November 19, 2008 | 17:15
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I've spent 10-plus years working from within to change newspapers in some small way. Now I hope to effect change from the outside. Earlier this month, I left my job as interactive technology editor at the Los Angeles Times to travel and learn and share stories about the ...
November 6, 2008 | 16:19
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The scene at Second and Spring streets, downtown Los Angeles, 2 p.m. PST Nov. 6, 2008:
For the second day since the election, the line of people seeking copies of Tuesday's paper outside the Los Angeles Times building is around the corner. (Copies of the paper are also listed at a substantial ...
November 5, 2008 | 3:48
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In my last few weeks at the Times, I've largely been preoccupied with imagining and building our election data widgets for use on election night. It might seem silly to spend so much time preparing for an event that's over so quickly. But I think we've found at least one ...
October 27, 2008 | 23:38
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I want to say something about what took place today at the Los Angeles Times, where I've worked for nearly 5 years. It's a drama that repeats itself in newsrooms across the country and has already taken place more times than I care to count during my tenure at the Times. The ...
October 27, 2008 | 22:41
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What happens when you put a bunch of bloggers in a room, feed them pizza and moderate a discussion on their craft? You end up with two real-time conversations: One in the physical room and the other in the Twitterverse.
I know that's no surprise to those who populate this corner ...
October 14, 2008 | 19:19
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Added a few fun features to our electoral vote map, including regular analysis between now and the election by the Times' Mark Z. Barabak:
(This embedded version of the map hasn't changed. Go to the vote map page on latimes.com to see the improvements.)
September 4, 2008 | 17:23
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Our newest database project, launched today, is a guide to schools in California with test scores, demographics and other useful info on public schools in the state. (Private schools are listed too, but there's less good info available on them.)
Data guru Ben Welsh (of L.A.'s Top Dogs fame) is ...
August 28, 2008 | 8:10
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My short experiment in posting my Delicious bookmarks to the blog is over. My infrequent "real" posts are getting buried, and I'm not sure that these hodgepodge daily link lists are particularly useful except to people who have the exact same tastes and interests as I do.
If you happen ...
August 2, 2008 | 17:53
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Last week we launched a fun new database at work: L.A.'s Top Dogs, which shows the most common dog names and breeds by ZIP code, based on dog registration data from L.A. County animal control agencies. My colleague, Ben Welsh, assembled the data and built the app in Django. ...
