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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
The old wayData field
Data field
Structured journalismData field Data fieldData field
Data field
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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
