[ddj] Doorda
Melissa Massey
mmassey48 at gmail.com
Thu May 1 10:10:26 UTC 2014
Hi James,
This is a brilliant resource - especially for local journalists covering a
new patch.
I'm going to share this with my colleagues and will be following your
development closely.
Best wishes,
Melissa
On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 10:41 AM, James Huff | Doorda <james at doorda.com>wrote:
> Hello Everybody,
>
> I am involved in a UK start-up called Doorda (www.doorda.com), where our
> aim
> is to provide community-relevant sources of open data, collate and then
> publish on a map free-of-charge. We've just gone into Live BETA, which is
> very exciting for us.
>
> I'd be very grateful to hear feedback from everyone on this OKFN list, if
> possible.
>
> If you'd like to email me directly, please do so on james at doorda.com.
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
> James Huff
>
>
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> 1. Re: StoryBuilder, a new tool for creating NYT-like scrolling
> stories (ericnbarrett at gmail.com)
> 2. Re: StoryBuilder, a new tool for creating NYT-like scrolling
> stories (Andrew Callaghan)
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> Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 12:39:35 +0400
> From: "ericnbarrett at gmail.com" <ericnbarrett at gmail.com>
> To: "List about Data Driven Journalism and Open Data in Journalism."
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> Subject: Re: [ddj] StoryBuilder, a new tool for creating NYT-like
> scrolling stories
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> We are working on non-third-party authentication/login, as well as more
> open
> authentication options. That should be ready soon. I understand the
> frustration. Our first target audience were Georgians and they all use FB
> here.
>
>
> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Andrew Callaghan <
> Andrew.Callaghan at knightstone.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Disappointing that you can only login with Facebook Sign In
> >
> >
> >
> > Possible to setup login not connected to other sites, would be great
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* data-driven-journalism [mailto:
> > data-driven-journalism-bounces at lists.okfn.org] *On Behalf Of *
> > ericnbarrett at gmail.com
> > *Sent:* 01 May 2014 07:38
> > *To:* data-driven-journalism at lists.okfn.org
> > *Subject:* [ddj] StoryBuilder, a new tool for creating NYT-like
> > scrolling stories
> >
> >
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> >
> >
> > I know this doesn't technically fall into the real of data journalism,
> > but once you are ready to tell the story, it might come in handy.
> >
> >
> >
> > We at JumpStart Georgia wanted to do similar mixed-media scrolling
> > stories like the
> >
> NYTimes<http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/10/27/south-china-sea/
> >does
> . We are trying hard to inspire creativity and diversity in the ways
> Georgians tell stories, especially local activists, journalists, and NGOs.
> > We initially built this for us and our stories, but decided it would
> > be way cool for others to be able to create these types of mixed-media
> > stories too. Not everyone can use D3 <http://d3js.org/> and code a
> > story like this.
> >
> >
> >
> > The tool, http://storybuilder.jumpstart.ge/en/, is mainly only
> > functional (see the
> > Demo<http://storybuilder.jumpstart.ge/en/storyteller/2>),
> > but needs, of course, a lot more user interface design. However, it
> > already works and people can start using it. Some cool features:
> >
> > - you build the story in sections and can rearrange them once you have
> > created them
> > - you can choose whether each section will be text or some type of
> > media
> > - you can audio to each section
> > - currently, the media we have is screen-size photo and video, but we
> > will add a slideshow soon and then others (maybe interactive
> choropleth
> > map, simple charts, ...)
> > - the media can have captions and sub-captions
> > - you can host your scrolling story on the site itself;
> > - you can export, as a zipped file, all the files once you build it,
> > and host them on any server you want;
> > - you can download the entire app for use in your organization (the
> > github link is in the top-right corner - it is a Ruby-on-Rails app)
> > - we have started adding templates to it;
> >
> >
> >
> > Obviously, we still have a lot to do (well, sky's the limit) , but
> > slowly we will build this up and add new features. Let us know what
> > you think and if you have any ideas that might make it useful for you,
> > we'd love to hear them.
> >
> >
> >
> > http://storybuilder.jumpstart.ge/en/
> >
> >
> >
> > Eric
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> From: Andrew Callaghan <Andrew.Callaghan at knightstone.co.uk>
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> Subject: Re: [ddj] StoryBuilder, a new tool for creating NYT-like
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> Brilliant Stuff
>
> Actual concept of tool and finished article look fantastic
>
> From: data-driven-journalism
> [mailto:data-driven-journalism-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of
> ericnbarrett at gmail.com
> Sent: 01 May 2014 09:51
> To: List about Data Driven Journalism and Open Data in Journalism.
> Subject: Re: [ddj] StoryBuilder, a new tool for creating NYT-like scrolling
> stories
>
> We are working on non-third-party authentication/login, as well as more
> open
> authentication options. That should be ready soon. I understand the
> frustration. Our first target audience were Georgians and they all use FB
> here.
>
> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Andrew Callaghan
> <Andrew.Callaghan at knightstone.co.uk<mailto:
> Andrew.Callaghan at knightstone.co.u
> k>> wrote:
> Disappointing that you can only login with Facebook Sign In
>
> Possible to setup login not connected to other sites, would be great
>
> From: data-driven-journalism
> [mailto:data-driven-journalism-bounces at lists.okfn.org<mailto:
> data-driven-jou
> rnalism-bounces at lists.okfn.org>] On Behalf Of
> ericnbarrett at gmail.com<mailto:ericnbarrett at gmail.com>
> Sent: 01 May 2014 07:38
> To:
> data-driven-journalism at lists.okfn.org<mailto:
> data-driven-journalism at lists.ok
> fn.org>
> Subject: [ddj] StoryBuilder, a new tool for creating NYT-like scrolling
> stories
>
> Dear all,
>
> I know this doesn't technically fall into the real of data journalism, but
> once you are ready to tell the story, it might come in handy.
>
> We at JumpStart Georgia wanted to do similar mixed-media scrolling stories
> like the
> NYTimes<http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/10/27/south-china-sea/>
> does. We are trying hard to inspire creativity and diversity in the ways
> Georgians tell stories, especially local activists, journalists, and NGOs.
> We initially built this for us and our stories, but decided it would be way
> cool for others to be able to create these types of mixed-media stories
> too.
> Not everyone can use D3<http://d3js.org/> and code a story like this.
>
> The tool, http://storybuilder.jumpstart.ge/en/, is mainly only functional
> (see the Demo<http://storybuilder.jumpstart.ge/en/storyteller/2>), but
> needs, of course, a lot more user interface design. However, it already
> works and people can start using it. Some cool features:
>
> * you build the story in sections and can rearrange them once you have
> created them
> * you can choose whether each section will be text or some type of
> media
> * you can audio to each section
> * currently, the media we have is screen-size photo and video, but we
> will add a slideshow soon and then others (maybe interactive choropleth
> map,
> simple charts, ...)
> * the media can have captions and sub-captions
> * you can host your scrolling story on the site itself;
> * you can export, as a zipped file, all the files once you build it,
> and
> host them on any server you want;
> * you can download the entire app for use in your organization (the
> github link is in the top-right corner - it is a Ruby-on-Rails app)
> * we have started adding templates to it;
>
> Obviously, we still have a lot to do (well, sky's the limit) , but slowly
> we
> will build this up and add new features. Let us know what you think and if
> you have any ideas that might make it useful for you, we'd love to hear
> them.
>
> http://storybuilder.jumpstart.ge/en/
>
> Eric
>
>
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