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propublica/guides resource

ProPublica's News App and Data Style Guides observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/propublica/guides · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

32/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4948
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 1609
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1299 stars · 162 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A collection of ProPublica's internal style guides covering the design and structure of news applications, data style, and data bulletproofing practices. It is written documentation rather than executable software.

Use cases

  • learn how to structure a news application
  • data style guide for journalism projects
  • best practices for bulletproofing datasets
  • how newsrooms design data-driven apps
  • guidelines for cleaning and validating data
  • reference for data journalism workflows

When to choose

  • you work in data journalism or newsroom development
  • you want editorial best practices for data apps
  • you need guidance on data cleaning and validation standards

When to avoid

  • you need runnable code or a library
  • you want a tool with active feature development
  • you need a permissively licensed resource for commercial use (CC BY-NC 3.0)

Facets

learning-resource · maturity maintenance

documentation data-science developer-tools documentation cross-platform style-guide journalism news-apps data-quality best-practices data-engineering

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
propublica/guidesmain32

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="propublica/guides")

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