For the community, by the community

The 10-year journey of R Weekly powered by open-source

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Eric Nantz

Statistician / Developer / Podcaster

Eli Lilly & Company

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2016: R Weekly Arrives!

• Weekly collection of latest R news and resources
• Combination of RSS site feeds and individual resources
• R Weekly Team composed of volunteers passionate about the R community
• Highlights voted on by team before issue release
• Entire project is open-source

2020: R Weekly Highlights Podcast!

• Conversations centered on issue highlights
• Community drives the content!

Merged Pull Requests to R Weekly

First-time Contributors

Worldwide Contributors

R Weekly contributors span 34 countries across every populated continent. Bubble size and colour scale with the number of unique contributors per country.

You Can Shape The Future

• Share R Weekly across your networks.
• Contribute to an upcoming issue.
• Join our team!

Thank You!

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