Congratulations to the New York Times, who today launched their Campaign Finance API, their first in a series of NYT APIs. [Full disclosure: the Times is an investor in Daylife.] It’s been thrilling to observe the Times evolution online in recent years, in their storytelling, their technology, and their design. (And at the risk of being hyperbolic – I do feel that the Times, being one of the few U.S. institutions still investing in long-form investigative reporting – is one of the true bastions for democracy in our country.)
As I wrote earlier, today is also the day Daylife launched its Enterprise API service, allowing any publisher to, like the Times, have their own API.
Certainly a great day for both companies. But also a great day for publishers across the web, who now have vastly more power at their fingertips to launch new services, at lower costs, and serve their audiences better. And as result, in time, a great day for the public, who’ll have more ways available to navigate the world of information, and be better informed.
Better services. Better informed. Better news.
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