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Tag: SXSW

SXSW: How the Texas Tribune is proving that free can be a business model

The Cannabusiness track of South by Southwest 2019 drew huge crowds during the second half of the festival, but no one was going to mistake Evan Smith for a weed […]

March 21, 2019March 21, 2019 Josh Sullivan SXSW

SXSW: Podcasting world leaves lasting impact on festival

South by Southwest began as a bunch of garage bands performing in one place in 1987. New York Times bestselling author and now podcaster Neil Strauss thinks that translates pretty […]

March 18, 2019March 18, 2019 Josh Sullivan SXSW

SXSW: Making multilayered true crime – Michelle Carter v. The Commonwealth

With so many true-crime documentaries out there, how does a filmmaker make one stand out from the pack? The answer, according to Erin Lee Carr, is making sure that the […]

March 15, 2019March 15, 2019 Josh Sullivan SXSW

SXSW: Is the future of our cities a branded utopia or commercial dystopia?

By 2050, it is expected that two-thirds of the global population will live in cities. By then, the “smart city” market is meant to triple, meaning that more and more […]

March 17, 2018March 17, 2018 Adela Locsin Insights, SXSW

SXSW: Key takeaways on data journalism from the “news nerds” panel

Nearly every news story you read today involves numbers. Many news outlets, like The Washington Post and The New York Times, have found effective ways of presenting stories with data-heavy […]

March 17, 2018March 17, 2018 Bridget Ann Peery Insights, SXSW

SXSW: ‘Excel is okay’ and other tweet-size insights for data journalists and news nerds

Storybench has boots on the ground covering SXSW from multiple angles, including immersive storytelling, UX design and more. For those that didn’t make it to Austin this year, the next […]

March 17, 2018March 23, 2018 Felippe Rodrigues Roundups, SXSW

SXSW: Virtual reality pioneer Nonny de la Peña on immersive storytelling

Often referred to as the ‘Godmother of Virtual Reality,’ investigative journalist Nonny de la Peña has paved the way for a new era of immersive storytelling though virtual reality. In […]

March 15, 2018 Sarah McDonagh Insights, SXSW

SXSW: TV writers on the ingredients of successful storytelling

It’s the best job in the world, the panelists agreed. Though distinct in their assorted identities and backgrounds, the three speakers at “Inside the Modern Day Writer’s Room,” held Tuesday […]

March 15, 2018March 15, 2018 Isaac Feldberg Insights, SXSW

SXSW: For women in journalism the future is not bleak. But there’s a lot to work on.

At a SXSW session on journalism last Saturday, panelists Sophia Jones, Jasmine Garsd Garcia, Tara Todras-Whitehill and Daniella Zalcman wanted the room to know, first and foremost, that their outlook […]

March 12, 2018March 25, 2018 Bridget Ann Peery Insights, SXSW

SXSW: Bernie Sanders thinks the average American is “disgusted with the current political process”

In a sit-down interview with CNN reporter Jake Tapper, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont spoke about economic and social issues at the forefront of national politics including immigration reform, gun […]

March 11, 2018March 12, 2018 Bridget Ann Peery Insights, SXSW

SXSW: Screams and cheers as horror-thriller “A Quiet Place” opens SXSW film festival

On Friday night, actor John Krasinski kicked off the SXSW Film Festival with an enthusiastic, at-capacity screening of his post-apocalyptic horror-thriller “A Quiet Place.” The Newton, Mass. native stars opposite Emily […]

March 10, 2018March 15, 2018 Isaac Feldberg SXSW

SXSW: Automation, engendering trust and the future of news

Storybench flew all the way to Austin, Texas to attend South by Southwest, the world-renowned tech-and-innovation conference. Reporters Rachel Grozanick and Felippe Rodrigues, both students in Northeastern’s Media Innovation program, spent a week on […]

March 22, 2017March 12, 2018 Felippe Rodrigues and Rachel Grozanick Insights, SXSW

SXSW: From prototyping to editing, VR tips from the filmmakers

Storybench flew all the way to Austin, Texas to attend South by Southwest, the world-renowned tech and innovation conference. Virtual reality, needless to say, was the hot topic this year. And at most every […]

March 22, 2017March 12, 2018 Felippe Rodrigues and Rachel Grozanick Insights, SXSW

Meet the Swedish newspaper editor who put an algorithm in charge of his homepage

About four years ago, Svenska Dagbladet, one of Sweden’s top newspapers, was in free fall. The paper was experiencing depressed circulation, no digital revenue, and dwindling readership. When Fredric Karén took the job as […]

March 21, 2017March 12, 2018 Felippe Rodrigues Interviews, SXSW

SXSW: Trump vs. the NYT, algorithmic news and other cool things we heard over kickoff weekend

Storybench flew all the way to Austin, Texas to attend South by Southwest, the world-renowned tech-and-innovation conference. Reporters Rachel Grozanick and Felippe Rodrigues, both students in Northeastern’s Media Innovation program, are on […]

March 14, 2017March 12, 2018 Felippe Rodrigues and Rachel Grozanick Insights, SXSW

SXSW: The future of news video is understanding audiences

Video is increasingly a priority across newsrooms worldwide. On March 12th, at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas, Deborah Acosta, an interactive filmmaker at The New York Times, Adam Banicki, a senior producer at VICE […]

March 14, 2017March 12, 2018 Felippe Rodrigues Insights, SXSW
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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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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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