Journalism Python Packages

cpi

Quickly adjust U.S. dollars for inflation using the Consumer Price Index (CPI)

atcf-data-parser

A Python parser for the a-deck data posted online by the Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecasting System

warn-transformer

Consolidate, enrich and republish the data gathered by warn-scraper

bln

Python client for the biglocalnews.org API

warn-scraper

Command-line interface for downloading WARN Act notices of qualified plant closings and mass layoffs from state government websites

civic-scraper

Tools for downloading agendas, minutes and other documents produced by local government

newshomepages

An open-source archive that gathers, saves, shares and analyzes news homepages

ipsos-credibility-interval

Calculate Bayesian credibility intervals for online polling using the Ipsos method

django-calaccess-raw-data

A Django app to download, extract and load campaign finance and lobbying activity data from the California Secretary of State's CAL-ACCESS database

datawrapper-mcp

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server and app for creating Datawrapper charts using AI assistants.

air-quality-index

Download air quality index data from AirNow

django-calaccess-scraped-data

A Django app to scrape campaign-finance data from the California Secretary of State’s CAL-ACCESS website

census-data-aggregator

Combine U.S. census data responsibly

geomac-wildfires

Download wildfires data from the National Interagency Fire Center

storysniffer

Inspect a URL and estimate if it contains a news story

uglypy

Retrieve, aggregate, filter, evaluate, rewrite and serve RSS feeds using Large Language Models for fun, research and learning purposes

inciweb-wildfires

Download wildfire incidents data from InciWeb

calfire-wildfires

Download wildfires data from CalFire

census-map-downloader

Easily download U.S. census maps

osinthub

All-in-One OSINT Framework with modern GUI and powerful CLI. Username search across 300+ sites, email/domain/IP intel, social media recon, and more.

django-anss-archive

A Django application to archive real-time earthquake notifications from the USGS's Advanced National Seismic System

nasa-wildfires

Download wildfire hotspots detected by NASA satellites and the Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS)

census-error-analyzer

Analyze the margin of error in U.S. census data

nifc-wildfires

Download wildfires data from the National Interagency Fire Center