Insights
A collection of best practices, research insights and expert interviews to help independent journalists create captivating visual investigations and data stories that inform broad audiences.
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Bob Baker's Newsthinking
Tools to write stories with style
4 days
How to
How to Write a Good Story in 800 Words o...
Most of the good stories we tell can be told in 800 words or less. Let me try one.
4 days
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ONS - Service Manual
Our data visualisation guidance.
4 days
Interviews
Distilling Arte's Editorial Pillars with...
A deep dive into the pillars of Arte's editorial committee, guided by insights from Lili Blumers, commissioning editor at Arte Int...
1 months
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Data Visualisation Guide
A Comprehensive Guide to Unlocking Your Data’s Potential
1 months
Data Europa EU
Interviews
Case Study: Sleepless in Singapore
Exploring the Technical and Creative Process Behind The Straits Times' Visual Data Story
1 months
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3D Data Visualization with React and Thr...
At the end of 2019, we had a hack week at Cortico where all of the technical staff got together to explore new ideas without any r...
1 months
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Mapbox Lighting, Shadows, and Fog
Exploring fog, shadow, and lighting configurations in Mapbox v3.
1 months
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Behind the scenes with '24 hours in an i...
What we visualize when we visualize loneliness
2 months
Interviews
Use play to make complex subjects more a...
In this conversation with Martina Nadal, a partner at Domestic Data Streamers, we delve into the processes behind creating impactf...
2 months
Making “The Pope on the Road,” an AI-Dri...
ATLO created an interactive site presenting the history of the Pope’s apostolic journeys, and the history of the papacy. With a li...
2 months
NightingaleViz
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The making of the illustrated investigat...
“Searching for Maura” is part of The Washington Post’s investigative series about the Smithsonian’s collections of human brains an...
3 months
Washington Post
Research
Spatial Journalism - Part I
Research on the implications of Vision Pro for visual storytelling and XR journalism.
3 months
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Better Data Visualizations with Svelte |...
Learn how to declaratively build responsive, interactive data visualizations with Svelte and D3.
3 months
Research
Sigma Awards: 10 Lessons for Data Journa...
The Sigma Awards celebrate the best in global data journalism. Here, the founders speak about lessons learned from the most recent...
3 months
Interviews
AI, Personalisation and Visual Journalis...
Nic Newman is the editor of the annual Digital News Report. In this conversation we explore the significant impact of visual jour...
5 months
Interviews
Illustration in Journalism
Using illustration in journalism: process, context and tools.
6 months
Interviews
What is Narrative, Anyway?
Interview answers on the definition of narrative.
6 months
Research
Nieman Program On Narrative Journalism
The Nieman Program on Narrative Journalism currently has five major activities: the Nieman Narrative Digest, organizing the 1,000-...
6 months
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Structuring visual narratives to feed th...
Martinis, pyramids and hourglasses for storytelling.
6 months
Research
Density Design Lab
DensityDesign is a research lab at the Design Department in Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Our research revolves around information...
6 months
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On Graphonyms: the Importance of Chart T...
Chart vocabulary.
7 months
Interviews
Storydoing and storytelling
Understanding context and audience to balance linear and interactive storytelling.
7 months
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Making a Data Visualization With No Codi...
An exercise in building a data visualization with ChatGPT writing—and debugging!—the code
7 months