Scott Klein
Scott Klein was a deputy managing editor. He led the teams at ProPublica that work at the intersection of journalism and technology.
Scott led the teams at ProPublica that work at the intersection of journalism and technology. In addition to leading editorial product development and engineering, he oversaw the interactive projects that tell journalistic stories using data, and that make complex subjects relevant to readers and their communities.
His teams have been recognized with a Peabody Award, several Online Journalism Awards for General Excellence, Malofiej International Infographics Award medals, the Data Journalism Award Jurors Choice Award, as well as Society for News Design Awards of Excellence, including one special recognition for “defining the design language of data-driven news apps.”
Scott is also co-founder of DocumentCloud, a service that helps news organizations search, manage and present their source documents. He sits on the board of the Muckrock Foundation.
A Conceptual Model for Interactive Databases in News
As part of a conference about archiving news applications, a group of journalists developed a framework to understand how interactive databases -- sometimes called news applications -- are made.
Meet our New OpenNews Fellow
We’re excited to announce that Brian Jacobs will be ProPublica’s OpenNews fellow in 2014.
Technical Difficulties on iPhone and iPad App
We’re submitting a fix today for a startup crash on the ProPublica app for iPhone and iPad.
P5 Resident Aram Chung
This week’s P5 Resident is Aram Chung.
Joanna Kao, P5 Resident
The sixth ProPublica P5 Resident is Joanna Kao.
News Applications Fellow
We’re looking for a News Applications Fellow to work with us starting this fall.
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.
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.