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On Technical Challenges to Accessing Government Information

March 28th, 2011  |  by Derek Willis  |  published in API, Data, Presentations

If you’re in D.C. on April 12 and are interested in government records, you may want to consider attending the Media Access to Government Information Conference (MAGIC) being held at National Archives building on Pennsylvania Ave. I’ll be one of the panelists there, but don’t let that dissuade you; there are far brighter people who [...]

How APIs Help the Newsroom

July 12th, 2010  |  by Derek Willis  |  published in API

As nice as it is to get praised for the civic-mindedness of your work, the not-so-secret secret about APIs at The Times is that we’re the biggest consumer of them. The flexibility and convenience that the APIs provide make it easier to cut down on repetitive manual work and bring new ideas to fruition. Other [...]

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