[ddj] StoryBuilder, a new tool for creating NYT-like scrolling stories

Thu May 1 20:31:26 UTC 2014

Very cool service! I would really appreciate a quick tutorial. What type of
files do use when importing files into the storybuilder?

On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Marcelo Träsel <marcelo.trasel at gmail.com>wrote:

> I haven't tested it yet, but it's a welcome substitute for Scroll Kit.
>
> My students will probably use it soon, so I'll be able to give a better
> feedback.
>
> Thanks!
>
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> O que é difícil? Conhecer a si mesmo.
> O que é fácil? Aconselhar os outros.
>
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> 2014-05-01 1:48 GMT-03:00 ericnbarrett at gmail.com <ericnbarrett at gmail.com>:
>
>> 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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