Ben Welsh
@palewi.re
🧮 Data journalist · 🟠 Reuters editor · 🤖 Computer programmer · 🗣️ Send tips to [email protected]
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Ben Welsh
@palewi.re
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📺 Tune in to my School of Visual Arts interview with graphics star Marco Hernandez.
https://youtu.be/NK6vZaY0TZk?si=d4LnyCjfMTAAj4ph
We discuss learning on the job, putting AI in its place, expressing yourself inside constraints, and why, despite all the downer data, you should join us in the MSM.
https://youtu.be/NK6vZaY0TZk?si=d4LnyCjfMTAAj4ph
We discuss learning on the job, putting AI in its place, expressing yourself inside constraints, and why, despite all the downer data, you should join us in the MSM.
December 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
📺 How can a hack journalist like myself tune a spreadsheet into a story?
Tune into my online discussion with Jared Whalen, Kavya Beheraj and the Observable to find out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dh4gRkQiRw&t=98s
Tune into my online discussion with Jared Whalen, Kavya Beheraj and the Observable to find out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dh4gRkQiRw&t=98s
December 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM
📺 How can a hack journalist like myself tune a spreadsheet into a story?
Tune into my online discussion with Jared Whalen, Kavya Beheraj and the Observable to find out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dh4gRkQiRw&t=98s
Tune into my online discussion with Jared Whalen, Kavya Beheraj and the Observable to find out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dh4gRkQiRw&t=98s
Walter Lippmann popping off 103 years ago
December 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Walter Lippmann popping off 103 years ago
This is the first chart drafted by an AI assistant, and then reviewed by a human editor, to be published on the Reuters homepage.
December 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This is the first chart drafted by an AI assistant, and then reviewed by a human editor, to be published on the Reuters homepage.
🤓 Here's a nerdy trick.
It's how our Reuters data team uses a simple Python function to run dozens of processing tasks in parallel on a single computer. Big time saver!
https://gist.github.com/palewire/7875b515cf48d69922933b7897b61566
It's how our Reuters data team uses a simple Python function to run dozens of processing tasks in parallel on a single computer. Big time saver!
https://gist.github.com/palewire/7875b515cf48d69922933b7897b61566
December 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🤓 Here's a nerdy trick.
It's how our Reuters data team uses a simple Python function to run dozens of processing tasks in parallel on a single computer. Big time saver!
https://gist.github.com/palewire/7875b515cf48d69922933b7897b61566
It's how our Reuters data team uses a simple Python function to run dozens of processing tasks in parallel on a single computer. Big time saver!
https://gist.github.com/palewire/7875b515cf48d69922933b7897b61566
Reposted by Ben Welsh
Flying camera angle https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/68243
November 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Flying camera angle https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/68243
December 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
🗣️ Hey, nerd world.
Join me this Thursday, Dec. 4, when I'll be chatting with Observable, Jared Whalen and Jacque Schrag about how to turn raw data into impactful stories and engaging apps.
https://streamyard.com/watch/6KMCfPXDZxAz
Join me this Thursday, Dec. 4, when I'll be chatting with Observable, Jared Whalen and Jacque Schrag about how to turn raw data into impactful stories and engaging apps.
https://streamyard.com/watch/6KMCfPXDZxAz
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🗣️ Hey, nerd world.
Join me this Thursday, Dec. 4, when I'll be chatting with Observable, Jared Whalen and Jacque Schrag about how to turn raw data into impactful stories and engaging apps.
https://streamyard.com/watch/6KMCfPXDZxAz
Join me this Thursday, Dec. 4, when I'll be chatting with Observable, Jared Whalen and Jacque Schrag about how to turn raw data into impactful stories and engaging apps.
https://streamyard.com/watch/6KMCfPXDZxAz
I can't claim to read as much as these maniacs, but the best books I got to were:
"A Confession" by Tolstoy (1882)
"Going Infinite" by Lewis (2023)
"Original Sin" by Tapper & Thompson (2025)
"Marxism" by Sowell (1985)
"Amana" by Shambaugh (1908) […]
"A Confession" by Tolstoy (1882)
"Going Infinite" by Lewis (2023)
"Original Sin" by Tapper & Thompson (2025)
"Marxism" by Sowell (1985)
"Amana" by Shambaugh (1908) […]
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November 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I can't claim to read as much as these maniacs, but the best books I got to were:
"A Confession" by Tolstoy (1882)
"Going Infinite" by Lewis (2023)
"Original Sin" by Tapper & Thompson (2025)
"Marxism" by Sowell (1985)
"Amana" by Shambaugh (1908) […]
"A Confession" by Tolstoy (1882)
"Going Infinite" by Lewis (2023)
"Original Sin" by Tapper & Thompson (2025)
"Marxism" by Sowell (1985)
"Amana" by Shambaugh (1908) […]
Reposted by Ben Welsh
🟠 Global Director of Photography in London https://careers.thomsonreuters.com/us/en/job/JREQ196279
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
🟠 Global Director of Photography in London https://careers.thomsonreuters.com/us/en/job/JREQ196279
A feast on W. 4th Street
Today in NYC
🌡️ High 44°F
🌤️ Partly cloudy
🦃 The 99th Macy's parade
Today in NYC
🌡️ High 44°F
🌤️ Partly cloudy
🦃 The 99th Macy's parade
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A feast on W. 4th Street
Today in NYC
🌡️ High 44°F
🌤️ Partly cloudy
🦃 The 99th Macy's parade
Today in NYC
🌡️ High 44°F
🌤️ Partly cloudy
🦃 The 99th Macy's parade
The new New Year's ball is christened at 1 Times Square
Today in NYC
🌡️ High 51°F
🌞 Sunny
🗓️ 38 days left in 2025
Today in NYC
🌡️ High 51°F
🌞 Sunny
🗓️ 38 days left in 2025
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The new New Year's ball is christened at 1 Times Square
Today in NYC
🌡️ High 51°F
🌞 Sunny
🗓️ 38 days left in 2025
Today in NYC
🌡️ High 51°F
🌞 Sunny
🗓️ 38 days left in 2025