Recovered Factory Recovered Factory

A public data journalism workshop.

Dispatches, field notes, and experiments from David Eads and Tory Lysik.

Latest posts

  • Muscle Memory

    By David Eads · Jan 28, 2026 · Edited by Tory Lysik

    Journalism’s habits were built for a world that no longer exists. Pretending we can serve everyone equally just hides tradeoffs we’re already making.

  • Introducing Recovered Factory
    Introducing Recovered Factory

    By David Eads · Jan 19, 2025

    Journalists used to unlock data for the public good. In an era of collapse, can that work live outside traditional institutions?