Reflections and lessons from organizing Perspectives LA during ONA 2022.

To get beyond short-lived gains, it’s time to commit to vision-driven goals that lead to real results.

Poor record-keeping foiled our FOIA plans. Here’s what we learned through the simple, tedious process of creating data by hand.

Leaders of color are used to a no-win situation. What doesn’t break us only makes us stronger!

Our Scholarships+ program offers funding to help people pay for events and programs that develop their work as a journalist with data and code. This recap of the programs we helped people take part in in 2022 is part of our commitment to transparency and trust in our work—and we also think it’s a great source of ideas for community members who want to keep building their networks and careers.

Four steps you can take to catch errors earlier and bulletproof your work, even if you don’t have a colleague to help out.

What to do before you hire your BIPOC candidates.

Highlights from how care has shown up in the past year, inside and outside of work.

Leaders in news organizations have a chance to change the way we treat independent journalists.

How the LAT Data and Graphics team uses GitHub Actions to keep code and data in one place, and track scraper history for free.

“Small data”—the kind you might have to get out and collect yourself—can uncover the deeply personal history of a place.

There aren’t easy fixes for a systemic issue like polarization—but there are steps we can all take to encourage civil discourse.

Now’s the time to check in with leaders of color.

Takeaways from a recent event with community leaders and journalists.

Taking care of yourself and making room for others can help you find the conversations that change your career.

We’re so proud of what we’ve shared so far. We want to know what’s helped you the most and what you need next.

At the beginning of a working relationship, you act with more transparency as you get to know the other person. That same transparency is necessary for the after.

Our reporting found that people who grow up in St. Louis tend to stay in St. Louis: About 3 out of 4 young adults who were here at age 16 were also here at age 26. Here’s how you can use federal data to see where people are moving to and from in your area.

Building coalitions is tough, awkward work that leads to happier employees and better journalism products for our communities.