Ben Welsh

Data Editor, LA Times

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Live and direct. Database producer for @LATdatadesk. Editor and publisher of palewi.re and pastpages.org

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RT @nicolesantacruz: Hi all - I've switched to a new assignment - I'm now working on the LAT's Homicide Report blog covering all things hom…
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RT @specialreports: .@Reuters investigation: At least 800,000 people live near sites storing the same chemical that exploded in Texas http:…

Special Report: Poor planning left Texas firefighters unprepared

reuters.com — Credit: Reuters/Michael Ainsworth/Pool 1 of 7. A housing complex is seen after it was destroyed by a deadly fertilizer plant explosion in the town of West, near Waco, Texas, in this April 21, 2013 file photo. Known as the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act, the law requires companies to tell emergency responders about the hazardous chemicals stored on their properties.
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@source Hope I came with something worth saying.
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Timing isn't everything fam, but good God, give it a try sometime. source.mozillaopennews.org/en-US/learning…

What You Need Is a News Peg

source.mozillaopennews.org — Ben Welsh on making data journalism work with that time-honored strategy, the news peg In the news industry, disruption is an understatement. In recent years, the news media has traveled a course similar to the massive ocean-liners that, ballasts emptied and leaking polluted effluent, are suicidally run aground onto the beaches of East Asia, where their once-prized hulls are stripped down by Pakistani shipbreakers and sold for scrap.
Ben Welsh Data Editor, LA Times @palewire
@ultracasual Amana is a tight place man. What still a commune society with no money for Oma's parents.
Ben Welsh Data Editor, LA Times @palewire
@JavierDCH12 We don't support those Google layers as the base for this map. If you really wanted it, you could probably figure out the code.
Ben Welsh Data Editor, LA Times @palewire
RT @LANow: LIVE CHAT: Eric Garcetti is the new #LAmayor. Discuss this and other election news at 9 with @csaillant2 & @palewire. http://t.c…

L.A. Now Live: Get the latest on the L.A. election

latimes.com — Times reporter Catherine Saillant will join L.A. Now Live at 9 a.m. to give the latest on the Los Angeles election results. Results trickled in as voters decided on a mayor, city controller and city attorney. Seats were also up for grabs on the City Council and L.A. Unified and L.A.
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