Category Archives: Journalism
Using Python to scrape website data loaded through JavaScript
As more sites are leaning on JavaScript to load dynamic data, web scraping is hitting new hurdles. Purely using the urllib2 library from Python will return the site without the dynamic data available to gather if a JavaScript library is used to populate site information. Hitting this wall, I decided to take a deep diveContinue reading “Using Python to scrape website data loaded through JavaScript”
Katy Carron’s sports wild side
I can’t count how many football and basketball games I’ve photographed, but when it comes to my first time shooting sports such as swimming or pole vault, I’m lost. The idea is simple enough: swim faster, use a stick to throw yourself over a bar. But this past Saturday while shooting pole vault, I had to pickContinue reading “Katy Carron’s sports wild side”
KBIA: Putting Columbia’s Payphone Mystery to Rest
KBIA — an NPR affiliate in Columbia, Mo. — posted an excellent report on the mystery surrounding a downtown payphone. The story led to the removal of the payphone, an unintended consequence to an otherwise interesting story. Thanks to Katy for the link.
Building a digital newspaper machine
Awhile back, a friend of mine, Nate Papes, ran across Scott Walker, director of enterprise and investigation at Alabama Media Group, who had retrofitted a newspaper machine to display newspaper front pages digitally. (Update March 13, 2016: This link is dead; it appears Walker removed the post.) We talked about creating our own, but neverContinue reading “Building a digital newspaper machine”