Building a Better Ranking [Back Story]

When IEEE Spectrum wanted to update its 2011 list of the top 10 programming languages, Nick Diakopoulos was a natural choice for the project. Diakopoulos is a leader among the new breed of computational journalists. He couples a reporter's story sense with programming expertise in big data, visualization, and interactive technologies, and he is a fellow at the Columbia University Journalism School, in New York City.