Projects
What we're building, in the open.
Archives, investigations, and collaborations that turn fragile public data into durable public accountability.
More from the lab
INVESTIGATION
Front Range ozone, decade in review
Who breathes Denver's worst air — reconstructed from archived EPA monitors.
ARCHIVE
At-risk federal data archive
A growing, documented mirror of the datasets Coloradans depend on.
Data liberation toolkit
An open-source agent skill and project template that automate rescuing civic data — the reusable engine behind the lab's archives and help desk.
Agent skill that orchestrates a liberation project end to end
Python project template, scaffolded in one command
Acquisition → cleaning → validation → documentation
Open source, MIT-licensed, free to fork
REPORT
Colorado civic data needs assessment
25–35 interviews mapping the state's data-capacity gaps.
HELP DESK
Water Desk help-desk prototype
Matching students with reporters covering Western water.
INVESTIGATION
Mapping Colorado's news deserts
Where local coverage vanished — and which beats went with it.
GUIDE
Open-access CUPIDS design guide
A replicable model for other universities to follow.