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Bill Adair Duke University/PolitiFact

IJF15 Perugia, Italy

Structure is the Future of Journalism

Panel • Laura Amico, Boston Globe• Chris Amico, Frontline• Alexios Mantzarlis, Pagella Politica,

FactCheckEU

Structured journalism reimagines the news story

and breaks it into component parts, giving

more flexibility to journalist and reader.

Structured journalism reimagines the news story

and breaks it into component parts, giving

more flexibility to journalist and reader.

Structured journalism • Each story/entry has many fields• Allows the narrative or characters

to be organized and described many ways

• Allows sorting, tallying of stories• Puts the reader in charge

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The data fields allow you to present your journalism in new ways

Using structured journalism to track

a politician’s promises

Rule 46 • Idea of Duke student Ryan Hoerger• Demonstration project by Duke

Reporters’ Lab• Structured news site on athletes

charged with crimes• Goal: allow readers to see crime

news in different ways

Structured Stories NYC • Idea of David Caswell of Structured

Stories• Duke students will cover New York

City government and politics• Structured news on City Hall,

politicians, controversies• Goal: allow readers to see local

news in different ways

http://www.structuredstories.com