Alan Palazzolo

WNYC Data News

Alan Palazzolo (WNYC)

Alan Palazzolo is an open-source engineer focused on making journalism more visual, interactive, and data-driven through technology. He has spent the last few years working on the data team at MinnPost creating interactive pieces and building reusable, open-source tools and projects. Prior to MinnPost, Alan was an inaugural Code for America fellow and an early participant in the growing field of civic technology.

Before journalism and civic technology, Alan focused on non-profit work with the open-source content platform, Drupal. He is a leader in his fields and has given presentations around the world on subjects from visualization to coding standards to hardware. He believes that community is a major factor in creating successful technology. To that end, Alan has founded and supported a number of online and local, in-person communities on civic tech, open source, hardware recycling, and data visualization.

Alan Palazzolo appears in the following:

Where Members of Congress Stood on the Republican Health Care Bill

Friday, March 10, 2017

By Jenny Ye : WNYC Data News / Clarisa Diaz : Interaction Designer, WNYC News / Alan Palazzolo : WNYC Data News / NPR News / The WNYC Data News Team

NPR, WNYC and dozens of other member stations tracked where lawmakers around the country stood on the controversial bill.

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Town Hall Tracker: Find Meetings With Your Representatives (February 18-26)

Friday, February 17, 2017

By Jenny Ye : WNYC Data News / Clarisa Diaz : Interaction Designer, WNYC News / Alan Palazzolo : WNYC Data News / The WNYC Data News Team

Check if your members of Congress are having town hall meetings during this legislative recess (February 18-26).

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Where They Stand: Congress and Trump's Executive Order on Refugees and Immigrants

Wednesday, February 01, 2017

By Jenny Ye : WNYC Data News / Clarisa Diaz : Interaction Designer, WNYC News / Alan Palazzolo : WNYC Data News / NPR News

NPR, WNYC and dozens of other member stations are tracking how lawmakers around the country are responding to President Trump's executive order on refugees. Here's what we found.

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Hear the Heat: Our Song Demonstrates What it Felt Like Inside Harlem Homes This Summer

Thursday, September 29, 2016

By Sarah Gonzalez : Reporter, WNYC/NJPR / Alan Palazzolo : WNYC Data News

Every 15 minutes, WNYC's recorded the heat index inside about 30 homes in Harlem. And we turned each temperature into a musical note to play what the heat in Harlem sounds like.

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Without AC, Public Housing Residents Swelter Through the Summer

Thursday, July 28, 2016

By Sarah Gonzalez : Reporter, WNYC/NJPR

Almost 90 percent of New Yorkers have air conditioning in their homes, but less than half of public housing apartments do. And those units don't cool down, even overnight.

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What We Learned When 25,000 People Tried to Fight Information Overload

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

What we learned through a week of experimenting with information overload interventions.

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An Uneven Recovery from Sandy

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

By Matthew Schuerman : Senior Editor, WNYC / Alan Palazzolo : WNYC Data News

In some New York City neighborhoods, more than half of eligible home construction projects are underway. In others, it's as few as 10 percent.

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No Exit: What Closed Subway Entrances Have to Do with Delays and Crowding

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

By Kate Hinds : Senior Producer, All Of it / Alan Palazzolo : WNYC Data News

Low ridership and high crime led the city's transit system to close dozens of subway entrances decades ago. But those decisions are causing problems now.

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No Place to Park: Citi Bike 'Deserts' and the Race for the Last Dock

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

By Kate Hinds : Senior Producer, All Of it / Alan Palazzolo : WNYC Data News / The WNYC Data News Team

Finding a Citi Bike dock in the morning, or finding a free bike in the evening, is proving increasingly difficult in several Manhattan neighborhoods.

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Map: Streets Close Where the Popemobile Goes

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

By Alan Palazzolo : WNYC Data News / The WNYC Data News Team

When Pope Francis comes to town this week, getting around above ground will be tricky. Here's a map of the street closures scheduled for the papal visit and the U.N. General Assembly.

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When Inspectors Look for Illegal Hotels

Monday, September 14, 2015

By Ilya Marritz

A freedom of information request resulted in 2,684 records for illegal hotel inspections in New York City, and some of what turned up is pretty weird. Here's what we've learned.

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