JavaScript Journalism

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An open source GitHub tool measures sites and claims about 30x more JavaScript than text (New York Times ~91x, Wall Street Journal ~1.8M characters of JS). Examples use concrete stacks: a node.js program parsing the AP API to produce election maps, an embeddable cicada tracker sensor journalism project that logs >65°F triggers, and the longform Snowfall — 3.5M views in six days that integrates audio, video, maps and JSON→SVG pipelines and wins a Pulitzer.

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1. 0:00Introduction to JS journalism
2. 0:46Evolution of news media
3. 3:01The role of JavaScript in news
4. 6:18Interactive news examples
5. 10:42Sensor and data journalism
6. 12:22API journalism and election night
7. 14:13New standards in publishing
8. 17:00Long-form interactive projects
9. 19:32Data-driven storytelling
10. 21:46The impact of snowfall
11. 24:26Hiring and recognition
12. 25:25Winning the Pulitzer Prize

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