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  1. 2022 News Nerd Survey: Overall findings

    By Mago Torres

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    In this third iteration of the News Nerd Survey, we hear from 603 respondents about their work in the field.

  2. Story recipe: U.S. schools restrain and seclude students thousands of times per school day—how often where you live?

    By Emilie  Munson, Ying  Zhao, and Matt Rocheleau

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    Where to find the data, how to explore it, and questions to ask to report the story for your community.

  3. Sincerely, Leaders of Color: Keep DEI a priority, even when the economy says otherwise

    By Joanne Griffith

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    When news organizations say they support diversity efforts but their actions say otherwise, teams and communities lose faith.

  4. Apply to join the Covering Science Slack community

    By Siri Carpenter and Rachel Zamzow

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    Get free peer mentoring support for reporting on science stories. Apply by February 8.

  5. How coding can change the very journalism we do

    By Anastasia Valeeva

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    From faster work that others can replicate to multi-story databases, here’s what I learned during my fellowship with a data team.

  6. How to bring new perspectives to journalism

    By Andrew Losowsky and Ariel Zirulnick

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    Reflections and lessons from organizing Perspectives LA during ONA 2022.

  7. Sincerely, Leaders of Color: Three things that could be hindering your newsroom’s DEI progress

    By Amanda Zamora

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

  8. Lessons from a data project: Investigating Toronto’s multimillion-dollar program to improve road safety

    By Inori Roy

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

  9. Sincerely, Leaders of Color: How to lead in a Kobayashi Maru scenario

    By Paul Cheung

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

  10. How people used the Scholarships+ program in 2022

    By Ryan Pitts

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    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.

  11. Small teams & solo work: Using a QA process to build confidence in your data stories

    By Kae Petrin

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

  12. Sincerely, Leaders of Color: You can’t hire your way out of a diversity problem

    By Marla Jones Newman

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    What to do before you hire your BIPOC candidates.

  13. How we take care

    By Erika Owens

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

  14. Sincerely, Leaders of Color: It’s time to talk about the way we treat freelancers

    By Emma Carew Grovum

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

  15. Running scrapers on GitHub to simplify your workflow

    By Iris Lee

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

  16. How we tracked down and mapped historic street signs in New York City’s Chinatown

    By Aaron Reiss

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

  17. Four things newsrooms can do right now to counter science polarization

    By Katie L. Burke and Amanda Yarnell

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

  18. Sincerely, Leaders of Color: With love from a lonely place

    By Emma Carew Grovum

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

  19. Stop the victim narrative, and other tips for covering working-class women

    By Paul Cheung, Erika Owens, and Ryan Pitts

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    Takeaways from a recent event with community leaders and journalists.

  20. Sincerely, Leaders of Color: How to survive and thrive at ONA

    By P. Kim Bui

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

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