Ben Welsh
@palewi.re
🧮 Data journalist · 🟠 Reuters editor · 🤖 Computer programmer · 🗣️ Send tips to ben.welsh@thomsonreuters.com
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November 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
🎁 With 6 weeks left in office, Eric Adams responded to a request I made nearly 3 years ago for the gifts he received as mayor.
The release covers only half his term. It features an engraved belt buckle, an artillery shell, dozens of books, and, yes, a box of saltines.
The release covers only half his term. It features an engraved belt buckle, an artillery shell, dozens of books, and, yes, a box of saltines.
November 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
🎁 With 6 weeks left in office, Eric Adams responded to a request I made nearly 3 years ago for the gifts he received as mayor.
The release covers only half his term. It features an engraved belt buckle, an artillery shell, dozens of books, and, yes, a box of saltines.
The release covers only half his term. It features an engraved belt buckle, an artillery shell, dozens of books, and, yes, a box of saltines.
November 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
November 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The Christmas decorations are already at @FDNY's Engine Company 14
Today in NYC
🌡️ High 63°F
☔ Rain
🌆 Sunset 4:43 pm
Today in NYC
🌡️ High 63°F
☔ Rain
🌆 Sunset 4:43 pm
November 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The Christmas decorations are already at @FDNY's Engine Company 14
Today in NYC
🌡️ High 63°F
☔ Rain
🌆 Sunset 4:43 pm
Today in NYC
🌡️ High 63°F
☔ Rain
🌆 Sunset 4:43 pm
In repose at Holy Family
Today in NYC
🌡️ High 64°F
⛅ Partly cloudy
🍂 Leaves turning
Today in NYC
🌡️ High 64°F
⛅ Partly cloudy
🍂 Leaves turning
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
In repose at Holy Family
Today in NYC
🌡️ High 64°F
⛅ Partly cloudy
🍂 Leaves turning
Today in NYC
🌡️ High 64°F
⛅ Partly cloudy
🍂 Leaves turning
Now on tap at 3 Times Square
Today in NYC
🌡️ High 64°F
🌥️ Mostly cloudy
🟠 8:30 am global news call
Today in NYC
🌡️ High 64°F
🌥️ Mostly cloudy
🟠 8:30 am global news call
November 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Now on tap at 3 Times Square
Today in NYC
🌡️ High 64°F
🌥️ Mostly cloudy
🟠 8:30 am global news call
Today in NYC
🌡️ High 64°F
🌥️ Mostly cloudy
🟠 8:30 am global news call
Testing it out, I've had fun asking the AI to suggest improvements to the chart, which I can then pick through to see what I'd like it to implement.
That's where I think you can really see the power of harnessing the large-language models' creativity.
That's where I think you can really see the power of harnessing the large-language models' creativity.
November 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Testing it out, I've had fun asking the AI to suggest improvements to the chart, which I can then pick through to see what I'd like it to implement.
That's where I think you can really see the power of harnessing the large-language models' creativity.
That's where I think you can really see the power of harnessing the large-language models' creativity.
With it installed in Claude Desktop, your chatbot can create a Datawrapper chart with a prompt as simple as "Make a bar chart with this data: 2020,10 2021,15, 2022, 20."
Follow-ons like "make the bars blue" or "add a source citation" will quickly update your initial work.
Follow-ons like "make the bars blue" or "add a source citation" will quickly update your initial work.
November 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
With it installed in Claude Desktop, your chatbot can create a Datawrapper chart with a prompt as simple as "Make a bar chart with this data: 2020,10 2021,15, 2022, 20."
Follow-ons like "make the bars blue" or "add a source citation" will quickly update your initial work.
Follow-ons like "make the bars blue" or "add a source citation" will quickly update your initial work.
🗣️📈 Today, I'm happy to release a new tool empowering chatbots like AnthropicAI's Claude to create charts with Datawrapper, a leading newsroom tool for publishing data.
November 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🗣️📈 Today, I'm happy to release a new tool empowering chatbots like AnthropicAI's Claude to create charts with Datawrapper, a leading newsroom tool for publishing data.