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NICAR: With the right tools, anyone can be a data journalist
By Alyssa Lukpat At the annual sleep-away camp for news nerds, better known as the computer-assisted reporting conference NICAR, held last weekend in Newport Beach, Calif., data journalists from around […]
Northeastern J-school alumna Rachel Zarrell makes Forbes’ “30 under 30”
Rachel Zarrell, an alumna of Northeastern’s School of Journalism, was recently named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list, which celebrates the innovators who are defining and driving the world of media. Zarrell, […]
How we built an interactive graphic using carcinogen data from the W.H.O.
Jeremy Scott Diamond is a developer and designer with the graphics department at Bloomberg News. Storybench previously covered his contributions on a Hillary Clinton timeline. If there’s one thing I’ve learned […]
How to use CartoDB to visualize animal tracking data
This tutorial was written by Peter Desmet for LifeWatch INBO, a biodiversity observatory based in Belgium, and is released under the CC BY 4.0 license. It originally appeared on the […]
Why you should use GitHub: Lessons for the classroom and newsroom
Alexey Zagalsky is a software developer and PhD student at the University of Victoria in Canada examining how GitHub, the Web-based code sharing service, is emerging as a collaborative platform […]
Key takeaways from 7 SRCCON sessions we loved
SRCCON is a conference organized by Knight-Mozilla OpenNews launched in 2014 for developers and interactive designers that work in the news business. Last weekend, Minneapolis was host to SRCCON. (Full […]
How to keep the user in the picture, some design tips from Vox
As our news world has gone digital, the role of strong design has never been more important. Last month in Indianapolis, judges for The Society for News Design gathered on […]
Making the leap from print designer to web developer
Mike Grant works as a designer and developer at The San Francisco Chronicle. But his road to code was a rocky one. Grant recently wrote about his journey from print designer to […]
Those who do, also teach: David Carr’s gift to journalism schools
David Carr had already conquered the entwined worlds of Big Media, Hollywood, and Silicon Valley by the time he taught his first course. And yet, argues Molly Wright Steenson, his […]
Vasco Pimentel: The Listener
The Listener is a profile of Vasco Pimentel, a Portuguese sound director who believes what a film sounds like can convey the story as much as, if not more than, its cinematography. The piece was […]
Reddit: A guide for journalists
With its massive traffic and engagement potential, Reddit should be a haven for journalists. Yet Reddit has not exactly welcomed reporters, leaving many confused as to why their reception has been […]