Regina McCombs recently emailed me about an upcoming seminar from August 25-27 at The Poynter Institute that II readers may be interested in attending. Titled “Programming for Journalists / Journalism for Programmers,” attendees will gain a concrete understanding of how programmers and journalists can work effectively together to visualize data-rich content, such as the upcoming 2010 Census.
You may recognize the name Regina McCombs from her past work at StarTribune where she covered large-scale events such as the devastating bridge collapse, or from her current role at The Poynter Institute where she is continually reshaping the way visual storytellers think about multimedia production. Her dedication and contribution to the field, both past and present, garnered her this week’s selection for “Innovative Individual.”
Regina McCombs of The Poynter Institute bookmarked a great video detailing how EveryBlock was created. Adrian Holovaty, co-author of Django and producer of EveryBlock, discusses the specs of the site and the code behind the scenes. He also mentions that this project will become an open-source platform in June of 2009. Get ready programmers, this one will be fun to jump into!
