Gantt rant: Advice on agile project management

March 29th, 2011

As a switch from my usual rambling blog post, an interesting Twitter conversation leads me to give you...my usual rambling blog post as a Storify with embedded tweets.  Enjoy my lesson of the day!  This is dedicated to the data journalism community that teaches me every day. Thanks, all! (more Read More...

My (quickly formed) vision for a journ-prog curriculum

March 26th, 2011

I've written about a curriculum for people looking to be exposed to -- and perhaps specialize -- in data journalism before.  But last week on Twitter, Dave Stanton (@gotoplanb) asked a slightly different question -- what would the curriculum look like if you were a journo-interested student wanting to learn programming to tell stories from the get-go?  Understanding data is just one piece Read More...

My Role at PBS: Datavangelizing to Local Stations

March 24th, 2011

Time for an update on the world of PBS!  PBSNews.org, the national site I was working on, has been put on hold while we focus our attention on serving journalism at local stations.  This has long been a component of our project, but it is now a priority which we're focusing on heavily. What does that mean for my role as a Data Producer?  If you’re a PBS station, as part of your dues, you can have the fun (horror) of working with me on a project Read More...