Tag: Discovery Fellow
Building simple data pipelines
It’s important to be able to deploy scrapers that will continue to scrape and store your data without you having to prompt them every time. For journalists looking to stay on top of COVID-19 trends, access to data from state and county health authorities is crucial. However, this data can often feel inaccessible, existing behind … Continued
Simple ways to build trust? Apparently NOT
Study finds most sites aren’t doing them
New research indicates tight meters have won the pay model war for news websites
As the search for effective revenue models for online news sources continues, many websites have kept their content free. Newspapers, however, have erected a variety of pay models, including a variety of metered models. When newspapers first went online, the generally accepted wisdom of the time was that their content had to be free. It … Continued