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Open Journalism Bot
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I tweet when a newsroom opens a new repo on GitHub. Created by @kleinmatic | List of orgs: https://github.com/palewire/open-journalism/blob/master/orgs.csv

Formerly a Twitter bot called newsnerdrepos.
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New open GitHub repo from City Bureau!

https://github.com/City-Bureau/city-scrapers-columbus
city-scrapers-columbus
Web scrapers for public meetings in Columbus, OH
github.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
openjournalism.bsky.social
New open GitHub repo from ABC News (Australia)!

https://github.com/abcnews/service-time-series-river-heights
service-time-series-river-heights
Fetch and parse BOM river gauge heights
github.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:00 AM
openjournalism.bsky.social
New open GitHub repo from Reuters!

https://github.com/thomsonreuters/labs_AMLD26_workshop
labs_AMLD26_workshop
A new repository
github.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:01 PM
openjournalism.bsky.social
New open GitHub repo from Mission Local!

https://github.com/MissionLocal/2026-graphics
2026-graphics
A new repository
github.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:01 PM
openjournalism.bsky.social
New open GitHub repo from Guardian!

https://github.com/guardian/devenv
devenv
Configure your project's devcontainer environments
github.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:00 PM
openjournalism.bsky.social
New open GitHub repo from Guardian!

https://github.com/guardian/feast-ingredients-to-instructions
feast-ingredients-to-instructions
POC hackday to incorporate used ingredients into an instructions block
github.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
openjournalism.bsky.social
New open GitHub repo from Guardian!

https://github.com/guardian/capigent
capigent
An API that serves an LLM agent hooked up to the Guardian's Content API
github.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
openjournalism.bsky.social
New open GitHub repo from Guardian!

https://github.com/guardian/play-access-logs-to-metrics
play-access-logs-to-metrics
Process ALB logs from play apps into a set of cloudwatch metrics
github.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
openjournalism.bsky.social
New open GitHub repo from Freedom of the Press Foundation!

https://github.com/freedomofpress/webcat-docs
webcat-docs
Documentation for WEBCAT
github.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM
openjournalism.bsky.social
New open GitHub repo from ABC News (Australia)!

https://github.com/abcnews/script-equirectangular-maplibre-tiles
script-equirectangular-maplibre-tiles
A automated utility to convert high-resolution equirectangular images (Plate Carrée) into Web Mercator slippy map tiles (XYZ format).
github.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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New open GitHub repo from CBS News Data!

https://github.com/cbs-news-data/pinpoint-multi-search
pinpoint-multi-search
A GitHub repository
github.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:00 PM
openjournalism.bsky.social
New open GitHub repo from Süddeutsche Zeitung!

https://github.com/sueddeutsche/pay-interview-26-2-4
pay-interview-26-2-4
A GitHub repository
github.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:01 PM
openjournalism.bsky.social
Update: We now skip "new" repos that are really just forks.

Code (MIT licensed): github.com/kleinmatic/o...
GitHub - kleinmatic/open-journalism-bot: I post open github repos form news orgs to bluesky.
I post open github repos form news orgs to bluesky. - kleinmatic/open-journalism-bot
github.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:08 PM
openjournalism.bsky.social
New open GitHub repo from ABC News (Australia)!

https://github.com/abcnews/interactive-globey-maplibre
interactive-globey-maplibre
A MapLibre globe scrollyteller and builder
github.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:00 AM
openjournalism.bsky.social
New open GitHub repo from ABC News (Australia)!

https://github.com/abcnews/create-aunty
create-aunty
npm create aunty
github.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:00 AM
openjournalism.bsky.social
New open GitHub repo from ProPublica!

https://github.com/propublica/rx-inspector-data
rx-inspector-data
Public release of Rx Inspector data linking generic drugs to the factories that made them
github.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:01 PM
openjournalism.bsky.social
New open GitHub repo from MuckRock!

https://github.com/MuckRock/dev_data
dev_data
Sample data a developer can use to assist them in developing features on MuckRock Requests and FOIA Machine
github.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:01 PM
openjournalism.bsky.social
New open GitHub repo from KFF Data!

https://github.com/KFFData/kff-medicare-plan-analysis
kff-medicare-plan-analysis
This repository includes code for KFF Medicare Advantage and Part D plan availability and enrollment analysis
github.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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New open GitHub repo from The City!

https://github.com/thecityny/20250415-SI-buses
20250415-SI-buses
A GitHub repository
github.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM
openjournalism.bsky.social
New open GitHub repo from The City!

https://github.com/thecityny/20250710-rad-violations
20250710-rad-violations
A GitHub repository
github.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
openjournalism.bsky.social
New open GitHub repo from The City!

https://github.com/thecityny/20250625-voter-turnout
20250625-voter-turnout
A GitHub repository
github.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
openjournalism.bsky.social
New open GitHub repo from The City!

https://github.com/thecityny/20250506-kyd
20250506-kyd
A GitHub repository
github.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
openjournalism.bsky.social
New open GitHub repo from ABC News (Australia)!

https://github.com/abcnews/components-storylab
components-storylab
A live repo containing reusable components and snippts by Story Lab
github.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:00 AM
openjournalism.bsky.social
New open GitHub repo from Pudding!

https://github.com/the-pudding/kpop-generations
kpop-generations
A GitHub repository
github.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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New open GitHub repo from Freedom of the Press Foundation!

https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-protocol-models
securedrop-protocol-models
Tamarin models for the SecureDrop Protocol
github.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:00 AM