Project jPlayer jQuery HTML5 video animation Underscore How We Made Snow Fall

• By Steve Duenes, Erin Kissane, Andrew Kueneman, Jacky Myint, Graham Roberts, Catherine Spangler
• John Branch, Steve Duenes, Hannah Fairfield, Ruth Fremson, Wayne Kamidoi, Andrew Kueneman, Sam Manchester, Alan McLean, Jacky Myint, Graham Roberts, Catherine Spangler, Joe Ward, Jeremy White, Josh Williams
• The New York Times

Reporters, designers, developers, and editors who worked on the NYT’s Snow Fall explain how they pulled it off.

Roundup year in review 2012 2012 in Review: Ryan Pitts

• By Ryan Pitts

Our own Ryan Pitts on the tools that helped him do better work and the projects and sites that inspired him in 2012.

Roundup year in review 2012 2012 in Review: Shazna Nessa

• By Shazna Nessa

The AP’s Shazna Nessa breaks down five breakthrough design developments and news features from 2012.

Roundup year in review 2012 2012 in Review: Al Shaw

• By Al Shaw

ProPublica’s Al Shaw breaks down five outstanding news apps and interactive design choices from 2012, and one game-changer from 2011.

Project Simple Tiles census mapping simple tiles Anatomy of the “Living Apart” map

• By Jeff Larson, Erika Owens
• Lena Groeger, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Jeff Larson, Al Shaw
• ProPublica

Last month, ProPublica launched the Living Apart series with an investigation into the Fair Housing Act of 1968 and an interactive map showing the migration of African Americans from 1890-2010.

Project mapping Django Spokesman-Review Holiday Lights Map

• By Ryan Pitts
• Gina Boysun, Ryan Pitts, Mike Tigas
• The Spokesman-Review

Ryan Pitts breaks down the recipe for a holiday lights map app, with special nods to artisanal admin interfaces and full-screen BoyerMaps.

Project APIs Ruby on Rails JSON elections The New York Times’ Election Results Loader

• By Jacob Harris
• Brian Hamman, Jacob Harris, Jacqui Maher, Michael Strickland, Derek Willis
• The New York Times

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

Project How NPR Designed Their Live Elections News App

• By Alyson Hurt
• Jeremy Bowers, Brian Boyer, Danny DeBelius, Tyler Fisher, Jeremy Gilbert, Christopher Groskopf, Alyson Hurt
• NPR

Alyson Hurt explains how the NPR apps team created, tested, and built its Swing State Scorecard and covered results on Election Night.

Project geocoding Ruby on Rails mapping The Making of ProPublica’s Pipeline Safety Feature

• By Lena Groeger, Erin Kissane
• Lena Groeger
• ProPublica

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.

Roundup events Event Roundup, Nov 19

• By Erika Owens

More hacking in London this weekend, and looking ahead: multi-city international hackathons next weekend and a hackathon focused on immigration in early December. Plus, trainings, meetups, and a fellowship deadline.

Roundup News Development Roundup, Nov 16

• By Erin Kissane
• Mother Jones, ProPublica, The Chicago Tribune, The Guardian, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Washington Post, WNYC

A weekend-friendly rundown of the many projects from the last two weeks that have absolutely nothing to do with elections.

Project TileMill mapping Google Docs MapBox elections Mother Jones’ Voter Suppression Map

• By Tasneem Raja
• Gavin Aronsen, Ben Breedlove, Mark Follman, Jaeah Lee, Tasneem Raja
• Mother Jones

How the Mother Jones nerd desk whipped up a multi-layered map of verified incidents of voter suppression for the 2012 US elections.

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