Greetings, all. Over the next few months — and, God-willing, for ages to come — we will be rolling out a series of open-source tools to contribute to the growing, fecund field of journo-coding/data-driven-reporting/technocratic inquiry. See, we are in the business of standing on the shoulders of giants, and we think you should be as well. Chances are we are already standing on your shoulders. We look forward to the ouroboros imagery that this code dependency encourages.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=115236