Articles tagged: Ruby on Rails

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   All About Transcribable

   By Erin Kissane

   Posted on July 17, 2013

   Yesterday, ProPublica released Transcribable, a new open source tool that makes orderly crowdsourced transcription available to any organization that uses Ruby on Rails. ProPublica’s Al Shaw introduced the project to the public in a post on ProPublica’s Nerd Blog yesterday and here answers all our questions about the project.

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   The New York Times’ Election Results Loader

   By Jacob Harris

   Posted on November 29, 2012

   Jacob Harris breaks down the data, the code choices, and the rationales behind the NYT’s results loader for the US 2012 elections.

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   The Making of ProPublica’s Pipeline Safety Feature

   By Lena Groeger and Erin Kissane

   Posted on November 19, 2012

   Last week, ProPublica released an explainer on fires, chemical spills, explosions, and other incidents related to US oil and gas pipelines, along with an interactive map and a series of charts and tables. Reporter-designer-developer Lena Groeger explains how the project came about, what challenges she encountered, and how she assembled the final presentation.

4. SchoolBook

   By Tyson Evans

   Posted on June 16, 2012

   The New York Times and WNYC have joined forces on a new site dedicated to news, data and conversation about schools in New York City. SchoolBook is now the main place to find coverage of schools in New York by The Times and WNYC. SchoolBook’s home page will mix those news, feature and multimedia stories with essays by members of the education community, as well as photos, videos, queries, comments and more.