Category Archives for News
Congratulations to Erik Reyna, AP-Google Scholarship recipient and LCFJWM alum
While we haven’t been as active as we’d like with this project, some of the effects of this little experiment continue to appear. Most recently, Erik Reyna, an LCFJWM alum, gave us a shout out in his Q&A after being … Continue reading
“Learnable Programming” and Code Year
Thanks to colleague Keith Smilely for passing along this essay by Bret Victor (@worrydream): Learnable Programming: Designing a programming system for understanding programs In the essay, Victor really nails the shortcomings of platforms like Codecademy and Khan Academy. Programming is … Continue reading
View Source Podcast: Preview into LCFJWM Round two
I recently was interviewed by Dave Stanton about the Learn Code project for the View Source Podcast. Stanton is a colleague, a LCFJWM participant and a good friend. It was an informal conversation — where I fear I rambled — … Continue reading
What I’ve learned (so far) from launching the Learn Code for Journalism project
/* start lessons learned since launch */ When I came up with this idea, I was hoping to get nine people to join me in a Google+ hangout, together awkwardly hacking away at Code Year lessons. Well, there were considerably … Continue reading
Site gets upgraded
/* start redesign site */ I coded up the original Learn Code for Journalism site by hand on my flight home from SXSW 2012. I was thinking something clean and simple… but I wasn’t thinking something scalable. Well, like many … Continue reading
Enrollment is now closed
/* start form */ Sorry… applications to participate in this pilot project are now closed. Thanks for your interest! /* end form */
Learn Code for Journalism with Me
/* start description */ Learn Code for Journalism with Me is a pilot project aimed at Web journos of all levels and dev newbies that have an interest in learning code, but do not know where to start and may … Continue reading