Spreading the data word…via Poynter

May 12th, 2010

If you didn't see it on Twitter, or on poynter.org...I'm writing articles for Poynter's website on data journalism.  The first is on how to use OutWit Hub, a Firefox extension to help you scrape Web sites even if you don't have programming knowledge. I just needed something to do with my ever abundant free time, obviously Read More...

Note to self: Real world journo-coding lessons

May 3rd, 2010

Notice how your Google reader got a bit emptier than usual?  Didn't think so.  But it recently occured to me that I haven't posted in eons.  Why is that? Part of it has been the chaos of moving, spending time exploring LA.  The other part is that I'm finally walking the walk every day.  I stepped out of the Medill bubble, valiantly tried  to explain to my friends and family what I'm doing out in California Read More...