Storybench

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

Tag: data visualization

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 Features Q&As Research

Transforming journalism with data and AI: Research on representation, equity and accountability in news from the 2024 Computation + Journalism Symposium

by Heidi Ho

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Behind the Scenes Q&As Reinventing Local TV News

“Wrestling with the past”: How Chris Dalla Riva uncovered the deeper story in Rolling Stones’ GOAT music album rankings

by Anna Palfy

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Tutorials

How to create your first choropleth map in Mapbox

by Elijah Nicholson-Messmer

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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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Insights

Decoding the Debate: Analyzing the text of the Harris-Trump Face-off

by April Qian

From

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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

Nathan

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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

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Data Journalism in R Reinventing Local TV News Tutorials

Getting started with stringr for textual analysis in R

by Martin Frigaard

Manipulating

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Round-ups

Mapbreaking: Why cartographic flaws can sometimes be a good thing

by Brian Romer

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