PageOneX

PageOneX is an innovative approach to the analysis and visualization of front page newspaper coverage, that enables communities and advocacy groups to track certain news threads in a easy and visual way. The project makes possible the comparison between two important pieces of the mass media and the Social Media: newspaper front pages and Twitter.

Examples of this tool in use could be seen in this [gallery http://numeroteca.org/cat/frontpage-newspaper/], as well a [longer text http://civic.mit.edu/blog/pablo/analyzing-newspapers-front-pages] explaining the possibilities of the tool.

Example: [#Occupy tweets and newspapers' front pages http://numeroteca.org/2011/12/17/surface-newspapers-front-pages-vs-twitter-dec13th-occupy-ows/].

Coder

The coder would work in the implementation of the tool for an online platform. Work: Scrap images from online newspapers, build a data base, display them and let the user participate in a crowd-source coding process. Generate graphics based in the collected data.

Skills:

• html5
• Ruby on Rails
• Java Script
• MySQL