Ben Welsh
@palewi.re
🧮 Data journalist · 🟠 Reuters editor · 🤖 Computer programmer · 🗣️ Send tips to [email protected]
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📦 Our open-source MCP server for creating @Datawrapper charts is now listed in official @AnthropicAI registry, which should allow it be more easily discovered and installed by downstream AI assistants.
https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/?q=datawrapper
https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/?q=datawrapper
December 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
📦 Our open-source MCP server for creating @Datawrapper charts is now listed in official @AnthropicAI registry, which should allow it be more easily discovered and installed by downstream AI assistants.
https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/?q=datawrapper
https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/?q=datawrapper
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
🗣️ 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
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