Data-Driven Storytelling

This book presents an accessible introduction to data-driven storytelling. Resulting from unique discussions between data visualization researchers and data journalists, it offers an integrated definition of the topic, presents vivid examples and patterns for data storytelling, and calls out key challenges and new opportunities for researchers and practitioners.

Chapter 1. Introduction Nathalie Henry Riche, Christophe Hurter, Nicholas Diakopoulos, Sheelagh Carpendale Chapter 2. From Cognitive to Design Principles Barbara Tversky Chapter 3. Exploration and Explanation in Data-Driven Storytelling Alice Thudt, Theresia Gschwandtner, Jagoda Walny, Jason Dykes, and John Stasko Chapter 4. Data-Driven Storytelling Techniques: Analysis of a Curated Collection of Visual Stories Charles D. Stolper, Bongshin Lee, Nathalie Henry Riche, and John Stasko Chapter 5. Narrative Design Patterns for Data-Driven Storytelling Benjamin Bach, Moritz Stefaner, Jeremy Boy, Steven Drucker, Lyn Bartram, Jo Wood, Paolo Ciuccarelli, Yuri Engelhardt, Ulrike Koeppen, Barbara Tversky Chapter 6. Watches to Augmented Reality Devices and Gadgets for Data-Driven Storytelling Bongshin Lee, Tim Dwyer, Dominikus Baur, Xaquín Gonzalez Veira Chapter 7. From Analysis to Communication Supporting the Lifecycle of a Story Fanny Chevalier, Melanie Tory, Bongshin Lee, Jarke van Wijk, Giuseppe Santucci, Marian Dörk, Jessica Hullman Chapter 8. Organizing the Work of Data-Driven Visual Storytelling Christina Elmer, Jonathan Schwabish, Benjamin Wiederkehr Chapter 9. Communicating Data to an Audience Steven Drucker, Samuel Huron, Robert Kosara, Jonathan Schwabish, Nicholas Diakopoulos Chapter 10. Ethics in Data-Driven Visual Storytelling Nicholas Diakopoulos Chapter 11. Evaluating Data-Driven Stories & Storytelling Tools Fereshteh Amini, Matthew Brehmer, Gordon Bolduan, Christina Elmer, Benjamin Wiederkehr

Dr. Nathalie Henry Riche is a researcher at Microsoft Research since December 2008. She holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Paris XI and INRIA, France, as well as from the University of Sydney, Australia. Her research focuses on human-computer interaction and information visualization. Dr. Christophe Hurter is a professor at the Interactive Data Visualization group ( part of the DEVI team) of the French Civil Aviation University (ENAC) in Toulouse, France. Dr. Nicholas Diakopoulos is an Assistant Professor at the Northwestern University School of Communication where he directs the Computational Journalism Lab Dr. Sheelagh Carpendale is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Calgary where she holds a Canada Research Chair in Information Visualization, the NSERC/AITF/SMART Technologies Industrial Research Chair in Interactive Technologies and leads the Innovations in Visualization (InnoVis) research group.