Megan Taylor

California Schools Guide: Database of Scores With News Hook

California Schools Guide from the Los Angeles Times is a comprehensive data-based guide to private, public and charter schools in California.

California Schools Guide: Database of Scores With News Hook

Ben Welsh, the database producer at the L.A. Times who built the back end of the project, said, “Basically the idea is to take a lot of the same data analysis work that papers have been doing for 10 to 15 years and turn them into web applications.”

Published: January 12, 2009

Publication: Publication: PBS MediaShift, a blog that tracks how new media — from weblogs to podcasts to citizen journalism — are changing society and culture.

Skills: Writing, Interviewing

Medium: Text