In the first of three articles, we look at how Guardian software engineers teamed up with the newsroom to investigate climate lobbying online
This is part one of a series of three blogposts about the first year of the new Investigations & Reporting team, a small group of software developers embedded in the Guardian newsroom. Part two will be published on Tuesday 19th January.
In the summer of 2019, the Guardian assembled a team of engineers to work alongside reporters to build tools to help them discover new stories. We were tasked with finding opportunities to collaborate closely with our editorial colleagues.