Journalism: Digital Tools & Tutorials

Explores the latest in digital storytelling from the Northeastern University's School of Journalism. Covers a range of topics including data visualization, investigative journalism, virtual reality, the digital humanities, and more. Offers in-depth interviews with industry practitioners and tutorials for learning technical skills.

Reference resource for coding support along with tutorials and exercises on HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and more.

Collection of tools and tutorials from the Google News Initiative to support journalists with data-driven storytelling.

Provides a quick assessment of the data in your spreadsheet and helps identify research questions and narratives than can be drawn from a particular dataset.

A free tool that helps automate the process of "cleaning messy data" by transforming it from one format into another and extending it with web services and external data.

A free tool for creating public stories online that highlight the locations in a series of events from the Knight Lab at Northwestern University.

Produces a wide spectrum of data visualizations from maps to charts for public sharing. (Academic accounts for Tableau Desktop can be obtained through an application process).

A free tool for creating public interactive timelines with graphics from the Knight Lab at Northwestern University.

See additional options listed on the Digital Humanities guide.