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We are seeing issues reading Google Sheets data for TimelineJS and StorylineJS. This is most likely all published projects.

At this time there is no obvious cause; hopefully it's a temporary Google issue. We are monitoring, but can't estimate when it will be fixed.

Brown v. Board of Education (1954) Dive into the heart of the courtroom, where technology meets the pivotal moments that shaped civil rights.

Proud to learn that brown.oyez.org , our commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Ed decision, in partnership with @spoolerfm.bsky.social and Idib Group was awarded an @americanbar.org Silver Gavel www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

The Data-Driven Reporting Project

Last chance to apply for our 2025 cohort. We give up to $35k + training + support for your data-doc driven journalism. bit.ly/DDRP-LearnMore

The Data-Driven Reporting Project

One more day left to apply for up to $35k + training + support for your data-doc driven journalism project.

The Data-Driven Reporting Project

Apply today for our 2025 DDRP cohort. $35K+training+support for your data-or-document driven project. Check it out bit.ly/DDRP-LearnMore

The Data-Driven Reporting Project

OK, ya'll - we are in the final stretch. We give up to $35K + training + support for your data-doc-driven journalism project. PLEASE apply to our 2025 cohort by Monday, March 31. bit.ly/DDRP-LearnMore

The Data-Driven Reporting Project

Just one week left to apply for up to $35K in support for your data-document driven reporting project. Let's do this!! bit.ly/DDRP-LearnMore

The Data-Driven Reporting Project

Have questions about your submission to our DDRP 2025 cohort? We got you. Schedule a virtual office visit . We are giving up to $35k for your data-or-document driven jouranlism project + training + suppoprt. bit.ly/DDRP-LearnMore

The Data-Driven Reporting Project

Don't miss out! We are accepting submissions to fund your data-driven journalism project until March 31! Apply today! bit.ly//DDRP-LearnMore

Hearst Newspapers / Times Union — The Data-Driven Reporting Project Hearst Newspapers did a national project that looked at the frequency in which school staff use restraints and seclusion on students. Restraints can be techniques ranging from a physical hole to using...

Members of our first cohort offered advice for doing your own data-doc-driven project. Check it out and then start working on your pitch for our 2025 cohort. We provide up to $35K for your journalism project + training + support.

The Data-Driven Reporting Project

Sign up for office hours to discuss your data-driven project pitch. Deadline to apply for up to $35k is March 31! bit.ly/DDRP-LearnMore

The Data-Driven Reporting Project

Missed you at #NICAR25 :( But there's still time to discuss your pitch for this year's 2025 cohort. We give up to $35k for your data/doc-driven project. Deadline is March 31 bit.ly/DDRP-LearnMore

Brown v. Board of Education (1954) Dive into the heart of the courtroom, where technology meets the pivotal moments that shaped civil rights.

Last year, with NU emeritus prof Jerry Goldman, @spoolerfm.bsky.social, Idib Group and @neubottle.bsky.social, we made brown.oyez.org on the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Ed decision.

We're excited to learn the project is an ABA Silver Gavel finalist www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

A screenshot of a portion of the Google Sheets "publish to the web" highlighting the URL that is created as part of publishing to the web.

We have deployed a fix for this. Long-time TimelineJS authors will need to change their habits: we now recommend using the "publish to the web" URL.

Some (but not all) 401 Unauthorized errors · Issue #890 · NUKnightLab/TimelineJS3 In the last week or so, we've had a number of reports of people trying to load a timeline and seeing the message Error [401 Unauthorized] fetching sheets data even though they have correctly follow...

Some TimelineJS users are experiencing issues where they get a "401" error message even though they correctly published their Google Sheets configuration to the web.

For a workaround, copy the data to a new spreadsheet, or see github.com/NUKnightLab/... for another option.

The Data-Driven Reporting Project

Need funding for your investigative journalism project? The Data-Driven Reporting Project would love to hear from you! Apply by March 31 for consideration. Learn more on our site bit.ly/ddrp-medill

Happy New Year! censusreporter.org is now fully updated with all 2023 American Community Survey data. As always, we are grateful to @iandees.bsky.social for volunteering his time to run the updates

External candidates: careers.northwestern.edu/psc/hr857prd...

Internal candidates: myhr.northwestern.edu/psc/hr860prd...

Tenure-track research faculty search at Medill: a quantitative scholar "whose research addresses critical issues facing the journalism industry" Looking for "research interests that align with … The Local News Initiative, The Knight Lab, and[/or] The Spiegel Research Center." (links in next)

Evanston's summer movies and concerts in the parks start tomorrow
www.cityofevanston.org/government/d...

We asked claude.ai to turn that into something you can import into your own calendar so you don't miss anything. Worked like a charm!

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…and we loved working with spooler.fm and the designers at iDib group to bring this to life.

This project was a great collaboration. Knight Lab's Chief Nerd, @joe.germuska.com worked with Prof. Jerry Goldman to create the original oyez.org database of SCOTUS oral arguments, so when he brought this idea, we were excited to explore the possibilities…

Brown v. Board of Education (1954) Dive into the heart of the courtroom, where technology meets the pivotal moments that shaped civil rights.

Today is the 70th anniversary of the decision in Brown v. Board of Education, where the US Supreme Court found school segregation unconstitutional.

Learn more about it and listen to key moments recreated with AI
brown.oyez.org

🎉 🎊 🚀 ⚡️ 🔶 A team of Northwestern students won the top prize in the Reynolds Journalism Institute Student Innovation Competition, expanding upon a project first explored in the Knight Lab Studio class

rjionline.org/news/novel-d...

Google News Lab - Pinpoint This training will demonstrate Pinpoint, a free tool that allows you to transcribe audio and video files and analyze large collections of documents for keywords and entities. We'll also cover Pinpoint...

We are kicking off a limited monthly series of free training with Google News Lab.

Register today for our first session on Google Pinpoint at 10 a.m. March 5.

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Invisible Institute — The Data-Driven Reporting Project Invisible Institute compiled a database of complaints against police officers and use of force reports in cities outside of Chicago across Illinois. The initial database has 7,000 records from the C...

Read this to learn how Data-Driven Reporting Project cohort member Invisible Institute compiled its police-complaint database and what they learned along the way

datadrivenreporting.medill.northwestern.edu/case-studies...

Investigate West — The Data-Driven Reporting Project The team aimed to assess judges’ roles in deciding protection orders and domestic violence cases, what those factors were and the altering consequences for people involved.

Two hacks when doing your own data-driven reporting project: Focus on your data early and tap into people who have the skills you need - read more insights from Investigate West

datadrivenreporting.medill.northwestern.edu/case-studies...

How to Apply — The Data-Driven Reporting Project Information about how to apply for a Data-Driven Reporting Project (DDRP) award. DDRP aims to support local news journalists and freelancers working on document-based investigative projects that ser...

We want to fund your project. Deadline to apply is tonight.

Learn more here :
datadrivenreporting.medill.northwestern.edu/how-to-apply

How to Apply — The Data-Driven Reporting Project Information about how to apply for a Data-Driven Reporting Project (DDRP) award. DDRP aims to support local news journalists and freelancers working on document-based investigative projects that ser...

Don't miss your chance to submit your project for funding from the Data-Driven Reporting Project.

Details here datadrivenreporting.medill.northwestern.edu/how-to-apply

Hearst Newspapers / Times Union — The Data-Driven Reporting Project Hearst Newspapers did a national project that looked at the frequency in which school staff use restraints and seclusion on students. Restraints can be techniques ranging from a physical hole to usi...

Here's a look at the challenges and impact of Times Union/Hearst Newspapers' Data-Driven Reporting Project
datadrivenreporting.medill.northwestern.edu/case-studies...