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Category: Interviews

Of Data, Theater and Healing: The Art of Federica Fragapane

Editor’s note: This is the first of two stories featuring information designer Federica Fragapane. This article focuses on the importance of information design, her attention to detail, collaboration and her […]

February 21, 2022February 22, 2022 Maaisha Osman and Sharmila Kuthunur Behind the scenes, Interviews

How FiveThirtyEight’s Julia Wolfe addresses data literacy

As the demand for a statistically literate workforce grows, the ability to produce data-driven stories increasingly provides journalists with distinctive and cutting edge career paths. Effective visualizations are crucial for […]

October 27, 2021October 27, 2021 Danica Jefferies Interviews

The proof is in The Pudding: How one online publication is using cutting-edge data visualizations to tell meaningful pop culture stories

The Pudding is a digital publication that explains ideas debated in culture through visual essays. Founded in 2017, The Pudding dives deep into issues and topics surrounding popular culture and […]

October 27, 2021October 27, 2021 Lauren Thomas 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 […]

October 20, 2021October 21, 2021 Maaisha Osman Interviews

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 […]

October 15, 2021October 15, 2021 Sebastian Grace Interviews

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 […]

October 5, 2021October 5, 2021 Rebecca Magno Insights, Interviews

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 […]

September 3, 2021September 3, 2021 Pirzan Turel and Avantika Panda Interviews, Reinventing Local TV News

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 […]

August 30, 2021August 30, 2021 Brennan Kauffman Interviews, Reinventing Local TV News

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 […]

August 26, 2021 Guy Ovadia Interviews, Reinventing Local TV News

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 […]

August 13, 2021August 13, 2021 Mark Kobzik Interviews, Reinventing Local TV News

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 […]

July 16, 2021July 16, 2021 Sofie Kato Interviews, Reinventing Local TV News

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 […]

July 12, 2021 Jake Egelberg and Milton Posner Interviews, Reinventing Local TV News

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 […]

April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 Aidan McGovern Interviews

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 […]

April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 Charlise Koch Interviews

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 […]

April 7, 2021April 13, 2021 Lillie Hoffart Behind the scenes, Interviews

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