willis On Wednesday we added details to our FEC Itemizer database on nearly $763 million in contributions to the political nonprofit organizations — also known a …›
2018-08-23 by Katlyn Alo and Melissa Sanchez ProPublica Illinois has been reporting all year on how ticketing in Chicago is pushing tens of thousands of drivers into debt and hitting …›
2018-07-10 by David Eads I avoided using GNU Make in my data journalism work for a long time, partly because the documentation was so obtuse that I couldn’t see how Make, one of man …›
2017-06-29 Photo by Rachael Ketterer This is not your standard photo internship! This internship is an opportunity to learn more about the world of photo editing. Our goal isn’t to make you into a photo editor; we view this internship as a chance for you to u …›
2017-06-29 Are you data-curious, internet savvy, and interested in journalism? Do you draw, design, or write code? We are looking for you. We’ve had journalists who are learning to code, programmers who are learning about journalism, designers who love data gr …›
2017-03-04 Hope you’re all resting after MisinfoCon and NICAR, hacks and hackers. Well stop resting on your laurels, because The Awesomest Journalism Party Ever (VII) is coming! Come party like a... Visit Hacks/Hackers to read the full post and join our co …›
2017-02-24 Happy Friday, hacks and hackers! We hope to see you this weekend at MisinfoCon or next week at NICAR. If not, you can follow along at #MisinfoCon and #NICAR17. ICYMI yesterday: From saving democracy... Visit Hacks/Hackers to read the full post and joi …›
2017-02-17 Hello, hacks and hackers! We made it through Valentine’s Day (at least, those of us who live in countries that celebrate it) and we’re now less than a month from the popular NICAR... Visit Hacks/Hackers to read the full post and join our c …›
2017-02-14 Map by Visuals Team intern Brittany Mayes Are you data-curious, internet savvy, and interested in journalism? Do you draw, design, or write code? We are looking for you. We’ve had journalists who are learning to code, programmers who are learning a …›
2017-02-14 Photo by Rachael Ketterer This is not your standard photo internship! This internship is an opportunity to learn more about the world of photo editing. Our goal isn’t to make you into a photo editor; we view this internship as a chance for you to u …›
2017-02-10 Greetings, hacks and hackers! It was a packed week last week for Hacks/Hackers chapters, with Caracas launching its own two-day Data Party, Singapore building tools together and Philadelphia taking a... Visit Hacks/Hackers to read the full post and jo …›
2017-02-09 By Samantha Sunne New Orleans held its first hackathon this week, digging into dirty assessment data, partial wetlands maps, unanswered recycling questions and other problems just waiting to be... Visit Hacks/Hackers to read the full post and join our …›
2017-02-02 Welcome to February, hacks and hackers. We had a packed global call on Wednesday where we first unveiled the new website (still in prototype form). What do you think? Also, we’ve got journalism... Visit Hacks/Hackers to read the full post and jo …›
2017-01-26 Welcome to another Friday, hacks and hackers! We’ve got a bigger announcement than usual this week: .@HacksHackers, @firstdraftnews and @niemanfdn present Misinfocon: A summit on misinformation... Visit Hacks/Hackers to read the full post and jo …›
2017-01-20 Happy Friday, hacks and hackers. After a winter hibernation (or summer nap, for those in the southern hemisphere), seven Hacks/Hackers chapters are holding their first events of 2017, including in... Visit Hacks/Hackers to read the full post and join …›
2017-01-13 It’s a new year, hacks and hackers, and newsrooms seem to be ushering in the new: more than two dozen job openings were posted since our last newsletter, ranging from Research Professor to... Visit Hacks/Hackers to read the full post and join ou …›
2017-01-06 Welcome to a new year, hacks and hackers! 2016 was a tumultuous one for many Hacks/Hackers groups around the world, and 2017 may or may not be more stable. Last week we featured NiemanLab’s... Visit Hacks/Hackers to read the full post and join o …›
2016-12-16 All Songs Considered asks listeners for their favorite albums of 2016 At the beginning of December 2016, All Songs Considered followed a nice tradition and asked listeners for their favorite albums of 2016. Users could enter up to five different album …›
2016-10-12 Map by Visuals Team intern Brittany Mayes Are you data-curious, internet savvy, and interested in journalism? Do you draw, design, or write code? We are looking for you. We’ve had journalists who are learning to code, programmers who are learning a …›
2016-10-12 Photo by Rachael Ketterer This is not your standard photo internship! This internship is an opportunity to learn more about the world of photo editing. Our goal isn’t to make you into a photo editor; we view this internship as a chance for you to u …›
2016-08-30 The NPR Visuals Team happy to announce the release of Pym.js v1.0.0. We want to share with all of you the goals that we hope to achieve with it and the design process that led us to the new release. But wait, what is Pym.js for? Pym.js embeds and res …›