ryanpitts

journalists-guide-datasets

A collection of introductions to various datasets, giving journalists some friendly background before they start doing analysis. Like "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," only for journalists. And about datasets.

python-scraping-primer

Materials for a one-hour workshop at NICAR 2019

gsheet-to-json

Take data from a Google Spreadsheet, make json, store it in S3.

source

The code that runs Source, a Knight-Mozilla OpenNews website covering the intersection of code and journalism.

growlerbot

Scrapes a tap list, posts new beers to Twitter.

ichiro3000

A little Python script that helps you track a hitter's progress toward an MLB milestone.

membot

A Slackbot that remembers things you don't want to forget. Totally a work in progress.

metallica-verses

Plaintext version of Metallica lyrics from the first four albums, suitable for machine learning? Duplicate lines removed, some poetic license taken with punctuation and arrangement.

mozilla-opennews

Static website (built using Jekyll) to support the Mozilla Opennews project

texts

assorted text data

twitter-mistadobalina

A script that posts raps by Del Tha Funkee Homosapien to @mistadobalina on Twitter

5tories

Prototype for SNDMakes 2015 event in Washington, D.C. Nice narratives come in small packages.

census-data-downloader

Download Census data and reformat it for humans

changinglives

Inspirational cubicle sign generator (built atop Tumblr) to accompany the NPR series "The Changing Lives of Women"

csvkit

A suite of utilities for converting to and working with CSV, the king of tabular file formats.

cummings.ee

A collection of the work of Edward Estlin Cummings, as it enters the public domain.

datasette

Instantly publish structured data to the internet with a JSON API

django-calaccess-campaign-browser

A Django app to refine, review and republish campaign finance data drawn from the California Secretary of State’s CAL-ACCESS database

driveshaft

Google Drive → JSON → S3

elex

A wrapper for the AP v2 Elections API.

first-python-notebook

A step-by-step guide to analyzing data with Python and the Jupyter Notebook.

github3.py

Python library for interfacing with the GitHub APIv3

jour491StorybotsRenkenHomework

libgif-js

JavaScript GIF parser and player

mlbam-utils

mlbam download helper, more

mozfest-test-schedule

Testing the SRCCON schedule app with MozFest session data.

newsource

Starting on revised backend for Source.

tao

machine wisdom

umdmusic-downloader

Python script to download top billboard singles from umdmusic.com

x-files

Explore the X-Files :alien: an interactive map built with Mapbox GL JS