BuzzFeedNews/everything
An index of all our open-source data, analysis, libraries, tools, and guides.
Table of Contents
Data and Analyses
Date, Description, Repo(s), Article(s)
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2019-11-11, Analysis of U.S. Census Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), re. generational trends in support providers, :link:, :link:
2019-10-31, Analysis for "Your Dumb Tweets Are Getting Flagged To People Trying To Stop School Shootings", :link:, :link:
2019-10-17, Analysis for "Donald Trump’s Campaign Is Cashing In On Impeachment", :link:, :link:
2019-10-03, Analysis of FCC comments and data breaches, :link:, :link:
2019-08-03, Analysis of ActBlue's 2019 mid-year FEC report, :link:, :link:
2019-07-17, Analysis of contributions to presidential campaigns, based on 2019 Q2 filings, :link:, :link:
2019-04-22, Data and code to make maps and animation depicting current realities of climate change, :link:, :link:
2019-04-16, Analysis of donors giving $200+ to multiple Democratic candidates early in 2020 election cycle, :link:, :link:
2019-01-24, Data and code for, "Shoot Someone In A Major US City, And Odds Are You’ll Get Away With It", :link:, :link: :link:
2018-12-28, Year-end analysis of fake news sites and viral posts, 2016–2018, :link:, :link:
2018-12-19, Analysis of WeChat posts re. VP Pence, :link:, :link:
2018-10-25, Analysis and graphics for "How Russia’s Online Trolls Engaged Unsuspecting American Voters — And Sometimes Duped The Media", :link:, :link:
2018-10-18, Analysis of 2018 midterm election demographics, :link:, :link:
2018-09-29, Analysis of 'immigration services'-related FTC complaints, :link:, :link:
2018-08-10, Data, analysis, and graphics for "Russian Trolls Swarmed The Charlottesville March — Then Twitter Cracked Down", :link:, :link:
2018-07-28, Analysis of wildfire trends (with graphics), :link:, :link:
2018-07-26, Analysis of children's home inspection data from the UK's Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills ("Ofsted"), :link:, :link::link:
2018-06-29, Analysis of NYC 311 complaints and gentrification, :link:, :link:
2018-05-01, Analysis of fentanyl and cocaine overdose deaths, :link:, :link:
2018-03-02, Analysis of diversity in the dialogue of Best Picture–nominated films, :link:, :link:
2018-02-23, Analysis of Olympic figure skating scores, :link:, :link:
2018-02-08, Data and analysis for "The Edge" (re. figure skating), :link:, :link:
2018-01-31, Analysis of the text of every State of the Union address, :link:, :link:
2018-01-24, Data and analysis for "An Inside Look At The Accounts Twitter Has Censored In Countries Around The World", :link:, :link:
2018-01-23, Data and analysis for "How Trump’s Tweets Shaped A Year In Politics", :link:, :link:
2017-12-28, Data and analysis for "These Are 50 Of The Biggest Fake News Hits On Facebook In 2017", :link:, :link:
2017-12-10, Data, analysis, and charts for "What Sexual Misconduct Allegations Are Getting The Most Attention On Cable News?", :link:, :link:
2017-12-05, Data and analysis for "We Got Government Data On 20 Years Of Workplace Sexual Harassment Claims. These Charts Break It Down.", :link:, :link:
2017-11-15, Data on, and analysis of, federal employee diversity, :link:, :link:
2017-11-03, Data and code for "Under Trump, Gun Sales Did Not Spike After The Las Vegas Shooting", :link:, :link:
2017-09-19, Updated analysis of Harvey-related industrial emissions in Texas, :link:, :link:
2017-09-11, Federal employee departure rates, for "Trump’s Election Didn’t Spark An Immediate Exodus From The Federal Government", :link:, :link:
2017-09-2, FOIA logs referenced in "These Scientists Got To See Their Competitors’ Research Through Public Records Requests.", :link:, :link:
2017-08-31, Data and analysis on Harvey-related industrial emissions in Texas, :link:, :link:
2017-08-08, Data and analysis for "Inside The Partisan Fight For Your News Feed", :link:, :link:
2017-08-07, Data and analysis for "BuzzFeed News Trained A Computer To Search For Hidden Spy Planes. This Is What We Found.", :link:, :link:
2017-07-25, Data and analysis for "If Jeff Sessions Exits, Trump Could Choose An Acting Attorney General From Among Thousands Of People", :link:, :link:
2017-05-24, R code to recreate the graphics in "Why Americans Are So Damn Unhealthy, In 4 Shocking Charts", :link:, :link:
2017-04-04, Data and analysis supporting portions of "Fake News, Real Ads", :link:, :link:
2017-01-31, R code to recreate the graphics in "These Nobel Prizewinners Show Why Immigration Is So Important For American Science", :link:, :link:
2017-01-19, Data and analysis supporting "Most American Adults Get News From Facebook — But They Don’t Really Trust It, A New Survey Says", :link:, :link:
2017-01-18, Data and R code to reproduce the graphics in "2016 Was The Hottest Year. Yes, Greenhouse Gases Are To Blame.", :link:, :link:
2016-12-29, Data and analysis re. transgender rights survey, :link:, :link::link:
2016-12-20, Data and code to reproduce the graphics from "2016 Will Be The Warmest Year, But This Is How Deniers Will Spin It", :link:, :link:
2016-12-07, Data, methodologies, and analyses supporting "Intake", :link::link::link:, :link:
2016-12-06, Data and analysis supporting "Most Americans Who See Fake News Believe It, New Survey Says", :link:, :link:
2016-11-28, Data and code supporting evaluation of forecasters' 2016 election forecast, :link:, :link:
2016-11-07, Data and analysis supporting "How The Electoral College Screws Hispanic And Asian Voters", :link:, :link:
2016-11-03, Analysis of "bellwether" counties in U.S. presidential elections, :link:, :link:
2016-10-27, Data and analysis supporting "Clinton Receives Thirty Times As Much Tech Cash As Trump", :link:, :link:
2016-10-20, Data and analysis supporting "Hyperpartisan Facebook Pages Are Publishing False And Misleading Information At An Alarming Rate", :link:, :link:
2016-10-09, Data and analysis re. White ancestry and Trump support, :link:, :link:
2016-09-16, Code supporting "Why 'Shy Trumpers' Probably Won't Decide The Election", :link:, :link:
2016-09-08, Data and analysis supporting "When Detectives Dismiss Rape Reports Before Investigating Them", :link:, :link:
2016-08-22, Data and analysis supporting "How Katie Ledecky Stacks Up Against Male Swimmers", :link:, :link:
2016-07-30, Data and code supporting "Why Track-And-Field Stars Don’t Set World Records Like They Used To (But Swimmers Do)", :link:, :link:
2016-07-24, Data supporting "The Republican Convention Was Secretly Watched From Above" and "Government Spy Planes Circled Over The Democratic Convention More Intensely Than GOP Event", :link:, :link: :link:
2016-05-12, Analysis of H-2 debarments, violations, and certifications ("The Pushovers"), :link:, :link:
2016-04-26, Analysis of GOP donor movements post-Bush and post-Rubio, :link:, :link:
2016-04-20, Analysis of Bernie Sanders's ActBlue donors, :link:, :link:
2016-04-06, Data and code for "Spies In The Skies", :link:, :link:
2016-02-01, Bush/Rubio/Cruz donor movement analysis, :link:, :link:
2016-01-29, Data and code for "America's Quiet Crackdown On Indian Immigrants", :link:, :link:
2016-01-26, Analysis of Jefferson County (TX) jail data, :link:, :link:
2016-01-26, Analysis of criminal case dispositions in Texas municipal courts, :link:, :link:
2016-01-17, Methodology and code for "The Tennis Racket", :link:, :link:
2015-12-29, Data and analysis for "The Coyote", :link:, :link:
2015-12-09, How long will the Warriors' win streak last?, :link:, :link:
2015-12-07, Race and fatal police shootings, :link:, :link:
2015-12-02, Time elapsed between mass shootings in the U.S., :link:, :link:
2015-12-01, H-2 visa certifications and experience requirements, :link:, :link:
2015-11-24, Simulated lottery odds, :link:, :link:
2015-11-19, Refugee arrivals in the United States, :link:, :link:
2015-10-16, Data and analysis re. Scott Walker's donors post-dropout, :link:, :link:
2015-08-25, Data and analysis re. immigrant detention rates, :link:, :link:
2015-07-24, Data and analysis re. H-2 visa certifications and enforcement, :link:, :link:
2015-07-07, Data and analysis re. the use of primates in biodefense research, :link:, :link:
2015-06-04, Data and analysis of BuzzFeed/Ipsos poll on same-sex marriage and abortion views, :link:, :link: :link:
2015-05-03, Analyzing #talkpay tweets, :link:, :link:
2015-03-06, Analyzing state-by-state changes in earthquake frequency, :link:, :link:
2015-02-20, Analyzing deficiencies among Texas foster care child placing agencies, :link:, :link:
2015-02-20, Analyzing performance scores of Georgia child placing agencies, :link:, :link:
2014-10-19, Debunking the Obama-pronoun myth — data and code, :link:, :link:
2014-09-05, Detecting Sunday morning show guests whose "stars are rising" — data and code, :link:, :link:
2014-09-04, Comparing college costs to minimum-wage earnings — data, sourcing notes, and analysis, :link:, :link:
2014-08-20, Quantifying racial segregation in St. Louis County — code, :link:, :link:
2014-08-13, NBA owners' winning percentages — data, :link:, :link:
2014-08-07, FTC complaints re. IRS impersonators — data and analysis, :link:, :link:
2014-06-30, Firework-related injuries — data, :link:, :link:
2014-06-16, Mapping the gender divide in bikeshare programs — data and code, :link:, :link:
Standalone Datasets
Repo, Description
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trumpworld, Data from TrumpWorld
presidential-campaign-contributions, Contributions, transfers, and refunds from recent U.S. presidential candidates' principal campaign committees.
nics-firearm-background-checks, Monthly data from the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System, converted from PDF to CSV.
H-2-certification-data, H-2 visa certification data & data-standardization.
opm-federal-employment-data, 40+ years of federal employment data from the Office of Personnel Management
Libraries and Tools
Repo, Description
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whtranscripts, Fetch and parse the American Presidency Project's press-briefing and presidential-news-conference transcripts.
bikeshares, Standardized parsers for data published by bicycle-sharing programs. Currently supporting: NYC's Citi Bike, Chicago's Divvy, and Boston's Hubway.
twick, Twitter, quick. Fetch and store tweets on short notice.
Guides
Repo, Description
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zika-data, Data — and pointers to data — related to the 2015–16 Zika virus outbreak.
bikeshare-data-sources, Guide for getting trip history and station data from various bicycle-sharing programs.