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.
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Latest guides
How to Make a News Graphic Load Faster in 2026: Easy Guide
Learn how to make a news graphic load faster in : practical compression, responsive sizing, lazy loading, caching, and real-device testing.
How to Make a Scrollytelling Story: A Practical Guide (2026)
Learn how to make a scrollytelling story in : the reader journey, four formats, the tools, the sticky-graphic code pattern, and five…
How to Run a Usability Test on a News Site: Step by Step 2026
Learn how to run a usability test on a news site in : recruit the right readers, write realistic tasks, run the…
How to Travel with Devices as a Journalist Safely in 2026
How to travel with devices as a journalist in : pack a redundancy kit, protect your hardware, handle border checks, and start…
What to Do If Your Newsroom Is Hit by Ransomware (October 2026)
What to do if your newsroom is hit by ransomware in : contain the spread, protect sources and drafts, verify backups, decide…
How to Handle Doxxing as a Journalist: A Practical Playbook 2026
Learn how to handle doxxing as a journalist in : six practical steps to confirm the threat, secure accounts and sources, log…
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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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