Features / Rails

Project Rails JSON results reporting AP data APIs SQL elections The New York Times’ Election Results Loader

• By Jacob Harris
• Brian Hamman, Jacob Harris, Jacqui Maher, Michael Strickland, Derek Willis
• The New York Times

Jacob Harris breaks down the data, the code choices, and the rationales behind the NYT’s results loader for the US 2012 elections.

Project Ruby mapping safety Google Geocoding API Rails The Making of ProPublica’s Pipeline Safety Feature

• By Lena Groeger, Erin Kissane
• Lena Groeger
• ProPublica

Last week, ProPublica released an explainer on fires, chemical spills, explosions, and other incidents related to US oil and gas pipelines, along with an interactive map and a series of charts and tables. Reporter-designer-developer Lena Groeger explains how the project came about, what challenges she encountered, and how she assembled the final presentation.

Project Ruby email parsing Rails clustering algorithms Message Machine

• By Al Shaw
• Jeff Larson, Al Shaw
• ProPublica

An emerging project that analyzes emails from political campaigns to understand how and why campaigns are crafting their messages.