Google’s ‘Living Stories’: An End to Static Online News Source code for Living Stories (including a WordPress plugin) can be downloaded from Google Code.
ProPublica Redesign Involves the Readers in Complex Stories At ProPublica, we make a habit of sharing. We give our biggest stories for free to news organizations, and we hand out recipes for some of our most complex investigations. We encourage other news organizations to steal our stories, and give out, free to use, clean, reliable, analyzed data that
The Launch of Hacks/Hackers London We’re delighted to announce that the first international group of Hacks/Hackers got off to a fantastic start yesterday. Having originally expected a modest turnout, we were bowled over when more than 50 journalists and coders gathered at The Shooting Star pub in Spitalfields on Wednesday evening for the
August 18 NYC Meetup: Learning From Google’s Living Stories Next meetup: Wednesday, August 18, at the NYC Google offices, where we will discuss the concept of “Living Stories.” Presentation starts at 7 p.m., but come early and socialize (and gawk) at 6 p.m. Google, in a three-month experiment with The New York Times and The Washington Post,
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the New York Times “Moment in Time” Project The latest Hacks/Hackers NYC gathering was all about photojournalism, hosted in the breathtaking Open Plans penthouse (with a wraparound balcony and a fantastic view) on July 27. Jonathan Tepper, co-founder of Demotix, talked about his crowdsourced photo wire based in London, and the team behind The New York Times’
Congratulations Corey Takahashi: Winner of the Hacks/Hackers scholarship to Poynter We’re delighted to announce that freelance journalist Corey Takahashi is the winner of the Hacks/Hackers scholarship to Poynter’s workshop on programming for journalists / journalism for programming. Based in Los Angeles, Corey is planning to apply the digital skills from the Poynter workshop to revisit demographic trends that