Articles
Projects walkthroughs, tool teardowns, interviews, and more.
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The Totally Incomplete Guide to Finding and Publishing Data
By Amanda Hickman
Posted onWhether you’re a seasoned data journalist or brand new to thinking about data as a source in your reporting, there are exceptional places to find data that you may never have considered.
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Event Roundup, March 18
By Erika Owens
Posted onDeadline for ONA suggestions, plus a bunch of upcoming meetups.
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Event Roundup, March 11
By Erika Owens
Posted onDeadlines for mentorship and scholarship programs, plus upcoming events.
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Things You Made, March 8
By Lindsay Muscato
Posted onOur regular biweekly roundup.
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How We Built the News Briefing our Audience Wanted to Hear
By Jessica Morrison
Posted onA new approach to product development: how we stopped building for our audience and started building with them.
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Event Roundup, March 4
By Erika Owens
Posted onFolks are heading to Newport Beach this week for NICAR, plus a bunch of applications and conferences looking for your contributions.
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How We Mapped More Than 100 Years Of Wildfire History
By Chris Hagan and Emily Zentner
Posted onQuantifying chaos: building Capital Public Radio’s California Wildfire History map using a CalFire geodatabase, MapBox and a whole lot of Google searching.
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Event Roundup, February 25
By Erika Owens
Posted onNICAR is just one week away, plus livestream from Knight Media Forum, and more.
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Things You Made, Feb 22
By Lindsay Muscato
Posted onOur regular biweekly roundup.
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Event Roundup, February 19
By Erika Owens
Posted onDeadline for AAJA’s Executive Leadership program, plus some new programs to support you getting to meet in-person.
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Our Search for the Best OCR Tool, and What We Found
By Ted Han and Amanda Hickman
Posted onWe couldn’t find single side by side comparison of the most accessible OCR options, so we ran a handful of documents through seven different tools, and compared the results.
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Event Roundup, February 11
By Erika Owens
Posted onLots of upcoming meetups, plus help for students to attend industry events.
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Things You Made, Feb 8
By Lindsay Muscato
Posted onOur regular biweekly roundup.
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Event Roundup, February 4
By Erika Owens
Posted onLooking ahead to conferences, plus the NICAR lightning talks want your pitches.
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How We Made the Force Report Database
By Carla Astudillo and Erin Petenko
Posted onHow we made a database of every time N.J. cops punched, kicked, or used other force over a five-year period, and a series of stories to go with it.
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Event Roundup, January 28
By Erika Owens
Posted onFinal deadlines for a bunch of fellowships, plus meetups, conferences, and more.
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Things You Made, Jan 25
By Lindsay Muscato
Posted onOur regular biweekly roundup.
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What to Do When Your Work Isn’t Your Job
By Julia Wolfe
Posted onAdvice from a SRCCON:POWER 2018 session on acknowledging and managing the unofficial, invisible tasks that become part of your workday.
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Event Roundup, January 22
By Erika Owens
Posted onFellowship application deadlines are coming up soon, and other events.
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New Open Source Tools for Journalism Educators
By Allison Lichter Joseph
Posted onTools and resources, including a cool deck of cards, to teach journalism or just get yourself out of a rut.