Types of Data Stories

Huge Data Dump

• Uber
• Election Results
• Census

Answer a question with data

Support/Oppose a hypothesis

Identify a Phenomenon

Debunk or Justify Conventional Wisdom

Data-Driven Profile

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/lionel-messi-is-impossible/

Lack of Data

Data driven investigative work

Dig for Data

Provide relevant context

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/gun-deaths/

Build our own dataset

• With Code / Scrapers
• By Hand
• By Survey Tool

Explain Calculations

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/science-isnt-broken/

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/not-even-scientists-can-easily-explain-p-values/

Use Innovative Methodology

Use data to inform traditional reporting

The Rare Datapoint