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

bln

Python client for the biglocalnews.org API

warn-transformer

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

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

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.

uglypy

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

census-data-aggregator

Combine U.S. census data responsibly

census-map-downloader

Easily download U.S. census maps

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

storysniffer

Inspect a URL and estimate if it contains a news story

calfire-wildfires

Download wildfires data from CalFire

geomac-wildfires

Download wildfires data from the National Interagency Fire Center

inciweb-wildfires

Download wildfire incidents data from InciWeb

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

noaa-wildfires

Download wildfires data from NOAA satellites

tarbell

A very simple content management system

nifc-wildfires

Download wildfires data from the National Interagency Fire Center

nws-wwa

Download watch, warning and advisory data from the National Weather Service