Articles tagged: Tarbell

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   How The Chicago Reporter Made ‘Settling for Misconduct’

   By Matt Kiefer and Julia Smith

   Posted on January 9, 2017

   In researching Settling for Misconduct, we had to account for details from hundreds of county and federal court filings, identify thousands of officers named in civil complaints and tally hundreds of millions of dollars in monetary awards. We also needed thorough reporting to connect issues of police misconduct to fiscal accountability. And oh yeah – we had to have a slick web app to present the data to the public.

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   Ultralight CMSes Head to Head

   By Katie Zhu

   Posted on July 29, 2013

   Ultralight CMSes are, in many ways, the product of hacking or infecting the CMS. Here’s a breakdown of a few popular ones, complete with setup instructions, pro/cons, and newsroom case studies.

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   How We Made Finding Care

   By David Eads and Maria Ines Zamudio

   Posted on June 10, 2013

   The Chicago MigraHack, held earlier this month, focused on the use of technology and open data to produce innovative apps and information tools on immigration and related topics. Nine teams participated, and we spoke with two members of the team that produced Finding Care, winner of the prize for best storytelling with data visualization.

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   Meet Tarbell

   By David Eads

   Posted on May 28, 2013

   Introducing a very simple content management system from the Tribapps team (and friends).