Hello.

my name is adam.

i work for Newsday.

(That's on Long Island)

once I was a nerdy kid,

like you

now I'm a reporter

(Who writes computer programs)

(and works with data)

(so basically still a nerd)

telling stories

with technology

commas and css

why you should care

MAKING stories OUT OF

structured data

ST. PETE TIMES

Politifact

ProPublica

Officials say the darndest things

A story has order

(a beginning, middle and end)

TEXAS TRIBUNE

THE COST OF WATER IN TEXAS

npr

drought

nytimes

facebook is worth more than...

ny times

jobs report

We're writing news,

so context is important

PROPUBLICA

DIALYSIS FACILITY TRACKER

NY TIMES

The jobless rate for people like you

propublica

the opportunity gap

simple CAN BE POWERFUL

CHICAGO tribune

Playing with Fire: A key witness

Chicago tribune

stock report

palm beach post

census 2010

maps are cool

(if they show something)

guardian

riots vs poverty

chicago tribune

ward redistricting

npr

wildfires

fun is important

(making tasty VEGETABLES)

NY TIMES

ADDICTIVE GAMES

npr

8-bit elections

ny times

heat vs thunder

ny times

snowfall

fine, I'm sold

but how?

google fusion tables

(for simple online mapping)

building blocks of the web:

html, javascript, css

frameworks

(like factories for web pages)

django [python]

ruby on rails [ruby]

lots of good tutorials

andymboyle's fire tracker

bastard's book of ruby

google/books

School

nicar-l/python journos