Data journalism and news apps
Where the newsroom meets the codebase
Hack The Press is a quiet workbench for journalists, newsroom developers and designers: long, practical guides to the data work, the news apps and the tools behind them.
From the workbench
Latest guides
How to Repurpose One Story Across Formats (October 2026)
How to repurpose one story across formats with a practical newsroom workflow for articles, newsletters, video, social and audio, without duplicating effort…
How to Make a Podcast for a Small Newsroom (October 2026)
How to make a podcast for a small newsroom in : pick a sustainable format, record clean audio, edit to a loudness…
How to Make a Comic Style Explainer for Digital Newsrooms (2026)
Learn how to make a comic style explainer for digital newsrooms in : script, panel breakdown, storyboard, art, motion, accessibility and publishing…
How to Storyboard an Explainer Video in 2026
Learn how to storyboard an explainer video in : define the message, map scenes, sketch visuals, add narration and test the board…
How to Use Illustration in News Storytelling (October 2026)
How to use illustration in news storytelling: choose the right visual form, brief an illustrator, check accuracy and ethics, and test if…
How to Edit a Short News Video Fast (October 2026)
How to edit a short news video fast: a deadline workflow for journalists covering proxies, rough cut, captions, sound, review and export…
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Why this site exists
Written for the newsroom’s tech floor
Hack The Press is for the people who build news products: reporters who write code, developers working inside newsrooms, and designers deciding how a story gets read on a screen.
The guides here take the long route through the data, the interfaces and the toolchains, and they explain the reasoning the way a colleague at the next desk would.
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