Doing "Sound" Reporting

Top Story: Doing “Sound” Reporting

We love a good narrative. We value great visuals. We know high-quality graphics can help make a complicated story more accessible.

But what about sound?

Sound (aka Data Sonification) is an increasingly popular new tool that can help journalists sound-out what’s really going on, create more drama, and have more impact.

What does a volatile stock market sound like?

Can sound really explain why military-grade weapons are so dangerous?

Can you really hear climate change?

Thanks to a fascinating — and super helpful — new toolkit produced by researcher/musician/creative Aura Walmer you can learn how to use sound in your reporting.

Check out the report HERE. And reach out to Aura if you have questions. She is a great example of how and why we journalists need to get creative about our news-telling.

The report was made possible by a grant from The Reynolds Journalism Institute, which has a plethora of other cool toolkit offerings and information on their website.

Reporting Right highly recommends you spend some time procrastinating there!

Enjoy!

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