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A Newsroom Team That Sees Data in the Air

Formed last year, the Weather Data team is harnessing clouds of information to share a more comprehensive forecast with readers.

Nowadays, the ball drop is a countdown, ending at the stroke of midnight. But it used to work more like a starter’s pistol.

After leaving the foster care system, Francis Rosario found a career path and a new home.

For a quarter of a century — holidays included — Bill Sokol’s drawings injected a note of whimsy into the stolid New York Times.

Publishers are releasing more than half a dozen editions of the report, and are now in a frantic race to be first to market.