How They Did It: Part II
Storytelling Tools Newsrooms Actually Use.
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The Rise of Islamic State. Interactive Video by BBC News
Tool: Kettlecorn
KettleCorn is a customized version of Mozilla Popcorn Maker, tailored to the needs of journalists. Quickly synchronize text, photos, maps and wikipedia articles with audio or video. http://kettlecorn-edit.innovation-series.com/
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Irak, reportage en guerre sainte. Scrolling Story by La Voix Du Nord
Tool: Racontr
Racontr is the combination between an interactive storytelling software and a publishing platform. https://beta.racontr.com
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Medals: An interactive production about the Sochi Olympic and Paralympic games [Russian] by RIA Novosti.
Tool: Klynt
A powerfull interactive storytelling tool allowing video, audio, maps,diagrams, mindmaps, dataviz, timelines… http://www.klynt.net/v3/
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The History of the Dow 30. An interactive data visualization with story points by CNBC.
Tool: Tableau Story Points
Story Points is a new way to build a narrative from data with visualization tool Tableau. http://www.tableausoftware.com/
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Two Explosions Strike Boston Marathon. A Storify by Mashable.
Tool: Storify
Storify is a drag-and-drop story editor connecting social media and other web content. https://storify.com/
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Jong Verzet. A Picture Story by VRT News
Tool: Exposure
Platform to create impactful photo narratives. https://exposure.co/
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1964 World’s Fair: When the world came to Queens. A Scrolling Story by The New York Daily News.
Tool: Creatavist
Creatavist empowers you to tell beautiful stories composed of text, images, video, maps and more. You are not limited to a given format or platform. https://www.creatavist.com/
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Voices from the mall. A Scrolling Interactive by BBC News.
Tool: Shorthand
An intuitive tool to create beautifull and engaging stories combining video, text, audio,… http://shorthand.com/
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One Year Later. An interactive story by The Norman Transcript.
Tool: Aesop Story Engine
A collection of components to tell rich, interactive stories in any WordPress theme. http://aesopstoryengine.com/
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Fighting ISIS. On the march with the Peshmerga. A Scrolling Story by BILD.
Tool: Storehouse
A mobile app that blends beautiful typography, full-bleed photos, video clips, and music into compelling narratives. https://www.storehouse.co/
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MH17. 4 Days in Donetsk. A Mobile Picture Story by cameraman Wojciech Treszczynski
Tool: Steller
A free mobile storytelling app, lets users create photo and video stories in a flipbook format. https://steller.co/
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Die Maus im All. A Scrolling Story by WDR.
Tool: Pageflow
A custom designed tool (open source) for German Public Broadcaster WDR allowing multimedia storytelling with video, text, audio, webcontent. http://pageflow.io/
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Revealed: Scientology in South Africa. A Scrolling Story by Mail & Guardian.
Tool: Storybuilder
StoryBuilder allows to combine media content into a creative story. You can download the story and host it where you want. http://storybuilder.jumpstart.ge
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Reuters Pictures Of The Year. A Micro Site by Photographica
Tool: ReadyMag
Create micro sites, magazines, photo stories, portfolios and presentations using only one tool. https://readymag.com/
This is a growing list of storytelling tools and platforms as they are actually used by different newsrooms and journalists. Know any other great examples? Leave a comment or send us a mail: journalismtools.mailbox@gmail.com
Don’t forget to check: ‘How They Did It’ Part I
