Ruby for Journalism

Steel City Ruby 2014

Derek Willis, The New York Times

Who We Are

• Journalists
• Wide range of skills/jobs

What We Do

• Events (elections, Oscars, Olympics)
• Breaking news
• Big projects
• Tools for Reporting
• APIs

Where We Do It

['Accuracy', 'Speed', 'Code Quality'].first(2)

• In the newsroom, with ridiculous deadlines/circumstances
• In the open

Why We Do It

• Interesting and constantly-changing problems
• It matters to people

What You Can Do

• Contribute code
• Learn more about what we do
• Mozilla fellowships (deadline Aug. 16!) or ProPublica's P5
• Make the news better