Al Jazeera’s September photo essay of child amputees in Syria gave me a new perspective on the traumas caused by Syria’s ongoing war. I’d seen photos of unrest in the region before, but seeing a…

NOTE: Originally published on knightlab.northwestern.edu by former student fellow Shelly Tan.

Learning a new programming language is both the most exciting and the most humbling experience. For me, that…

NOTE: Originally published on knightlab.northwestern.edu by former student fellow Shelly Tan.

This past Fall, I spent time with the NPR News Apps team (now known as NPR Visuals) coding up some projects, working…

NOTE: Originally published on knightlab.northwestern.edu by former student fellow Jessica Soberman.

Back in November I had a minor journalism crisis, questioning journalism’s impact on…

NOTE: Originally published on knightlab.northwestern.edu by former student fellow Emily Ferber.

It’s really easy to make it through journalism school without picking up a stitch of coding knowledge. But…

NOTE: Originally published on knightlab.northwestern.edu by former student fellow Emily Ferber.