This document provides guidance on people-centered reporting and data-driven journalism. It discusses including migrant voices to add credibility and depth to immigration stories. It also outlines how to map characters, settings, and movement to identify story angles. The document encourages finding meaningful numbers and sources through tools like LinkedIn and Facebook searches. It provides examples of basic plot structures like quests, tragedies, and voyages that can be used. Finally, it emphasizes showing rather than telling stories and being a conscious storyteller.

1. From data-driven journalism to people-centred reporting
@LeilaHaddou @PaulBradshaw,
The Times, Birmingham City University, BBC
Where’s the
story?

2. Prologue:
What’s the problem?

3. **
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe

4. “More people trust a long-term migrant to
talk about immigration than they do any of
the leading politicians …
When migrant voices were included in
stories it added greater credibility and
more depth to the articles.”British Future study

5. Chapter 1:
Mapping the territory

6. The 3 elements of narrative
Characters: do we want to know more?
Setting: where does the action take place? (Umwelt)
Movement: provided by characters and settings: e.g.
chemistry/conflict; switching scenes, perspectives

7. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/14/the-lawyer-who-takes-the-cases-no-one-wants

8. A system as a storyhttp://features.insidehousing.co.uk/

9. Now, your turn.

10. Pick a subject, and map...
● What characters (or types) are there?
● What settings?
● What movement? (conflict, needs, wants, physical,
emotional)

11. Slow movement (not news)
● Company -> maximise profit, protect brand
● Regulator -> prevent breaches? Compile data?
● Politician -> stimulate investment, create jobs, ££
● Politician -> reduce healthcare costs, save ££
● Politician -> raise ££, win votes, ?
● Campaigner -> raise ££, effect change?

12. Follow the...
● Money: who pays, who chases?
● Power: who reports, who exercises it?
● Incentives: why do people do things?
● Passion: who cares?
● (Cover public & private sector, experts, charities,
activists, customers)

13. "It's very hard to give a clear definition of
what works and what doesn't. But a good
starting point would be to look for a
"character or situation that is in
flux".
http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/how-the-bbc-approaches-longform-immersive-storytelling/s2/a557573/

14. Network mapping using Kumu.io
Live version

15. Chapter 2:
Meet the people

21. Fewer numbers, more meaningful
● Figures in headlines turn readers off
● (But work well on social media)
● Numbers should earn their place like any word
● Round where possible: 1 in 4, three-quarters
● People, things, not percentages: 2 in 5 players

22. Source

23. Tools - OSINT
● LinkedIn advanced search
● Facebook graph searches
● Twitter, Instagram search by location/date
● Via Google using site:, filetype:, etc.
● Dataminr and Crowdtangle (organisation account)

25. https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/10775584/officers

26. https://onlinejournalismblog.com/2017/05/02/how-to-find-local-sources-for-an-election-in-another-country-using-faceboo

27. Chapter 3:
Piecing together the puzzle

28. *
Martin Cortazzi 1993

29. *
Man (2011). More on Martini structure. Example.

30. *
SFGate
Anecdote
Nut graf
(transition)

32. **

33. Boston.com

34. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/13/how-boots-went-rogue

35. Show, don’t tell

36. ● Overcoming the Monster
● Rags to Riches
● The Quest
● Voyage and Return
● Comedy
● Tragedy
● Rebirth
7 basic plots?

37. Voyage and return
http://www.iq4news.com/playing-with-their-dreams/

38. Tragedy
https://www.bbc.com/news/resources/idt-a0c4856e-1019-4937-96fd-8714d70a48f7

39. Quest
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/from-muhammad-to-isis-iraq-s-full-story-712604574

40. The resolution...

41. ● Map character, setting and movement and use those
to spot angles you hadn’t considered
● Use empathy to find sources and improve responses
● Be a conscious and critical storyteller, not an
unwitting one
Key points

42. Other stuff you can read...
● Mark Blaine: The Digital Reporter’s Notebook
● Mark Lee Hunter et al: Story Based Inquiry
● Podcast: Framing The Story
● James B. Stewart: Follow The Story
● Kenneth Kobre: Video Journalism

43. Questions?
@LeilaHaddou
@PaulBradshaw