Category: Roundups
A roundup of coronavirus dashboards, datasets and resources
Access and availability of data on the novel coronavirus and the disease it causes, Covid-19, are essential for understanding how the virus spreads, who is most likely to get it, […]
Five ways organizations are visualizing carbon emissions
Climate change is a global issue and scientists and journalists alike are increasingly making climate-related data more visible and accessible. Understanding the major causes and contributors to emissions of CO2, […]
Six ways you might consider visualizing political issues and ideologies this election
With the 2020 election around the corner, we’re on the look out for new ways news outlets, advocacy groups and other organizations are visualizing political stances and voter opinions. Below […]
Six digital skills all new journalists should consider learning and a road map to unlocking them
If you’re new to journalism, as I am, you may have noticed that the industry is in the midst of growing pains right now. If you’re currently studying for the […]
Eight tools, datasets and resources from the Open Data Science Conference
This week, thousands of data scientists, software developers, machine learning experts and other data-curious gathered in Boston for the ODSC East conference. Between hands-on training sessions and dynamic keynote speeches from people […]
Six tools showcased at NICAR 2019 that you should probably learn
When it comes to a major data journalism conference like NICAR, you can probably predict that a few popular data visualization and analysis tools are going to receive a lot […]
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 […]
Six fascinating projects from the 2019 Computation + Journalism Symposium in Miami
How often is social media used as a source in news stories? Can a decision-tree algorithm generate tens-of-thousands of 250-word stories? And what is belief-driven data journalism? Those questions lie […]
Five Venezuelans that are explaining the situation unfolding in my country
Venezuela is the topic du jour. With Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo and Marco Rubio all voicing their support for the country’s new, self-proclaimed president, Juan Guaidó, what seems […]
Six ways media outlets are tracking presidential candidates for 2020
If you’re still reeling from the round-the-clock coverage of the 2016 presidential election, we have some bad news: It’s starting all over again. With the midterms past us, the stage […]
Five Latin American media platforms experimenting with illustrated news
Media organizations all over the world are experimenting and innovating visual storytelling for their news coverage. Storybench rounded up five Latin American media sites that are playing with illustration and […]
A roundup of visualizations of discrimination in the tech industry
Technology has allowed us to stay connected with people around the globe, across different demographics, and has driven us to seek wider and deeper connections. The tech industry is advancing […]
Some not-so-obvious ways to represent voter turnout data
With voter registration deadlines fast approaching – and some already past – social media has been filled with reminders urging those who are eligible to register and to make sure […]
A dozen ways the midterm elections are being visualized
Midterm mayhem is fast approaching and with it, according to the Pew Research Center, voter enthusiasm. “Not only do about half of registered voters report being more enthusiastic than usual about […]
Ten visualizations that depict the state of criminal justice today
Criminal justice is a perpetual focus of media coverage but this past year seemed especially ripe with stories. From the massive reform bill passed here in Massachusetts to the debate […]
Ten interactive ways you can fight misinformation
Last month, researchers at the University of Michigan and the University of Amsterdam revealed a “fake news” detection algorithm that, with a 24 percent error rate, outperformed humans at distinguishing […]
Eight ways journalists are visualizing the wildfires in California
California officials and firefighters are becoming increasingly concerned that the drier, windier conditions spurred on by the warming climate will make wildfires more devastating and their seasons longer. But are […]
Six visualizations that explore the extent of overfishing around the world
The global demand for fish is suffocating our oceans. More than 55 percent of the seawater that covers this planet is trawled or lined with hooks in some manner, and […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ten visualizations that tell the story of the 2018 Winter Olympics
For most of February, around 3,000 athletes from 92 countries are competing in Pyeongchang, South Korea in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Over the course of the 17 days, there […]
Five major takeaways from the 2017 Online News Association conference
What would journalism look like if news outlets optimized for trust? What is the reporter’s role if an organization decides satire is the most effective way of covering politics? What […]
Seven visualizations that tell the devastating story of the 2017 hurricane season
First it was Harvey. Then it was Irma followed by Katia, Jose and now Maria. From late August through early September, the Atlantic Ocean has seen 13 named hurricanes. Two […]
Notes on VR from the 2017 Sheffield Doc/Fest
A growing number of non-fiction works are being produced at the intersection of documentary storytelling and journalism. The Sheffield Doc/Fest has become one of the best events to experience these new […]
Eight interactive stories from Latin America you should check out
From immersive investigative journalism to interactive documentaries that broadcast voices of the voiceless, Latin America boasts a catalog of multimedia projects from which storytellers of all stripes can draw inspiration. Below, […]
10 innovative visualizations of Trump’s first month in the White House
A month into Donald J. Trump’s presidency and the media has had more than enough to report on. Amid advisors resigning, a dizzying web of conflicts of interest, and a fair share of distracting tweets (see here, […]
Five chatbots created by newsrooms in 2016 that we liked
In the 1960s, scientists at M.I.T. were experimenting with conversational computing: simulating conversations between humans and computers. Little did they know they were building the first “chatbots,” defined by Matt […]
Contextualizing the Dakota Access Pipeline: A roundup of visualizations
Since August, thousands of Americans have flowed into North Dakota to help the Standing Rock Sioux and dozens of other Native American groups protest the construction of a 1,172-mile crude […]
The spread of Zika virus: A roundup of visualizations
News organizations have been furiously covering Zika virus, a mosquito-borne disease which reappeared in Brazil in late 2015 and has since resulted in over 1.6 million cases. What has health officials worried is […]
A roundup of visualizations on Baltimore, race, and policing
Baltimore broke out into riots and looting last week following the funeral of 25-year-old Freddie Gray. In an effort to better describe the racial inequities in life expectancy, education and […]