How To Build Your Own Interactive Data Story — And Master Scrollytelling Without Coding

This archived workshop from ONA22 provides a hands-on tutorial for creating an interactive data story with Flourish, a no-code tool used by journalists around the world, from the BBC to the FT.

Guided step-by-step by data-storytelling experts, users will start with a raw dataset, discuss the most suitable visualization techniques and then use Flourish templates to quickly create embeddable interactive visualizations. Next, learn how to add animation to produce a beautiful and impressive “scrollytelling” news story for your own website — all without writing any code.

The new visualizations will then be imported into Canva, allowing users to  incorporate them into images, videos, social posts and more.

To get the most out of this session, you will need:

• A desktop or laptop computer (not a mobile device or tablet)
• This cribsheet from Flourish, with the dataset used and links to additional resources
• A free Flourish account
• A Canva account — try Canva Pro for free for six months with code ONA22xCANVA

This session was designed for:

• Journalists exploring new formats for their stories and interested or experienced in data journalism
• Editors looking to diversify their newsroom and storytelling tools
• Technologists interested in learning more about easy-to-use and off-the-shelf tools

Speakers

Duncan Clark

Co-Founder of Flourish & Head of Visualization at Canva, Flourish

Luisa Bider

Head of Content at Flourish, Flourish