Storybench

Exploring data and digital storytelling. A publication from Northeastern University’s School of Journalism.

Tag: data journalism

Round-ups

Federal data is disappearing. Meet the teams rescuing it

by Ruchika Erravandla

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Behind the Scenes Q&As

Your city, but hotter: How Derek Taylor and The Pudding used visualizations to recontextualize the story of climate change

by Darin Zullo

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AI Behind the Scenes Round-ups

February updates in AI and journalism: Continuing legal tensions, newsroom experiments and emerging collaboration

by Rahul Bhargava and Vivica D'souza

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Behind the Scenes Q&As

Slurp on this: What Axios’ Soup Dumpling Index tells us about AI in the newsroom

by Meera Chaddha

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Behind the Scenes Q&As

The Marshall Project’s Aaron Sankin on AI, large data sets and contextualizing data stories in the real world

by Dakota Castro-Jarrett

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Behind the Scenes Q&As Reinventing Local TV News

The election is going to be close — or is it? CNN political data reporter Harry Enten on the science and art of polling.

by Ananya Singh

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AI

Reuters: how the public in six countries think about generative AI in journalism

by Namira Haris

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Insights

Same words, different meanings: we analyzed the text of the Walz-Vance debate. Here’s what we found.

by April Qian

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Data Journalism in R Tutorials

Turning your small-multiple charts into maps using R

by Ryan Hafen

The geofacet R package provides a way to flexibly visualize data for different geographical regions, combining multiple small charts into a map.

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Tutorials

A step-by-step guide: visualizing organic carbon in near real time

by Marco Hernandez

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Behind the Scenes Q&As

“AI is transforming music faster than we think.” The Washington Post’s Yan Wu explores the intersection of AI and creativity.

by Namira Haris

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Tutorials

How I scraped and visualized over 1,500 NPR Tiny Desk concerts

by Elijah Nicholson-Messmer

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Tutorials

Visualizing the destruction in Ukraine: A years-long project following satellite clues

by Marco Hernandez

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Behind the Scenes Q&As

Here are Nathan Griffiths’ takeaways from his career journey experimenting with different mediums

by Pavithra Rajesh and Kelly Chan

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Behind the Scenes Q&As

“Useful, beautiful and innovative.” How the Washington Post’s Harry Stevens reaches high engagement on climate and environment reporting

by Nikkia Jean Charles

There’s

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