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Storytelling Studio and video tools

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    • How to access and use our dynamic, custom and high-impact storytelling tools, including the “In-Depth Framework.”

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    PowerPoint 02: How to Use Shapes and Transitions to See the Story

    See the Story: Microsoft trainer Bill Monroe teaches you how to use shapes, transitions, morph and more in this walkthrough of PowerPoint. Excellent details for improving your decks.

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    • Curate newsletters that win with readers

    Newsletters are a powerful tool to move readers down the subscriber funnel. Here’s how to master them.

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    • Unlock the value in evergreen stories

    Re-sharing allows us to grow subscribers through bringing forward interesting stories that retain enduring value.

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    • The art of “goosing” to extend the value of our best content

    We can improve premium stories that underperformed to help “goose” the story to get it out of the underperforming category and to assess what we could have done better.

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    • Basic databases in Google Flourish and other tools

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    • Do you have a dataset you want to feature in your article as a table or a searchable database? There are a few easy tools to help you show your work: Google Flourish, Airtable and Tableizer. 

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    Links to tools: 

    Google Flourish (set up a free account prior): https://flourish.studio/

    Airtable: https://airtable.com/

    Tableizer: https://tableizer.journalistopia.com/

    Data to Build the Tables and Databases

    COVID-19 Cases/Deaths by County: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/114DjZZqJFxoOV_4lxgyzDH9X-kveXDOH/edit?usp=drive_web&ouid=101717595278789621083&rtpof=true

    Football Coach Salaries: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10UnuNnB0McI_g2Qhxl91GRp_ZQ3i-0AU

    Link to PowerPoint:  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kP6atqFTMi9kwq-PuWBnNky_pXMAaTN5/edit?usp=drive_web&ouid=101717595278789621083&rtpof=true

    More training on Investigative:

    Google Earth Studio

    Learn how to use Google Earth Studio, Google Earth Pro, Google Earth Timelapse and Earth Measure Tool with training by author and data journalism expert Mike Reilley.

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    • To the Point 101 — Why we’re doing it and what successful TTP looks like

    We know our younger digital readers are seeking scannable, easy-to-digest content. Here’s what it is (and isn’t), how our efforts so far are helping us reach readers with premium and metered content and some successful examples on how newsrooms are putting it to use and making it a priority.

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    • Google tools for journalists

    Google Fact-Check Explorer, Google Public Data Explorer, Google Trends, Google search shortcuts/advanced search), MapChecking for crowd size estimates, PhantomBuster, VisualPing for tracking website updates and other cool tools and hacks.

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    • Microsoft Excel 05 – What if

    The more data you have, the more questions you will have about it, and the more answers it can provide. Excel has a variety of conditional formulas that let you evaluate subsets of your data to find the stories to tell: If…Then formulas; Conditional Functions; XLOOKUP; Array Functions.

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