Innovation in Focus
Innovation in Focus is a series exploring new tech, tools and methods of storytelling for journalism. We interview experts, test ideas and provide our findings with templates, guidance and how-tos so you can implement the same innovations in your newsroom.
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Whether you’re a one-man band or a large metro, this series will help you take the next step in innovative journalism.
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Interactive elections coverage: Tips and tricks
Interactivity and efficiency can change how readers interact with politics.
Choosing what goes in your mobile audio kit
What we tested and picked for Learfield Missourinet.
Reframing politics coverage to promote healthier democracy
Tony Marcano explains how LAist and KPCC are reframing coverage to better serve their community.
Methods for innovative elections coverage
Interactivity, conscientiousness can change elections guides.
Utilizing no-code tools for snappy data visualizations
How Infogram, Chartblocks and ChartExpo stack up.
Building minigames for digital engagement
Wordles, Heardles and Absurdles.
How to produce and measure impact on your journalism
It is about tracking a wide variety of aspects from story pitch to execution to promotion, to make sure your stories can affect the communities they’re created in service to.
Capture cards for news: “It’s a tool not a replacement”
Stan Heist of Sinclair Broadcast shares his thoughts on using capture cards for journalism.
Capture cards: A useful tool for video journalists
Improve image quality for live video journalism in the field or in remote locations.
The people behind the data points
Weihua Li of the Marshall Project balances the severity and humanity of incarceration through data.