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Author: Felippe Rodrigues

Felippe is a former law student turned sports writer and a big fan of the Olympics. He is currently a graduate student in Northeastern's Media Innovation program.

SXSW: ‘Excel is okay’ and other tweet-size insights for data journalists and news nerds

Storybench has boots on the ground covering SXSW from multiple angles, including immersive storytelling, UX design and more. For those that didn’t make it to Austin this year, the next […]

March 17, 2018March 23, 2018 Felippe Rodrigues Roundups, SXSW
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NICAR: Data stories from last year that you could be doing in your newsroom

The NICAR conference is all about seeing and learning from the best of data journalism. And what better way of understanding success than taking a look at the past. The […]

March 13, 2018March 13, 2018 Felippe Rodrigues Insights, Roundups

How to scrape Reddit with Python

Last month, Storybench editor Aleszu Bajak and I decided to explore user data on nootropics, the brain-boosting pills that have become popular for their productivity-enhancing properties. Many of the substances […]

March 12, 2018August 21, 2018 Felippe Rodrigues How to

Six things I learned developing an interactive map on the effects of climate change

Every once in a while, newsroom developers and visual journalists get one of those projects that becomes both a big challenge and a great learning experience. That was the case […]

January 12, 2018June 6, 2018 Felippe Rodrigues Climate Journalism Lab, Insights

NodeXL’s Marc Smith on how mapping virtual crowd networks is relevant to journalism

As social scientists try to understand the online communities we form, journalists are missing out on stories that network theory could help unravel, according to Marc Smith, a sociologist and director […]

November 27, 2017November 27, 2017 Felippe Rodrigues Insights, Interviews

How a design studio and an advocacy group developed a data-driven navigator for gun legislation

Last August, Everytown for Gun Safety, a non-profit research and advocacy group for gun control, launched the Gun Law Navigator, an exploratory data visualization tool explaining how states in America […]

November 10, 2017November 9, 2017 Felippe Rodrigues Behind the scenes, Interviews

Quartz’s first book elegantly explores the innovations underpinning modern life

The embossed hardcover is just the beginning of The Objects that Power the Global Economy, the first book published by the news website Quartz in celebration of its fifth birthday. […]

September 25, 2017September 25, 2017 Felippe Rodrigues Insights

Takeaways on newsroom innovation from a behind the scenes tour of the Associated Press

The new Associated Press headquarters in lower Manhattan near the World Trade Center is dazzling, and it seems quite fitting for a news company that’s constantly innovating. Earlier this month, […]

September 1, 2017September 1, 2017 Felippe Rodrigues Insights

5 digital practices every local TV station should be thinking about

All local television newsrooms, sooner or later, will have to accept the challenge to go digital. Some stations, though, are seeing the transition more as an opportunity than a burden […]

August 29, 2017August 29, 2017 Felippe Rodrigues Insights, Reinventing Local TV News

How the Associated Press is experimenting with headlines and modular stories to win Facebook

Over the last two months, Associated Press stories have been among the most popular on Facebook, according to a new report from the Associated Press and NewsWhip, a startup that […]

August 26, 2017August 28, 2017 Felippe Rodrigues Insights, Interviews

How the Texas Tribune uses tweetstorms and other social media strategies to drive audience engagement

Sending out a thread of tweets is not exactly revolutionary. But, increasingly, reporters and news organizations are using “tweetstorms” as a way of telling a story that won’t fit into […]

August 15, 2017August 15, 2017 Felippe Rodrigues Insights, Interviews

How remote anchors are helping local TV news stations cut costs

High staffing and production costs are just two of the challenges TV newsrooms face right now. Some stations, though, are getting creative with the way they address those issues and […]

August 8, 2017August 8, 2017 Felippe Rodrigues Reinventing Local TV News

How Folha de São Paulo builds immersive stories about controversial themes like dams, drought and deforestation

For years, Folha de São Paulo, one of Brazil’s largest newspapers, has been at the forefront of digital experimentation. Its interactive, multimedia series “Tudo Sobre” (“All About” in English) – […]

August 1, 2017June 6, 2018 Felippe Rodrigues Behind the scenes, Climate Journalism Lab, Interviews

From breaking news to adding cinematics: What drones can add to storytelling at local television stations

Whether you’re CNN, CBS 2 in Chicago, or KOLN in Lincoln, Nebraska, what has become deeply important in television news today is that the storytelling be compelling. One way those organizations […]

July 24, 2017July 24, 2017 Felippe Rodrigues Reinventing Local TV News

Exploring the rhythm of Brazilian literature through textual analysis and visualization

Much like Spanish or French, Portuguese is very musical to the ear. Inextricably linked to that melodic feeling is the language’s rhythm. To explore that cadence, visual journalist Rodolfo Almeida […]

July 17, 2017July 17, 2017 Felippe Rodrigues Behind the scenes, Interviews

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