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dschanoeh / db-connections.js
Last active July 13, 2022 10:09
A Scriptable Widget That Displays Deutsche Bahn Connections and Their Delay
/*
* This script queries the API documented at https://docs.marudor.de
* to retrieve the next Deutsche Bahn connections between two given
* stations. Only direct connections are supported.
*/
// ====== Configuration ======
/* Eva Number of the stations
* Find yours here https://download-data.deutschebahn.com/static/datasets/haltestellen/D_Bahnhof_2020_alle.CSV
*/

Storytelling from Space: Tools/Resources

This list of resources is all about acquring and processing aerial imagery. It's generally broken up in three ways: how to go about this in Photoshop/GIMP, using command-line tools, or in GIS software, depending what's most comfortable to you. Often these tools can be used in conjunction with each other.

Acquiring Landsat & MODIS

Web Interface

  • Landsat archive

Solo data journalist tips and tools

Get to work

Keep lists of story ideas

Be sure to include both the simple one-shot stories as well as the bigger projects. It may be helpful to split up your lists that way.

Unless you have a super data-centric newsroom, you'll likely be seeing story ideas, or ways of approaching stories, other reporters don't. So you'll want to keep track of them for the right moment.