The Nerd Blog
Resources for Investigating Tax-Exempt Organizations
In addition to our Nonprofit Explorer interactive database, here are some resources for researching charities and other tax-exempt organizations.
A Super-Simple Tool to Search Instagram by Time and Location
We wrote a little tool to search for Instagram photos taken at certain times and places
Tracking State Bills Takes a Village: The Legislature Tracker Gets Launched in N.Y.
The MinnPost's open source Legislature Project makes it easy for newsrooms and individuals to identify and keep track of bills. Welcome, New York edition.
Latest P5 Resident Working on Open Source Legislation Tracker
Our P5 Resident this month is Alan Palazzolo from MinnPost. He’s the fifth P5 Resident.
ProPublica Projects -- and P5 Projects -- Finalists for Data Journalism Awards
The Global Editors Network announced finalists for its 2013 Data Journalism Awards. On the shortlist are three projects from ProPublica and two projects from former Residents in our P5 Program.
HeartSaver: Experimenting with News Games to Tell a Story
HeartSaver, ProPublica's entry into the April 2013 GEN hack day, lets players steer New York City heart attack victims to the closest hospitals.
Meet the New Blog (Same as the Old Blog)
Today we debut a ProPublica Nerd Blog redesign, which includes a new look for our main landing page as well as our article pages. We wanted to create both a better reading experience, as well as to help you find what you're looking for more easily.
Heart of Nerd Darkness: Why Updating Dollars for Docs Was So Difficult
We updated Dollars for Docs last week. Why is updating it so difficult?
No Windows. One Exit. Free Drinks: Casino-Driven Design for Crowdsourcing
Casino-Driven Design, a technique we developed for Free the Files, cuts away all distraction and drives the user's attention toward staying focused on a single task.
Between Human and Machine: Thoughts on Malofiej 21 Day 2
One of the main undercurrents during the Malofiej World Infographic Summit was the tension between illustrative graphics, often borne out of photographs and sketches, and data visualization, whose raw material is often the very machine-based spreadsheet.
Outsider CAR: Quick Thoughts on Malofiej 21 Day 1
While the big graphics teams presented at the Malofiej Infographic Summit in Pamplona, Spain, there were also examples of artists and designers applying their own brand of CAR.
Casey Thomas, P5 Resident
The fourth P5 Resident started a project in the ProPublica offices today. He's Casey Thomas from AxisPhilly.
RIP EveryBlock
EveryBlock is gone, here's how we archive our apps.
New Year's Resolution: Learn to Code
Want to learn to code this year? Here's our handy beginner's guide to get you started.
