{"id":667472,"date":"2019-12-03T06:19:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T14:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=667472"},"modified":"2020-02-19T08:45:52","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T16:45:52","slug":"usingstorymapsfornews","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/constituent-engagement\/usingstorymapsfornews","title":{"rendered":"Using Esri’s storytelling tools to deliver location-based news"},"author":9232,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37131,37511],"tags":[398132,30111,491512,43351,427572],"industry":[],"product":[36611,380802],"class_list":["post-667472","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-constituent-engagement","category-sharing-collaboration","tag-arcgis-storymaps","tag-data-visualization","tag-featured-storyteller","tag-journalism","tag-story-maps","product-story-maps","product-arcgis-storymaps"],"acf":{"short_description":"See how a journalist and GIS specialist teamed up to deliver location-based news using Esri\u2019s digital storytelling platforms.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

In 2014, GIS Specialist Eudel Cepero pitched an idea to journalist Pablo D\u00edaz Esp\u00ed:\u00a0 Let\u2019s bring GIS and news together for geolocated journalism, with stories built using Esri\u2019s digital storytelling tools.\u00a0 And that\u2019s where their story map journey began.<\/p>\n

Eudel wears many hats as GIS Senior Analyst for Miami-Dade County, GIS Professor at The University of Miami, and GIS Entrepreneur at Geoidea Inc<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pablo is a journalist and the director of Diario de Cuba<\/a>, an independent digital Spanish newspaper.\u00a0 Pablo and a group of Cuban journalists founded the newspaper in 2009 as an independent space dedicated to sensitive and current Cuban issues.<\/p>\n

Learn a little more about their dynamic storytelling efforts through the conversation with our team.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":667722,"id":667722,"title":"featuredstorytellerjournalist","filename":"featuredstorytellerjournalist.jpg","filesize":127302,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/featuredstorytellerjournalist.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/constituent-engagement\/usingstorymapsfornews\/featuredstorytellerjournalist","alt":"","author":"9232","description":"","caption":"From left: Eudel Cepero and Pablo D\u00edaz Esp\u00ed","name":"featuredstorytellerjournalist","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":667472,"date":"2019-11-26 19:45:01","modified":"2019-11-26 19:46:16","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1000,"height":502,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/featuredstorytellerjournalist-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/featuredstorytellerjournalist.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":233,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/featuredstorytellerjournalist.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":386,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/featuredstorytellerjournalist.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":502,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/featuredstorytellerjournalist.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":502,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/featuredstorytellerjournalist.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":502,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/featuredstorytellerjournalist-826x415.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":415,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/featuredstorytellerjournalist.jpg","wide_image-width":1000,"wide_image-height":502}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":542952,"id":542952,"title":"featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider","filename":"featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","filesize":5999,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/sharing-collaboration\/storyteller-interview-amanda-innovates-and-inspires\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider","alt":"Brown gradient divider line","author":"9232","description":"","caption":"","name":"featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":542742,"date":"2019-06-26 15:19:26","modified":"2019-06-26 15:19:45","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2400,"height":16,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider-213x16.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":16,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":3,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":5,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":13,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":10,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":14,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider-826x6.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":6,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider-1920x13.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":13}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Can you please share your thoughts about the role of location in news journalism?<\/h3>\n

Pablo: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Location\u2014where<\/em>\u2014has always been one of the most essential questions of journalism. For a story to become news, it is critical to know where it happened.<\/p>\n

In printed journalism, this question must be answered in the first paragraph of any news. \u00a0However, digital journalism\u2014with so many geo-location options\u2014can and should take location once step further. Stories can easily show the exact location of the event that is being reported. Not only that, digital journalism can offer a visual representation of the featured location within the story or through a simple click.<\/p>\n

Eudel: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Also in the Web 2.0 era, people generate a huge amount of content by posting pictures, videos, comments, and locations on social media.\u00a0 Twitter and Instagram have become online news pipelines, with location as a priority.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":542952,"id":542952,"title":"featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider","filename":"featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","filesize":5999,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/sharing-collaboration\/storyteller-interview-amanda-innovates-and-inspires\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider","alt":"Brown gradient divider line","author":"9232","description":"","caption":"","name":"featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":542742,"date":"2019-06-26 15:19:26","modified":"2019-06-26 15:19:45","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2400,"height":16,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider-213x16.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":16,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":3,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":5,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":13,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":10,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":14,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider-826x6.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":6,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider-1920x13.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":13}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

What are the unique needs and challenges for journalists specifically in this new digital environment?<\/h3>\n

Pablo: <\/strong><\/p>\n

To me, journalists now must serve as writer, photographer, video and sound editor, social media manager, and <\/em>map creator. And content must be optimized for small screens. Therefore, we in the news business need user-friendly technologies that require little to no special training.\u00a0 The mobile-friendly ArcGIS StoryMaps builder<\/a> meets those needs for me.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":542952,"id":542952,"title":"featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider","filename":"featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","filesize":5999,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/sharing-collaboration\/storyteller-interview-amanda-innovates-and-inspires\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider","alt":"Brown gradient divider line","author":"9232","description":"","caption":"","name":"featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":542742,"date":"2019-06-26 15:19:26","modified":"2019-06-26 15:19:45","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2400,"height":16,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider-213x16.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":16,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":3,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":5,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":13,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":10,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":14,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider-826x6.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":6,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider-1920x13.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":13}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

When and how did you first get involved with storytelling via story maps?<\/h3>\n

Eudel:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am a geographer with some journalist writing experience. Working with GIS daily, I realized quickly that story maps show<\/em> place. You can create a map-centric story and add other digital media such as text, images, videos, sound, and graphics to answer the question where<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Back in 2013, I searched for online newspapers that were using maps. What I found: Just a few were using static maps or limited interactive maps. With this idea in mind, I contacted my friend Pablo Diaz, director of Diario de Cuba<\/a>. By 2014, we were creating story maps for the small news publication.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":542952,"id":542952,"title":"featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider","filename":"featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","filesize":5999,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/sharing-collaboration\/storyteller-interview-amanda-innovates-and-inspires\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider","alt":"Brown gradient divider line","author":"9232","description":"","caption":"","name":"featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":542742,"date":"2019-06-26 15:19:26","modified":"2019-06-26 15:19:45","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2400,"height":16,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider-213x16.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":16,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":3,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":5,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":13,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":10,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":14,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider-826x6.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":6,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured_storyteller_amanda_huber_divider-1920x13.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":13}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Can you share an article built with Esri’s storytelling tools?\u00a0 What worked well in your opinion?<\/h3>\n

Eudel: <\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s important to understand that we didn\u2019t convert existing news articles into story maps. \u00a0We had an idea for an article, and we made a story map. The story map was the article.\u00a0 Perhaps we can call this georeferenced journalism. <\/em><\/p>\n

An example of georeferenced journalism is our\u00a0 \u201cUMAP: Unidades Militares de Ayuda a la producci\u00f3n\u201d<\/a>\u00a0 (Military Units to Aid Production or UMAPs) story map.\u00a0 UMAP were concentration camps operated by the Cuban government from 1965 to 1968. Most people in these camps were Christians and other religious people, homosexuals, and political enemies of the Cuban regime.<\/p>\n

Because this is a sad story, we used one of the classic Esri story map templates\u2014Cascade\u2014with a dark background, black and white pictures, and a dark map with red dots to locate the concentration camps.\u00a0 We used the headers for short descriptions, with text floating over the images, to keep the story short. And we ended with a receipt of acknowledgment from the government to a mother requesting her son\u2019s death be investigated.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":667462,"id":667462,"title":"featuredstorytellerUMAPcover","filename":"featuredstorytellerUMAPcover.gif","filesize":684991,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/featuredstorytellerUMAPcover.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/constituent-engagement\/usingstorymapsfornews\/featuredstorytellerumapcover","alt":"","author":"9232","description":"","caption":"Click here to view the UMAP story.","name":"featuredstorytellerumapcover","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":667472,"date":"2019-11-26 18:46:05","modified":"2019-11-26 19:06:03","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1896,"height":879,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/featuredstorytellerUMAPcover-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/featuredstorytellerUMAPcover.gif","medium-width":464,"medium-height":215,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/featuredstorytellerUMAPcover.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":356,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/featuredstorytellerUMAPcover.gif","large-width":1896,"large-height":879,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/featuredstorytellerUMAPcover-1536x712.gif","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":712,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/featuredstorytellerUMAPcover.gif","2048x2048-width":1896,"2048x2048-height":879,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/featuredstorytellerUMAPcover-826x383.gif","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":383,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/featuredstorytellerUMAPcover.gif","wide_image-width":1896,"wide_image-height":879}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/diariodecuba.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/Cascade\/index.html?appid=253ea0e91f404481a3ceb9fccf53ef68"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Pablo: <\/strong><\/p>\n

I consider our story maps series<\/a> about the Cuban immigration crisis very effective.\u00a0 We added monthly updates to the story maps for two years. \u00a0The tragic news\u2014like each shipwreck or each death in Central America\u2014had a powerful cumulative effective.<\/p>\n

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Journalists often share their need to customize story maps to match the look, feel, and style guide of their website. Could you talk about your strategy for ensuring that your story maps fit into the Diario de Cuba publication?<\/h3>\n

Eudel: <\/strong><\/p>\n

We worked to adapt the story maps to the newspaper\u2019s style as much as possible. We used the same or similar colors and fonts for headings, texts, and footnotes. We even used AGOL Assistant to translate the map template headings and legends into Spanish.<\/p>\n

Pablo: <\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the most technological challenges for us\u2014and potentially for other small organization\u2019s like Diario de Cuba\u2014was to embed the story maps seamlessly into our Drupal website, especially on mobile devices such as cell phones and tablets.<\/p>\n

To address this issue, our webpages include hyperlinks to story maps rather than embedded the stories. This is a good solution because our rss traffic is currently growing.<\/p>\n

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What do you consider the best uses for story maps?<\/h3>\n

Eudel: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Based on my experience, story maps are a very good fit for online newspapers. But I also see so much potential for public relations and marketing departments, political campaigns, local governments, education, and more.<\/p>\n

Pablo:<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a journalist, I\u2019ve found that story maps work well for the following purposes because of the platform\u2019s flexibility:<\/p>\n