Newsroom developer? Why? Journalism matters and it is in crisis is why.
I care deeply about journalism and it is in crisis. Journalism matters. The free press is important to a functioning democracy. Journalism has the power to change the world. There are few moments in...
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Early adopter: Why an incoming freshman wants to be a hacker-journalist,...
This spring incoming Northwestern freshman, Alex Duner, reached out to us in utter excitement about newsroom programming and eager to get started. He's come to this niche of computer science and...
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Noticias del futuro Knight Lab: My talk at #hhba #mediaparty
Hacks/Hackers Buenos Aires #MediaParty group photo by Ramiro Chanes Last week, my partner-in-crime and the chief nerd around the Lab, Joe Germuska, and I had the privilege to join what just might be...
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Designing tools for investigation at the Hacks/Hackers Buenos Aires Media Party
Above, Bike Storming‘s Mati Kalwill and the Lab’s Joe Germuska exchange ideas and show each other project demos at the #hhba #mediaparty media fair. As I recently wrote, last week Joe and I had the...
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MozFest 2013: Measuring news engagement and impact
I’ve been thinking and writing recently about how news organizations can purposefully and meaningfully measure engagement and impact. It turns out to be a common question and at MozFest on Saturday...
View ArticleMozFest 2013: If it ain’t broke, break it — how and why to test your news site
Moments following the Boston Marathon bombings, the Boston Globe’s website shut down due to excessive traffic. And it stayed down. For hours. Suddenly, the state’s most prominent news provider was no...
View ArticleMozFest 2013: Journalists should command the command line
Journalists who want to learn more technology often jump into HTML, CSS and Javascript. Those are great places to start (as Knight Lab and others have written before), but if you want to maximize the...
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Knight Lab’s MozFest 2013 wrap up and link-o-rama
This post has been updated with additional links to MozFest 2013 content. Kicking off the festival, Friday night begins with a Science Fair at Ravensbourne College. Just like last year, the Knight Lab...
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Preserving interactive news projects with Newseum, OpenNews and Pop Up Archive
Photo by Ted Han during the #apparchive designathon at Newseum with OpenNews and Pop Up Archive On Sunday, March 2, Knight-Mozilla OpenNews, the Newseum and Pop Up Archive hosted a one-day conference...
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Kicking off a new, international fellowship with Manuel Aristarán
As we traveled to various conferences and events last year, we met a number of fascinating nerds doing digital journalism work in Latin America, Europe and Africa. We learned a lot from talking and...
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