{"id":2961314,"date":"2026-03-25T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2961314"},"modified":"2026-03-25T15:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T22:00:19","slug":"whats-new-in-arcgis-storymaps-march-2026","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/constituent-engagement\/whats-new-in-arcgis-storymaps-march-2026","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s new in ArcGIS StoryMaps (March 2026)"},"author":345372,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37131],"tags":[780885,25231,777312,756712,781037],"industry":[],"product":[36611,380802],"class_list":["post-2961314","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-constituent-engagement","tag-frames","tag-map-tour","tag-whats-new-in-arcgis-online","tag-whats-new-in-storymaps","tag-whats-new-march-2026","product-story-maps","product-arcgis-storymaps"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":345372,"user_firstname":"Andria","user_lastname":"Olson","nickname":"Andria Olson","user_nicename":"aolson","display_name":"Andria Olson","user_email":"aolson@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2023-09-05 16:47:59","user_description":"Andria Olson is a senior content specialist on Esri's ArcGIS Storytelling team.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/10\/AndriaOlson_profile-213x200.png' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"}],"show_article_image":false,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/release-apr-2026-thumb.png","wide_image":false,"short_description":"ArcGIS StoryMaps introduces enhancements to short-form storytelling in Frames, map tours, and the documentation page.  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