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How does your newsroom share the data behind your data journalism with the public? Fill out this survey!

Laura Hazard OwenJune 22, 2016

ProPublica is helping other news orgs do formal reporting (FOIA requests and all) on the Red Cross

“We wanted this to be a frictionless transaction. We don’t require cross-promotion.”

Laura Hazard OwenMay 18, 2016

Frontline is finding new mic-drop moments for good old-fashioned reporting

Sure, keeping an audience’s attention is a challenge. But Frontline has always operated under the premise that it has to keep people from changing the channel.

SecureDrop use is growing in newsrooms, but security fears mean few will detail exactly how they use it

Joseph LichtermanMay 4, 2016

With new columns and newsletters, ProPublica is trying to attract new readers and have more fun

“There’s a huge benefit to coming up with features that are more fun and more interesting. It appeals to a different audience and can create closer connections with readers — they can see a different side of us.”

Kaitlyn MullinApril 20, 2016

What a group of USC students learned shooting lots of VR video (hint: duct tape is involved)

The students traveled to Houston over spring break to shoot footage to accompany a ProPublica/Texas Tribune project on what a hurricane could do to the city.

Scott KleinApril 7, 2016

Want to start a small data journalism team in your newsroom? Here are 8 steps

“There are a bunch of skills needed in building news apps, but at the most abstract level they fall into three buckets: Code, Design, and Journalism. Recruit people who have at least two of those skills and be willing to teach them the third.”

Gabriel DanceMarch 28, 2016

From Nieman Reports: The four kinds of people you meet in newsrooms going digital

The Natives, the Naturals, the Collaborators, and the Fearful: You can guess which one The Marshall Project’s Gabriel Dance says is “a dangerous group to be in.”

Joseph LichtermanMarch 23, 2016

GroundSource is trying to help news sites build community through text-message conversations

“I can’t imagine many stronger indications of one’s desire to engage with a news organization than adding it as a contact in their address book.”

Shan WangMarch 21, 2016

10 NICAR lightning talks to guide you through cats, statistical resampling, fear of math, and more

Have you always wanted to read a book a week for a year or make better, faster-loading maps? Look no further.

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