Making Structured StoriesTristan Ferne

BBC R&D

“Data is just stuff, or rather, structured stuff: The cells of a spreadsheet, the structure of a Word document, computer programs themselves—all data”

- Paul Ford (@ftrain) I Dreamed of a Perfect Database

Structured stuff about stories

Split stories into re-usable components

Structure and label the components

Stories + Data = New things

Structured Drama

Home Front drama data

Home Front drama data

Story Explorer

Structured journalism

Structuring a news story

Even more interesting

Fragmentation

Atomised News

Efficiencies

Adaptation

Personalisation

Some challenges

How do we make structured stories?

What kind of stories work best?

What’s the best experience?

Structured storiesSplit stories into re-usable components

Structure and label the components

Stories + Data = New things in a fragmented media world

tristan.ferne@bbc.co.uk or @tristanf