A new open-source program from the Raleigh Public Record aims to pull structured data from scanned public records — and developers are still looking for testing help from journalists and open-government advocates. Read More »
Handwriting can seriously derail computer-assisted reporting. But an open-source tool developed to help archivists transcribe handwritten records with the help of online volunteers might pull double duty for journalists. Read More »
Between deleted tweets and posts that disappear into the timeline void, it’s a pain to keep track of and find information more than a few days old on Twitter. So how hard could it really be to build a capable Twitter archiver for reporters? Read More »
The growth of online video is explosive, and without tools to navigate this unsearchable information, it’s increasingly impossible to make sense of it all. But there are a few novel solutions, especially when it comes to video from local, state and federal government. Read More »
An application created through a collaboration with Harvard and MIT could soon help journalists find interesting relationships in massive amounts of data — even if reporters have no idea what they’re looking for. Read More »
The 2012 Computer-Assisted Reporting conference in St. Louis provided journalists with plenty of new reporting tools. Here’s our top-15 list of applications and websites from the weekend. Read More »
The popular Web scraper Needlebase is getting put out to pasture. Why is it so hard to find and keep a good, easy-to-use scraper that doesn’t cost a fortune? And what’s left in the race to make it easier to collect info online? Read More »
I wonder about my judgment when I decide to try out a tool called Voyeur (http://voyeurtools.org) as one of the first on this site. But it’s worth a look from reporters who need a quick orientation to a website, a set of documents or a long report. Read More »
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