This document discusses ways to tell data stories across different media. It suggests that data stories are prevalent across news sites and provides examples. It recommends making data stories audio by putting a human element to explain why people should care. Stories work well explained through audio on platforms like podcasts. The document also advises making data stories mobile and social friendly by using visuals and gifs that can be shared on platforms like Twitter.

1. @PaulBradshaw, Birmingham City University, BBC
Author: Scraping for Journalists, Finding Stories in Spreadsheets, Data
Journalism Heist, Online Journalism Handbook
Data journalism:
on the air

2. leanpub.com/u/paulbradshaw

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5. Data stories are
everywhere
.

6. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/singer-best-vocal-range-
uk-4323076

7. http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/ng-interactive/2014/
sep/11/london-fashion-week-which-colours-are-always-in-style

8. https://pudding.cool/2017/08/screen-direction/
https://github.com/juliasilge/women-in-film

9. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-79ccb1e7-d390-44c1-
8857-cfcb0ade2595

10. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53821317

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12. Making it aural
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13. https://audioboom.com/radiorhodes
http://www.radiolab.org/story/shots-fired-part-1/
https://onlinejournalismblog.com/2017/07/06/data-journalis
m-on-radio-audio-and-podcasts/
Prisons two-way

14. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04188zt
https://revealnews.org/blog/turn-your-data-into-
sound-using-our-new-miditime-library/

15. https://onlinejournalismblog.com/2020/11/24/tim-harford-on-telling-data-stories-with-audio/

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17. Making it mobile,
making it social.

18. https://onlinejournalismblog.com/2017/06/26/data-journalis
m-in-broadcast-news-video/

19. https://twitter.com/NickEvershed/status/805546689180286976
https://twitter.com/GSTTCharity/status/1062652295337439232

20. https://twitter.com/jacksongs/status/856310912575197185

21. https://schoolcuts.org.uk/schools/?chosenSchool=3306909

22. Data opens up new story
opportunities and angles — making
it easier to check facts and find
exclusives
Make it aural: human stories tell us
why we should care (data tells us
why it matters)
Data stories work well on social
and mobile: gifs and visuals
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