Tool maps data visualization JavaScript Building on Data Viz for All

• By Julia Smith
• Eric Sagara, Julia Smith, Aaron Williams, Youyou Zhou
• The Center for Investigative Reporting

Helping newsrooms improve interactive graphics and data visualizations by making them more accessible to all users.

Roundup events Event Roundup, Nov 26

• By Erika Owens

Knight Lab and local Hacks/Hackers meetups this week. Two multi-city, international hackathons this weekend as well as a Hurricane Sandy hackathon in New York.

Project records public Rhode Island General Assembly Attendance Data

• By Timothy C. Barmann
• Timothy C. Barmann
• Providence Journal

From paper and PDF records to live text to database to interactive tool, step by step.

Project dataviz Miso Project

• By Erika Owens
• Alex Graul, Irene Ros
• Bocoup, The Guardian

Miso is an open source toolkit designed to expedite the creation of high-quality interactive storytelling and data visualisation content.

Project Varnish Solr Ruby on Rails community WordPress education SchoolBook

• By Tyson Evans
• Jeremy Ashkenas, Kim Bost, Ahn Dang, Tyson Evans, Robert Gebeloff, Mary Ann Giordano, Brian Hamman, Jacqui Maher
• The New York Times, WNYC

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.