Obligatory NYT Innovations Roundup

Perhaps unsurpsrisingly, the New York Times’ innovations took the top prize at the Knight-Batten 2009 awards. Here’s their body of work, some of which you may have seen, some which may be new to you:

Document Viewer

Provides a way for reporters to upload documents so they can be searched (inside and outside the newsroom) and annotated (so far, just inside the newsroom). Soon to be released open source. F’real!

Debate Analysis Tool

Searchable transcripts synched to video.

Word Train

Used first in the election of 2008, but has since been scaled to other applications.

Represent

Provides a Facebook-style feed of New Yorkers’ elected representatives. Delivers everything from news articles to voting records to Tweets from reps.

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