To get people with coding skills into the newsroom, The Daily Press in Newport News, Va., opens up its office for the monthly meeting of Code for America, a nonprofit that builds open-source technology to make government more transparent and responsive. It teaches skills and technology that newsrooms like The Daily Press need in data reporting. The paper’s editor says: “I would recommend it for any journalism organization that either doesn’t have a database person on staff or can’t really afford to pay for one in the market it’s in.”
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