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Hacker wanted: Code in the public interest, save journalism, in sunny...
UPDATE: We’ve filled the position, but may be hiring more soon. If this looks like your dream job, please send an email anyway. Cross-posted from our new team blog: We’re looking for a great hacker to...
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A quick primer on making software — best practices, tools and further reading
ul.toolslist li {line-height:2em;} ul.toolslist li ul li {line-height:1.5em;font-size:.8em;} This is more-or-less a script for an un-un-conference talk I’ll be giving shortly at ONA09. “Imagine a news...
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We’re hiring: A UX/IA expert *and* a web designer/developer
Cross-posted from the Chicago Tribune news apps team blog… Join our team! Requirements: A passion for the news An understanding of the inner workings of the web Attention to detail and hatred for...
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All the fun stuff we’ve been up to at the Trib
The blog has been a bit quiet lately (to the disappointment of very few, I’m sure) — but we’ve been releasing apps and blogging furiously over at our team site. Here’s a roundup of our recent posts:...
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NICAR 2010 talk: Good habits
This is a script for a talk I’ll be delivering shortly, with Jacob Fenton’s assistance, at NICAR 2010 in Phoenix. Readers may find it similar to, though more complete than, my ONA talk, a few posts...
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Draft: Kick-ass news apps, part deux! More projects to inspire journos.
Our first week at the Trib, Joe and I put together a list of apps that we hoped would inspire the newsroom. We’ll soon be at it again, and here’s my first whack at a list of recently inspiring...
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Links from APME 2010
Introductions Our team blog: http://blog.apps.chicagotribune.com/ Open data Tracking Homicides in Chicago: http://homicides.redeyechicago.com/ City Council’s $3.7 Million Allowance:...
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SecondConf talk: Why you should become a hacker journalist
This morning, I’m presenting at SecondConf. I don’t generally like slide decks because they’ve got extremely low information-resolution — they leave so much unsaid. But the conference organizers tell...
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Let’s think science-fictionally
This post is one of many that will be collected in the thrilling return of the Carnival of Journalism. Brother Cavil: In all your travels, have you ever seen a star go supernova? Ellen Tigh: No....
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Our sci-fi future: stuff we’re geeked about + book list
Photo by Chrys Wu Today at the MIT/Knight Civic Media Conference, I led an unconference session called “Our sci-fi future, news in 20 years”. Chrys Wu was kind enough to transcribe the concepts we...
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