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ScraperWiki

A collection of tools for Web scraping, data mining and visualization.

Posted by Jeremy Sher on May 31, 2011
Topics: Resources, Technology Tags: Public Information, Web Scraping

The Spokesman-Review’s Ryan Pitts on Web Scraping

The Spokesman-Review’s Ryan Pitts offers his take on how and when they gain value from Web scraping.

Posted by Journalism Accelerator on April 20, 2011
Topics: Blog, Craft, Experiments, Interview, Technology Tags: Ryan Pitts, Spokesman Review, Web Scraping

The Register-Guard’s John Heasly on Web Scraping

Courtesy matters, when Web scraping is necessary, design scripts that honor the source.

Posted by Journalism Accelerator on April 18, 2011
Topics: Blog, Craft, Experiments, Interview Tags: Web Scraping

Web Scraping 411

Accessing information to support reporting is easier than ever. Governments and corporations publish countless bytes of data online so web scrapers can use a rotating residential proxy to gather the data that’s relevant to them. But very little information comes in a structured form that lends itself to easy analysis. Reporters often are faced with...

Posted by Journalism Accelerator on March 7, 2011
Topics: Experiments, Resources, Technology Tags: Web Scraping