storybench

Exploring data & digital storytelling at Northeastern University's Co-Lab for Data Impact & School of Journalism

Behind the scenes

How Kirell Benzi’s data art balances creativity and scientific accuracy

by Sharmila Kuthunur

Kirell

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How to

Analyzing gender differences in music themes and lyrics

by Samuel Chuan

Music

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How to

Assembling a searchable interface of Boston police misconduct data

by Matt Wolfinger

The

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How to

Finding Embedded Tweets in Online News with Python

by Rahul Bhargava and Dina Zemlyanker

Seeing

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Roundups

Visualizing Uncertainty in the Time of COVID-19: New York University’s Enrico Bertini on the role of uncertainty

by Lauren Thomas

Editor’s

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Insights

Covering TikTok’s algorithm: How one tech reporter demystified a TikTok trend

by Alison Booth

Frances

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Insights

ProPublica’s Emily Hopkins encourages students to consider careers in data journalism

by Delaney Murray

The

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Roundups

Visualizing Uncertainty in the Time of COVID-19: The New York Times’ Josh Holder on leading with questions when demonstrating uncertainty

by Lauren Thomas

Editor’s

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Roundups

Visualizing Uncertainty in the Time of COVID-19: The Washington Post’s Chiqui Esteban on the Power of Words

by Lauren Thomas

Editor’s

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Insights

How The Scope mapped their way to accessible 2021 Boston election coverage

by Cheryl Daniel and Dakotah Kennedy

This

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Insights

Lauren Sandler on the ethics of human-interest reporting

by Aiden Stein

Brooklyn-based

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Interviews

How FiveThirtyEight’s Julia Wolfe addresses data literacy

by Danica Jefferies

As

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Interviews

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

by Lauren Thomas

The

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Media Watch

Sky-high expectations for The New York Times, but Empire State data visualization falls short

by Danica Jefferies and Zhaozhou Dai

In

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Interviews

How stuff.co.nz tells the tale of two pandemics in Auckland with an interactive timeline.

by Maaisha Osman

We

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