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Tag: Social Media

Jaime Settle on how social media polarizes America

How did we end up being so angry with those who have opposing political views? Back in the 1960s, the split was tiny. The number of Republicans or Democrats who […]

October 17, 2019October 23, 2019 Szu Yu Chen Insights, Interviews

Journalism schools need to focus on data, local news, social media and business models. Here are some that are.

It’s no secret that journalism is at a bit of a crossroads. With technology and media consumption habits changing constantly, the industry has been thrust into a state of near […]

May 16, 2019May 16, 2019 Alexander Frandsen Insights, Longform

Understanding how new copyright law will affect social media embeds for news publishers

Picture this: A photo of two major athletes goes viral, weaving across social platforms, and pops up via embed on popular news sites. For most, this doesn’t seem noteworthy – […]

March 2, 2018March 2, 2018 Megan O'Brien Insights

How the Associated Press is experimenting with headlines and modular stories to win Facebook

Over the last two months, Associated Press stories have been among the most popular on Facebook, according to a new report from the Associated Press and NewsWhip, a startup that […]

August 26, 2017August 28, 2017 Felippe Rodrigues Insights, Interviews

How the Texas Tribune uses tweetstorms and other social media strategies to drive audience engagement

Sending out a thread of tweets is not exactly revolutionary. But, increasingly, reporters and news organizations are using “tweetstorms” as a way of telling a story that won’t fit into […]

August 15, 2017August 15, 2017 Felippe Rodrigues Insights, Interviews

The story of ProPublica’s maternal mortality series and its structured call-out to the crowd

When ProPublica engagement reporter Adriana Gallardo and her colleagues published a questionnaire last February reaching out to women who had experienced life-threatening complications in childbirth, Gallardo only expected, at most, […]

July 18, 2017July 18, 2017 John Wihbey and Bridget Peery Behind the scenes, Interviews

Five local TV news trends from the Murrow Awards that we like

Last week, the Radio Television Digital News Association announced the winners of its 2017 Edward R. Murrow Awards, which honor outstanding journalism being produced across North America. The Reinventing Local TV […]

June 29, 2017June 29, 2017 Felippe Rodrigues Insights, Reinventing Local TV News

How STAT News used March Madness to engage readers and highlight innovation in science

March Madness is a remarkable time in American culture. Even passive basketball fans go crazy constructing brackets, setting-up fantasy leagues, joining heated conversations, and of course watching a good part of the 63 […]

May 2, 2017May 12, 2017 Felippe Rodrigues Behind the scenes
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Storybench 2020 Election Coverage Tracker

The Storybench 2020 Election Coverage Tracker intends to keep tabs on the political coverage of the 2020 presidential election by covering media trends and using various data sources to explore media narratives.

Instead of keeping track of who’s ahead in the horse race, we’ll be turning our focus to those covering the horse race – the media outlets themselves and various proxies for public attention. Follow along here.

Best of Storybench

How the Wall Street Journal visualized 500+ conflicts of interest of the Trumps

Women on the 2020 campaign trail are being treated more negatively by the media

Getting started with data visualization in R using ggplot2

Understanding what makes a visualization memorable

Using French wine reviews to understand TF-IDF, a measure of how unique a word is to a document

 

Projects

Over the next two years we’ll be surveying the media’s coverage of the candidates and the issues. Follow along here.

 


The Reinventing Local TV News Project, from Northeastern’s School of Journalism, is analyzing the formats and practices of local news stations, and suggesting new ways of telling stories that can better engage diverse audiences. Read our inaugural post here.

 

The Climate Journalism Lab

The Climate Journalism Lab aims to examine and unpack the trends, tools and techniques employed by reporters and organizations covering climate change.

 

Join us at Northeastern!

Want to write for Storybench and probe the frontiers of media innovation? Apply for one of our graduate programs at Northeastern University’s School of Journalism.

Rolling admissions, no GREs required and financial aid available. Email here.

Interviews

Pizza, Press & Politics is our weekly speaker series at Northeastern’s School of Journalism. Watch interviews with David Filipov, Mike Workman, Jenn Smith, Martha Durkee-Neuman, Susan Labandibar, John Ward, Marc Fortier, Carol Gregory, Ling-Mei Wong and Elana Gordon.

Collaborative, Open, Mobile

Over the last three years, Storybench has interviewed 72 data journalists, web developers, interactive graphics editors, and project managers from around the world to provide an “under the hood” look at the ingredients and best practices that go into today’s most compelling digital storytelling projects.

They boil down to three key areas of emphasis: 1) highly networked, team-based collaboration; 2) an ethos of open-source sharing, both within and between newsrooms; 3) and mobile-driven story presentation. Read our paper here.

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What is Storybench?
Storybench takes an “under the hood” look at the latest in digital storytelling, from data visualization and investigative journalism to virtual reality and the digital humanities. In addition to in-depth features and interviews with industry practitioners, we offer hands-on tutorials that can be “downloaded” right into the newsroom or classroom.

We also publish research we're running at Northeastern's School of Journalism along with collaborators in data science, communication studies, computational social sciences and information design. These projects include the Co-Laboratory for Data Impact, the Climate Journalism Lab, the 2020 Storybench Election Coverage Tracker and the Reinventing Local TV News project.

Want to contribute to Storybench? Pitch us or join us for a graduate degree in the Media Innovation program at Northeastern University’s School of Journalism.

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