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Where's the story?
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.
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Where's the story?
- 1. From data-driven journalismto people-centred reporting @LeilaHaddou @PaulBradshaw, The Times, Birmingham City University, BBC Where’s the story?
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- 4. “More people trusta 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 theterritory
- 6. The 3 elementsof 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
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- 8. A system asa storyhttp://features.insidehousing.co.uk/
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- 10. Pick a subject,and map... ● What characters (or types) are there? ● What settings? ● What movement? (conflict, needs, wants, physical, emotional)
- 11. Slow movement (notnews) ● 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 hardto 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 usingKumu.io Live version
- 15. Chapter 2: Meet thepeople
- 21. Fewer numbers, moremeaningful ● 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
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- 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)
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- 27. Chapter 3: Piecing togetherthe puzzle
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- 29. * Man (2011). Moreon Martini structure. Example.
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- 36. ● Overcoming theMonster ● Rags to Riches ● The Quest ● Voyage and Return ● Comedy ● Tragedy ● Rebirth 7 basic plots?
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- 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 youcan 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
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