diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4dab4a5..6d7f94e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,50 +1,48 @@ # How can a developer help The New York Times newsroom? ## Who We Are -We are a digital projects team embedded within The New York Times newsroom. We work on behind-the-scenes technology, collaborating with teams that handle data, graphics and unique design presentations. - -We build tools for reporters, editors and designers as well as special projects for our readers. We run experiments as well as guide, train and support the use of these tools. +We are a software development team embedded within The New York Times newsroom. We work on behind-the-scenes technology, collaborating with teams that handle data, graphics and unique design presentations. We build tools for reporters, editors and designers as well as special projects for our readers. We run experiments as well as guide, train and support the use of these tools. +Our goal is to apply software engineering as a newsroom craft towards: +- Bringing our readers stories they can’t get anywhere else +- Helping the wider newsroom see and pursue stories we wouldn’t otherwise be able to +- Making the seemingly impossible story possible **The Team (alphabetical order)** - * [Aaron Krolik](https://github.com/aaronkrolik) * [Alastair Coote](https://twitter.com/_alastair) ([github](https://github.com/alastaircoote)) + * [Amy Hughes](https://github.com/amykatherinehughes) * [Andrew Chavez](https://twitter.com/adchavez) ([github](https://github.com/achavez)) * [Andrew Fischer](https://twitter.com/ndrewfischer) ([github](https://github.com/afischer)) * [Annie Daniel](https://github.com/anniedaniel) - * [Asmaa Elkeurti](https://twitter.com/a_elkeurti) ([github](https://github.com/asmaaelk)) * [Ben Koski](https://github.com/bkoski) + * [Dan Simmons-Ritchie](https://github.com/simmonsritchie) + * [Emma Baker](https://github.com/emlorraine) * [Isaac White](https://github.com/isaacwhite) - * [James Thomas](https://github.com/parisminton) + * [James Thomas](https://www.nytimes.com/by/james-thomas) ([github](https://github.com/parisminton)) * [Jaymin Patel](https://github.com/jayminkapish) * [Mike Andre](https://github.com/mtandre) * [Neil Berg](https://github.com/neil-berg) * [Rachel Shorey](https://www.nytimes.com/by/rachel-shorey) ([github](https://github.com/rshorey)) - * [Scott Blumenthal](https://twitter.com/blumysden) ([github](https://github.com/blumysden)) - * [Tiff Fehr](https://twitter.com/tiffehr) ([github](https://github.com/tiffehr)) + * [Urvashi Uberoy](https://twitter.com/urvashiuberoy) ([github](https://github.com/uuberoy)) * [Will Houp](https://twitter.com/williamhoup) ([github](https://github.com/willhoup)) ## Current Projects **Self-service newsroom tools** that allow our reporters and editors to publish highly interactive work on their own: - * [Tap Stories](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/18/multimedia/hurricane-florence-motel-evacuees.html), for creating visual, mobile-first stories - * [Adventure](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/12/us/law-quiz-criminal-justice.html), for building quizzes and interactive stories - * [DocTools](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/10/nyregion/cuomo-transcripts-key-moments.html), for deep source-document collaborations, analysis and publishing + * [Tap Stories](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/09/20/multimedia/norway-library-boat-bookstore.html), for creating visual, mobile-first stories + * [Adventure](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/science/is-pluto-a-planet.html), for building quizzes and interactive stories + * [DocTools](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/09/us/trump-indictment-document-annotated.html), for deep source-document collaborations, analysis and publishing + * Attribute, a pipeline for reader submissions to drive [stories dependent on reader voices](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/coronavirus-health-care-workers.html). **Reporting tools** to help our newsroom drill deeper into beats and make unexpected connections: - * An internal campaign finance database and [front end](https://github.com/newsdev/nyt-fec) feeding [stories](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/us/politics/michael-bloomberg-democrats-donate.html) and [graphics](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/02/us/politics/democratic-fundraising-midterm-elections.html). - * Ongoing collection and continued support of [voter file data](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/20/us/politics/young-voters-registration-parkland.html) from US states. - * A set of tools to help the newsroom optimize, manage and search documents. + * An internal campaign finance database feeding [stories](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/14/us/politics/trump-fundraising-jan-6.html) and [graphics](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/02/us/politics/2020-democratic-fundraising.html). * The secure, encrypted and anonymous tip-collection system at [nytimes.com/tips](https://www.nytimes.com/tips). * A “zoo of bots” 🦓🐯💻🤖 to alert reporters to newly posted data or changed data on the web. - * [Analysis tools](https://github.com/newsdev/nyt-scotus) for Supreme Court data. - * A tool to [recognize members of Congress by sight](https://open.nytimes.com/how-the-new-york-times-uses-software-to-recognize-members-of-congress-29b46dd426c7). - * Continued support since 2011 for the [The Guantánamo Docket](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/guantanamo), one of the longest-lived public news applications. - * An internal Congress API for building [data stories](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/09/25/us/republicans-who-opposed-the-senate-health-care-bills.html) about the legislative branch. + * Continued support since 2011 for the [The Guantánamo Docket](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/guantanamo), one of the longest-lived public news applications. **Tools to create more direct and meaningful newsroom/reader interactions** including: - * A pipeline for reader submissions to drive [stories dependent on reader voices](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/10/style/sexual-consent-college-campus.html). + * A system for storing and retrieving [reader-input data](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/upshot/extremely-detailed-nyc-neighborhood-map.html) * An [interactive messaging experience](https://open.nytimes.com/from-pyeongchang-to-your-pocket-developing-a-new-way-to-follow-the-olympics-1e8904ee0919) for readers to follow our reporters in the field. **Scalable data pipelines** to support major event coverage including: @@ -59,7 +57,7 @@ We build tools for reporters, editors and designers as well as special projects **Collaborations with Graphics and The Upshot** * [Live Polling](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/upshot/elections-polls.html) -**Infrastructure** to support operations for newsroom developers across Interactive News, [NYT Graphics](https://twitter.com/nytgraphics) and [NYT News Design](https://twitter.com/nytdesign), including a [cloud deployment system](https://open.nytimes.com/agrarian-scale-kubernetes-part-1-7ea703d4de08) that hosts 130+ applications. +**Infrastructure** to support operations for newsroom developers across Interactive News, [NYT Graphics](https://twitter.com/nytgraphics) and [NYT News Design](https://twitter.com/nytdesign). ## Our Partners @@ -73,9 +71,6 @@ If you're interested, please fill out our [contact form](https://docs.google.com ## Open Source Invented Here * [ArchieML](http://archieml.org/) - * [nyt-fec](https://github.com/newsdev/nyt-fec) and [fech](http://nytimes.github.io/Fech/) - * [driveshaft](https://github.com/newsdev/driveshaft) - * [docviewer](https://github.com/nytimes/document-viewer) * [library](https://github.com/nytimes/library) ## Press