The Future's Here:

Telling great

web stories



adam playford

Newsday

@adamplayford




Hello.




my name is adam.




i work for Newsday.


(That's on Long Island)




once I was a nerdy kid,

like you



now I'm a reporter


(Who writes computer programs)


(and works with data)


(so basically still a nerd)




telling stories

with technology




commas and css




why you should care




let's talk about

what that means




MAKING stories OUT OF

structured data




ST. PETE TIMES

Politifact



ProPublica

Officials say the darndest things





A story has order

(a beginning, middle and end)





TEXAS TRIBUNE

THE COST OF WATER IN TEXAS





npr

drought




nytimes

facebook is worth more than...




ny times

jobs report




We're writing news,

so context is important







PROPUBLICA

DIALYSIS FACILITY TRACKER




NY TIMES

The jobless rate for people like you




propublica

the opportunity gap




simple CAN BE POWERFUL




CHICAGO tribune

Playing with Fire: A key witness



Chicago tribune

stock report



palm beach post

census 2010




maps are cool

(if they show something)




guardian

riots vs poverty




chicago tribune

ward redistricting




npr

wildfires




fun is important

(making tasty VEGETABLES)




NY TIMES

ADDICTIVE GAMES




npr

8-bit elections




ny times

heat vs thunder




ny times

snowfall



fine, I'm sold

but how?




google fusion tables

(for simple online mapping)



building blocks of the web:

html, javascript, css


frameworks

(like factories for web pages)



django [python]



ruby on rails [ruby]



lots of good tutorials


andymboyle's fire tracker

bastard's book of ruby



google/books




School



nicar-l/python journos



cutting edge

is here


all done!


questions?




@adamplayford
adam.playford@newsday.com

Telling great web stories

By Adam Playford

Telling great web stories

Columbia Scholastic Press Association Conference 2013

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