Mastodawn

Andrea Suozzo Sep 14, 2023

Ken Schwencke Sep 14, 2023

OK @ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer fans, we have a nice big update for you: https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/

The search is so much more powerful, and there are charts (!) and icons for various things, and just a slew of improvements all-around. It's really great.

Nonprofit Explorer (home)

Since 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as well as download tax filings going back as far as 2001.

ProPublica

Andrea Suozzo Aug 8, 2023

ProPublica Aug 8, 2023

How We Used Machine Learning to Investigate Where #Ebola May Strike
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ProPublica spent months teaching a computer to analyze past Ebola #outbreaks linked to #deforestation.

What we found reveals a weakness in the way that governments and #PublicHealth experts are preparing for future #pandemics.

#MachineLearning #Disease #Outbreak #Pandemic #Nigeria #Africa #Spillover #News #Research

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-propublica-used-machine-learning-investigate-where-ebola?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

How We Used Machine Learning to Investigate Where Ebola May Strike

ProPublica spent months teaching a computer to analyze past Ebola outbreaks linked to deforestation. What we found reveals a weakness in the way that governments and public health experts are preparing for future pandemics.

ProPublica

Andrea Suozzo Aug 5, 2023

RIP Kitty Kitty, the best bar cat https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2023-08-04/kitty-kitty-a-beloved-winooski-bar-cat-dies-at-16-or-17

Kitty Kitty, a beloved Winooski bar cat, dies at 16 (or 17)

Kitty Kitty, a beloved cat who lived Last Stop Sports Bar in Winooski for more than a dozen years, died this month. She was 16 or 17, according to Shayla Ruland, the bar's owner.

Vermont Public

Andrea Suozzo Jun 21, 2023

I'm so proud to join with my talented, kind and passionate colleagues from every corner of ProPublica in forming a union. Together, we’ll ensure we all have what we need to continue telling stories that matter.
https://www.propublicaguild.org/

ProPublica Guild

Andrea Suozzo Apr 19, 2023

Tyler Fisher Apr 19, 2023

News nerd friends, we gotta talk. https://source.opennews.org/articles/how-newsrooms-pay-journalist-coders-2023/

How newsrooms pay journalist-coders today

Salary findings from the 2022 News Nerd Survey

Andrea Suozzo Apr 6, 2023

ProPublica Apr 6, 2023

Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire: SCOTUS Justice Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Major GOP Donor
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Island-hopping on a superyacht.

Private jet rides around the world.

The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court.

“It’s incomprehensible to me that someone would do this,” says one former judge.

#SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #ClarenceThomas #Ethics #Travel #News

https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-undisclosed-luxury-travel-gifts-crow?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire

Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me that someone would do this,” says one former judge.

ProPublica

Andrea Suozzo Mar 5, 2023

ProPublica Mar 5, 2023

A Top UC Berkeley Professor Taught With Remains That May Include Dozens of Native Americans
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Despite decades of Indigenous activism and resistance, UC Berkeley has failed to return the remains of thousands of Native Americans to tribes. The university is still discovering more human remains in its collection.

#Repatriation #Indigenous #NativeAmerican #Berkeley #Museums #College

https://www.propublica.org/article/berkeley-professor-taught-suspected-native-american-remains-repatriation?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

A Top UC Berkeley Professor Taught With Remains That May Include Dozens of Native Americans

Despite decades of Indigenous activism and resistance, UC Berkeley has failed to return the remains of thousands of Native Americans to tribes. The university is still discovering more human remains.

ProPublica

Andrea Suozzo Mar 2, 2023

Jessica Lussenhop Mar 2, 2023

A eulogy for Politwoops, latest casualty of whatever is going on at Twitter: “That’s one of the things I’ll miss most about running Politwoops: getting a glimpse behind the carefully crafted images that politicians present to the public. @ProPublica would be happy to continue running this service, so if anyone at Twitter wants to help out, please get in touch. That includes you, Elon. [email protected]” https://www.propublica.org/article/politwoops-deleted-tweets-twitter-politicians-musk

After a Decade of Tracking Politicians’ Deleted Tweets, Politwoops Is No More

Whether officials were deleting an embarrassing post or just correcting a typo, Politwoops tracked them all. But service changes made after Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter have rendered it impossible for us to continue tracking these tweets.

ProPublica

Andrea Suozzo Mar 2, 2023

Hey #NICAR23: there are still a few spots in tomorrow's First Python Notebook class. We'll take you from Python basics to a full data analysis (with production-ready charts!) in a day, and it will be very fun. https://www.ire.org/product/nicar23-first-python-notebook/

NICAR23 First Python Notebook - pre-registered attendees only - Investigative Reporters & Editors

Friday, March 3, 9 a.m. - 5:45 p.m. Cost: $75 Instructors: Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee, Los Angeles Times; Andrea Suozzo, ProPublica; Ben Welsh, Big Local News Description In this session, experienced […]

Investigative Reporters & Editors

Andrea Suozzo Mar 2, 2023

Sharon Machlis Mar 2, 2023

Although I'm not not at #NICAR23 this year 😢 I'm still collecting resources that conference presenters would like to share! (As I've done for several years).

If you have a resource you'd like to add to the database, please enter it here:

https://forms.gle/i54XKzvui9nx63eW6

You can see the data here

https://www.machlis.com/nicar/

Data may take a little while to update since I manually approve all the listings for spam prevention.

Hope everyone has a great data journalism conference!
#ddj

Suggest a link to slides, tip sheets, or other resource from NICAR 2025

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