Introductions

Our team blog: http://blog.apps.chicagotribune.com/

Open data

Tracking Homicides in Chicago: http://homicides.redeyechicago.com/

City Council’s $3.7 Million Allowance: http://councilexpenses.apps.chicagotribune.com/

Personal context

Illinois Nursing Home Safety Reports: http://nursinghomes.apps.chicagotribune.com/

Just cuz

Illinois School Report Cards: http://schools.chicagotribune.com/

TribLocal: http://triblocal.com/

So, you wanna do this stuff?

Great tools:

Blagojevich trial documents: http://media.apps.chicagotribune.com/blago/documents.html (bult with DocumentCloud)

MuckRock: http://www.muckrock.com/

Great people:

LocalFourth: http://localfourth.com/ (see Rich’s post for more)

Sunlight Labs: http://sunlightlabs.com/

Our job listings: http://blog.apps.chicagotribune.com/category/jobs/