Miranda: With all the buzz about this latest coronavirus, this is an interesting read about how the web has kept it from being worse through shared research and reporting.
Josh: If you’ve been wanting to learn Swift, Apple’s proprietary programming language, you’re in luck. Earlier this week, Apple released their Swift Playgrounds app on the Mac App Store.
Kay: Are you spending more time on gaining new subscribers than you are learning from those who leave? Here's a great read on why creating a user-friendly experience for canceling should be a top priority.
Inndy: NASA has announced four new mission concepts which will receive development and maturation funding. If everything works out, I might have another cousin landing on Venus soon!
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Reveal and the Center for Cooperative Media are joining forces to empower local and ethnic media covering the Census through the Seeing 2020 program. They're providing a tip repository, training, webinars, assistance, collaboration facilitation, and small reporting stipends.
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Thomas Wilburn of the NPR visuals team has written an experimental competing parser for ArchieML, with a couple of key differences regarding multiline fields and list-item parsing.
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Miranda: With all the buzz about this latest coronavirus, this is an interesting read about how 
Josh: If you’ve been wanting to learn Swift, Apple’s proprietary programming language, you’re in luck. Earlier this week, Apple released their 
Ben: This week's shout-out goes to the New York Times, whose journalists have 
Paola: 
Kay: Are you spending more time on gaining new subscribers than you are learning from those who leave? Here's a great read on why 
Inndy: NASA has announced 
