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• Turning data into TV and online gold

  Discover ways to use data effectively in storytelling -- on the air and online. Digital tools such as data visualizations can boost viewership and audience engagement online. Plus, as people explore your data and key findings, they may find new leads for you to explore.

  Tags: data visualization; data journalism; broadcast; TV news; digital tools; audience engagement; storytelling

  By Patti DiVincenzo

  2019

• You just released a major investigation – Yay, it’s done! Oh sh*t. Now what?

  Four experts give you strategies for identifying follow-ups and using social media to keep your story alive and create the biggest impact.

  Tags: story impact; story planning; audience engagement; social media; investigative echo; investigative reporting

  By Emily Le Coz, Noah Pransky, Anne Galloway and Andrew Finlayson

  2019

• You just released a major investigation – Yay, it’s done! Oh sh*t. Now what?

  Andrew Finlayson of SmithGeiger explains how to implement the "investigative echo," a strategy for investigative story planning that maximizes impact and audience engagement.

  Tags: story impact; story planning; follow ups; audience engagement; social media; investigative echo; drum-beat reporting

  By Andrew Finlayson

  2019

• Making data investigations shine on multiple platforms

  Investigators often have a ton of numbers and details that can be tough to make simple enough to understand and visually stunning enough to grab an audience's attention. Using examples, this tipsheet explains the decisions to use certain formats, creative ideas and different platforms/tools to highlight all that digging and elevate its importance in a story.

  Tags: investigative reporting; multimedia; multi-platform; broadcast; digital tools; web tools; audience engagement; podcast; audio stories;

  By Josh Hinkle, Gabriel Dance and Darla Cameron

  2019

• Tap your audience as an investigative partner

  This presentation explains the perils and payoffs of asking your readers and viewers for help. Which strategies work? How do you publicly ask for help without giving away your story to the competition? Are “help us investigate” the most powerful words for watchdog journalists?

  Tags: crowdsourcing; crowd-powered investigations; watchdog reporting; audience engagement

  By Julie Brown, David Fahrenthold, Amy Pyle and Eric Umansky

  2019

• Reinventing Local TV News

  A presentation on how to use new storytelling methods to invigorate conventional broadcast news programs.

  Tags: broadcast; storytelling; newsroom management; TV news; audience engagement; local reporting

  By Mike Beaudet

  2019

• Turning data into TV and online gold

  Discover ways to use data effectively in storytelling -- on the air and online. Digital tools such as data visualizations can boost viewership and audience engagement online. Plus, as people explore your data and key findings, they may find new leads for you to explore.

  Tags: data; online; TV; data visualization; audience engagement; viewership

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  2019