Laura Kurtzberg 🌻
@laurakurtzberg.bsky.social
I make (and teach others how to make) interactive maps, data visualizations, and web applications for news and storytelling! See my work at: laurajael.com
If you've ever found a long-lost page on @archive.org, you know the importance of preserving our digital history. 💻💾⬅️
I'm particularly excited about this training program @ire.org is developing to help preserve news information for the future.
If you work in journalism, you should apply!
I'm particularly excited about this training program @ire.org is developing to help preserve news information for the future.
If you work in journalism, you should apply!
Applications are now open for Today’s News for Tomorrow, a free program that provides newsrooms free training to ensure the long-term preservation and access of their digital assets.
Applications now open! Learn more at: https://www.ire.org/call-for-applications-todays-news-for-tomorrow/
Applications now open! Learn more at: https://www.ire.org/call-for-applications-todays-news-for-tomorrow/
November 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
If you've ever found a long-lost page on @archive.org, you know the importance of preserving our digital history. 💻💾⬅️
I'm particularly excited about this training program @ire.org is developing to help preserve news information for the future.
If you work in journalism, you should apply!
I'm particularly excited about this training program @ire.org is developing to help preserve news information for the future.
If you work in journalism, you should apply!
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From ICE raids to protests, journalists are at risk in public these days more than ever. So how should you prepare before a public event? Our panel will offer solid advice on how to stay safe and action to take if you find yourself in danger. Register now for this free #JAWS webinar:
JAWS Webinar: Safety Tips for Journalists — JAWS
FREE WEBINAR NOVEMBER 19: Stay safe out there! From ICE raids to protests, journalists are at risk in public these days more than ever. So how should you prepare before a public event? Our panel...
www.jaws.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
From ICE raids to protests, journalists are at risk in public these days more than ever. So how should you prepare before a public event? Our panel will offer solid advice on how to stay safe and action to take if you find yourself in danger. Register now for this free #JAWS webinar:
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Want to find out what other types of environmental damage can be observed from space? You can learn about the different bands of satellite imagery and what they can reveal here: www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
A Beginner’s Guide to Seeing More With Satellite Imagery
Multispectral satellite images can reveal useful information about the world, such as mining activity and changes in vegetation.
www.bellingcat.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Want to find out what other types of environmental damage can be observed from space? You can learn about the different bands of satellite imagery and what they can reveal here: www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
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Covering a No Kings rally this weekend?
Review @rcfp.org's legal guide that explains how to stay safe and avoid arrest while reporting on protests: rcfp.org/resources/po...
It's also available as a concise tip-sheet: www.rcfp.org/wp-content/u...
Review @rcfp.org's legal guide that explains how to stay safe and avoid arrest while reporting on protests: rcfp.org/resources/po...
It's also available as a concise tip-sheet: www.rcfp.org/wp-content/u...
Police, Protesters, and the Press | The Reporters Committee
This guide helps journalists understand their rights and avoid arrest when reporting at protests by summarizing the legal landscape.
rcfp.org
October 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Covering a No Kings rally this weekend?
Review @rcfp.org's legal guide that explains how to stay safe and avoid arrest while reporting on protests: rcfp.org/resources/po...
It's also available as a concise tip-sheet: www.rcfp.org/wp-content/u...
Review @rcfp.org's legal guide that explains how to stay safe and avoid arrest while reporting on protests: rcfp.org/resources/po...
It's also available as a concise tip-sheet: www.rcfp.org/wp-content/u...
Another presentation done, this time in Athens, Greece, thanks to an invitation from #iMEdDIJF25 and collaboration from @maltepioti.bsky.social
Here's the link! kutt.it/satellite-data
Here's the link! kutt.it/satellite-data
Free_satellite_imagery_and_data_iMedD_IJ25
Introduction to Satellite Data iMEdD International Journalism Forum 2025 How to use free satellite imagery and data to investigate natural disasters
kutt.it
September 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Another presentation done, this time in Athens, Greece, thanks to an invitation from #iMEdDIJF25 and collaboration from @maltepioti.bsky.social
Here's the link! kutt.it/satellite-data
Here's the link! kutt.it/satellite-data
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🛰️ Há uma percepção entre redações pequenas de que imagens de satélite são limitadas por acordos de exclusividade ou habilidades avançadas de dados.
Mas, a instrutora @laurakurtzberg.bsky.social e o repórter @sadbumblebee.buzz compartilham uma realidade bem mais acessível:
Mas, a instrutora @laurakurtzberg.bsky.social e o repórter @sadbumblebee.buzz compartilham uma realidade bem mais acessível:
gijn.org
Dicas para jornalistas obterem imagens de satélite gratuitas
twp.ai
September 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🛰️ Há uma percepção entre redações pequenas de que imagens de satélite são limitadas por acordos de exclusividade ou habilidades avançadas de dados.
Mas, a instrutora @laurakurtzberg.bsky.social e o repórter @sadbumblebee.buzz compartilham uma realidade bem mais acessível:
Mas, a instrutora @laurakurtzberg.bsky.social e o repórter @sadbumblebee.buzz compartilham uma realidade bem mais acessível:
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My latest piece for @puddingviz.bsky.social: 30 minutes with a stranger
30 minutes with a stranger
Watch hundreds of strangers talk for 30 minutes, and track how their moods change
pudding.cool
June 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
My latest piece for @puddingviz.bsky.social: 30 minutes with a stranger
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This is Sue’s story. But it could be the story of any of the roughly half a dozen families I spoke to for this investigation.
And it’s the story of what failure over three decades means for real people, a mother and son.
And it’s the story of what failure over three decades means for real people, a mother and son.
The tragic consequences of PA's failed mental health system
One family's story reveals the human cost of hospital closures, funding cuts, and the resulting failures in Pennsylvania's mental health care system.
www.spotlightpa.org
July 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This is Sue’s story. But it could be the story of any of the roughly half a dozen families I spoke to for this investigation.
And it’s the story of what failure over three decades means for real people, a mother and son.
And it’s the story of what failure over three decades means for real people, a mother and son.
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I wrote about one of the strangest things that's ever happened to me—and it happened just last week. A story about doomed books, expectations that exceed others' capacities, and the profound intertwingled magic of humanity.
Pity the person who needs something from me
A highly unlikely series of events, with receipts.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I wrote about one of the strangest things that's ever happened to me—and it happened just last week. A story about doomed books, expectations that exceed others' capacities, and the profound intertwingled magic of humanity.
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“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ
June 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ
It was a pleasure presenting at the Society for Environmental Journalists pre-conference workshop: Investigating the Biggest Story on the Planet. Here are my slides for those who are interested! bit.ly/sej-mapping-toolbox
Visualization and mapping toolbox for complex climate data investigations (SEJ)
bit.ly
April 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
It was a pleasure presenting at the Society for Environmental Journalists pre-conference workshop: Investigating the Biggest Story on the Planet. Here are my slides for those who are interested! bit.ly/sej-mapping-toolbox
If anyone is looking for the slides from my sessions at #nicar25, please check them out at bit.ly/satellite-pa... and bit.ly/satellite-ha...! And big thanks to @cchurchili.bsky.social and @sadbumblebee.buzz for being on the panel with me.
Hi! The slides for the panel can be found at bit.ly/satellite-pa...
`Yes, you really CAN get high-res satellite images for free`_Panel_NICAR_2025
Yes, you really CAN get high-res satellite images for free
bit.ly
March 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
If anyone is looking for the slides from my sessions at #nicar25, please check them out at bit.ly/satellite-pa... and bit.ly/satellite-ha...! And big thanks to @cchurchili.bsky.social and @sadbumblebee.buzz for being on the panel with me.
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Come map with us!
Mapping is a powerful tool to find patterns in data. At #NICAR25, learn how to make your own maps using the open-source tool QGIS. We have beginner level classes, including a pre-reg workshop with @jlaf.bsky.social and @charlesminshew.bsky.social to really dig in! schedules.ire.org/nicar-2025/
February 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Come map with us!
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On my way to FOIA the info you wouldn't give me
February 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
On my way to FOIA the info you wouldn't give me
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We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.
Announcing the Data.gov Archive | Library Innovation Lab
Today we released our archive of data.gov on Source Cooperative. The 16TB collection includes over 311,000 datasets harvested during 2024 and 2025, a complet...
lil.law.harvard.edu
February 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.
Applications are due *this Sunday*!! Take your newsroom to the next level with this completely free (in-person or online, up to you) training. It costs nothing to apply! 🎉 This is for newsrooms in the US.
Applications for IRE’s Total Newsroom Training program are due Sunday, Feb. 2.
The program offers investigative and data training to news organizations — at no cost! All newsroom staff who complete the training will also receive one-year IRE memberships. www.ire.org/training/tot...
The program offers investigative and data training to news organizations — at no cost! All newsroom staff who complete the training will also receive one-year IRE memberships. www.ire.org/training/tot...
Total Newsroom Training - Investigative Reporters & Editors
IRE's Total Newsroom Training program offers two days of free training to help news organizations provide watchdog and enterprise coverage.
www.ire.org
January 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Applications are due *this Sunday*!! Take your newsroom to the next level with this completely free (in-person or online, up to you) training. It costs nothing to apply! 🎉 This is for newsrooms in the US.
Reposted by Laura Kurtzberg 🌻
January 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I'm ready to experience winter! See you there!
Nervous about traveling to Minnesota in March for #NICAR25? Our amazing conference regional committee has a special message for you! vimeo.com/1039744519?s...
NICAR25 is heading to Minneapolis!
Nervous about traveling to Minnesota in March for the 2025 NICAR Conference? Our friends in Minneapolis have a special message for you, backed with data, of course! Video…
vimeo.com
December 17, 2024 at 4:03 PM
I'm ready to experience winter! See you there!
**~some news~** I am now a Training Director with Investigative Reporters and Editors! I'm so excited to be joining the IRE training team! Here's a little post about IRE hiring me: www.ire.org/ire-hiring-n... 🎉
Data viz specialist Laura Kurtzberg to join IRE training team - Investigative Reporters & Editors
IRE is thrilled to announce the hiring of Laura Jael Kurtzberg as the team’s newest training director.
www.ire.org
December 17, 2024 at 4:02 PM
**~some news~** I am now a Training Director with Investigative Reporters and Editors! I'm so excited to be joining the IRE training team! Here's a little post about IRE hiring me: www.ire.org/ire-hiring-n... 🎉
Florida International University in sunny Miami is looking for a new full-time faculty member to teach courses about game design and animation. Please share and consider applying! Apply at: go.fiu.edu/games-animation-apply
December 4, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Florida International University in sunny Miami is looking for a new full-time faculty member to teach courses about game design and animation. Please share and consider applying! Apply at: go.fiu.edu/games-animation-apply
Reposted by Laura Kurtzberg 🌻
Hello Bluesky 👋 IRE is a grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of journalism. We provide training, resources and a community of support to journalists around the world. www.ire.org
Investigative Reporters & Editors - Investigative Reporters & Editors
Investigative Reporters and Editors is a nonprofit dedicated to educating, training, connecting and empowering journalists around the world.
www.ire.org
November 13, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Hello Bluesky 👋 IRE is a grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of journalism. We provide training, resources and a community of support to journalists around the world. www.ire.org
Reposted by Laura Kurtzberg 🌻
A few people have asked me to explain how my Every Bird visualizations work.
Let's use the *brand spanking new* Central Park edition as an example.
This one shows 253,488 observations of 3,505,493 birds from 195 species, all from one year.
🪶📊
Let's use the *brand spanking new* Central Park edition as an example.
This one shows 253,488 observations of 3,505,493 birds from 195 species, all from one year.
🪶📊
November 11, 2024 at 7:30 PM
A few people have asked me to explain how my Every Bird visualizations work.
Let's use the *brand spanking new* Central Park edition as an example.
This one shows 253,488 observations of 3,505,493 birds from 195 species, all from one year.
🪶📊
Let's use the *brand spanking new* Central Park edition as an example.
This one shows 253,488 observations of 3,505,493 birds from 195 species, all from one year.
🪶📊
I'm very excited to be published (in print !!!) in Nightingale Magazine. Thank you @datavizsociety.bsky.social
October 25, 2024 at 5:10 PM
I'm very excited to be published (in print !!!) in Nightingale Magazine. Thank you @datavizsociety.bsky.social
I'm sharing some more projects here... next up: Bright Lit Place. I created the website and interactive maps for this award-winning @npr.org / WLRN podcast collaboration, led by journalist Jenny Staletovich. Check out the maps (and the podcast) at brightlitplace.org.
October 19, 2024 at 12:00 AM
I'm sharing some more projects here... next up: Bright Lit Place. I created the website and interactive maps for this award-winning @npr.org / WLRN podcast collaboration, led by journalist Jenny Staletovich. Check out the maps (and the podcast) at brightlitplace.org.
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Also some comic/sequential samples of things I did for local collabs - one for @radiatorcomics.bsky.social's Sun & Sand anthology, and another with Malaya Movement FL:
www.instagram.com/p/C953jk2AxC...
www.instagram.com/p/C953jk2AxC...
October 18, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Also some comic/sequential samples of things I did for local collabs - one for @radiatorcomics.bsky.social's Sun & Sand anthology, and another with Malaya Movement FL:
www.instagram.com/p/C953jk2AxC...
www.instagram.com/p/C953jk2AxC...