Category: Interviews
How stuff.co.nz tells the tale of two pandemics in Auckland with an interactive timeline.
We have witnessed various stages of COVID-19 response here in the United States. As early surges and lockdowns led to debates over school openings and mask mandates, now we grapple […]
Zach Silber — how to influence public opinion with data-driven analytics
What are the best strategies for shaping public opinion? Can organizations persuade people to change their minds? Zach Silber said his company, Kivvit, applies news and social media analytics to […]
Reporting on public health crises: Jamie Ducharme’s beat from e-cigarettes to global pandemic
Jamie Ducharme could never have predicted the opportunities that would come her way as a reporter. Ducharme, who graduated from Northeastern University’s School of Journalism in 2016, is not only […]
New-age storytelling: How Bianca Graulau used social media to reinvent reporting during the pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has impacted most industries, forcing professionals to adapt to new forms of remote work culture. Even journalists have had to adapt. This has reinforced the importance of […]
Breaking the traditional TV news storytelling format: A conversation with TV reporter Danae Bucci
Danae Bucci is a reporter for Hearst-owned WJCL-TV, the ABC affiliate in Savannah, Georgia as well as a 2020 graduate of Northeastern University. She talks about trying to break the […]
Experiential experiment: Abdullah Saeed’s approach to covering taboos
Chances are, you live in a state where cannabis is legal. While the positive or negative impacts of the plant’s legalization are up for debate, the lucrative legal cannabis industry […]
How David Schechter sees the future of local climate coverage
In November 2019, David Schechter of WFAA-TV Dallas and the award-winning Verify Road Trip video series took conservative Texan Justin Fain on a journey to see if he could convince […]
Filmmaker and storyteller Annalise Pasztor on using experimentation in journalism
TV news has had largely the same storytelling formula for decades. This past year, during a digital age in the middle of a pandemic, where Zoom has become the new […]
Animation and the future of TV news storytelling: A Q&A with Animation Professor Jason Donati
Substack newsletters. Podcasts. Social media. With every passing year, local TV news is facing new competitive mediums and gradually losing its share of the attention market. But experimental outlets like […]
Jan Diehm of the Pudding brings human-centered design to storytelling
At first glance, crossword puzzles, “gayborhoods,” and the fashion industry don’t have much in common, but a look through journalist-engineer Jan Diehm’s portfolio at The Pudding reveals that there are […]
The other side with photogrammetry: How Taylor Lorenz went behind the camera with some of LA’s most illustrious influencers
Taylor Lorenz is no stranger to the enigmatic world of social media. Having jump-started her journalistic career writing for the Atlantic and the Daily Beast, Lorenz, 35, moved into the […]
How Stamen turned a photo archive into an interactive art experience
In 1966, Ed Ruscha mounted a camera to the back of his pickup truck and drove slowly down Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. He photographed every building on each side […]
Storybench Founder Aleszu Bajak on the moral call of the pandemic and his return to daily data journalism
After running Storybench at Northeastern for many years, instructor and program manager Aleszu Bajak decided to leverage his knowledge of data and passion for journalism into a senior data reporter […]
The New York Times’ Kevin Roose illustrates how memes radicalize users in online spaces
Valerie Gilbert is a Harvard-educated New Yorker and self-proclaimed “meme queen.” A QAnon soldier, Gilbert spreads information far and wide, fighting the global cabal of “Satanic pedophiles” that former President […]
How the Wall Street Journal conducted a video investigation into the role of the Proud Boys at the Capitol
On Jan. 6, 2021, the United States Capitol was breached and stormed by supporters of Donald Trump to protest the results of the 2020 presidential election. Of the many participating […]