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Platform：Weibo/ Tiktok

During the epidemic, people choose to use dating social software to find dating partners and develop intimate relationships. However, with the rise of online dating, new fraud patterns also began to appear. Photos do not match me, false identity, and even use fake intimacy to defraud money online has become a popular fraud mode.
The documentary "the tinder swindler" published by netflx is a real case. We will choose to talk about cases and stories of online dating fraud on social media. Let's join us and discuss the pros and cons of online dating
#Online dating # intimate scams # dating social software # the tinder swindler

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Advantages: the title is very good, the topic is interesting and the content is novel. The article content and material selection are highly related to the topic.

Disadvantages: the map content is not detailed enough

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Comment on relationship-Huiming Chen, Lin Zhang, Xinyu Hu, Zewen Cui

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Comment on relationship-Huiming Chen, Lin Zhang, Xinyu Hu, Zewen Cui

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Strength
-The article contains two perspectives: mother and daughter and husband and wife. This makes the article look deep, comparative and more authentic.
-The story described is touching.
-The images and text match perfectly.

Weakness
-Our advice is that the podcast content can be made into a video, as the interviewees are not speaking English. If it is in the form of video + subtitles, it will allow the reader to save time. Instead the first video can be presented in podcast form as it is easier to understand.
-The content of each page is uneven, some pages have few words

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-different kinds of videos and photos
-timeline is useful

weckness：
-The provenance of the picture is not clear
-it's not necessary to quote others many times on a single page

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Strengths:
· The flow of story opening is natural
· The caption for interview video is great
· Strong data support and deep research
· The pictures are great

Weakness:
· The text seems repetitive with some podcast and video content
· Podcast of Yahua may can put in her story part
· Maybe more spaces or specific boundaries between each section
· Maybe more pictures related to your stories

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-Can add more pics to explain Chinese social media to Australian readers.

-Lots of information

-Good interviews

-Confusion between a pandemic and epidemic

-Too much text, would have been better to break up the text with more audio/visual content.

-We would have liked to see examples of influencers trying to sell unhelpful products.

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Pros:
-Unique topic

-Strong visual impact

Cons:
-Lack of Covid-impacted content
-Doubtful copyright authorization

by the tourism group

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Ke Yan, Kexin, Mengfei, Mengyan - Critique on Tourism

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Ke Yan, Kexin, Mengfei, Mengyan - Critique on Tourism

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Use a lot of multimedia
Story well match the multimedia
More interview, more voice
Use a lot of statistics

Weakness:

The picture layout on page 5 looks a bit complicated

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Activity: Critique Another Group's Story

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Activity: Critique Another Group's Story

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You will take 25mins to critique another group's Multimedia Story.

Critique does not mean criticising negatively. It means providing an analysis or explanation of how you respond to the project with a justification of your statements. It is NOT a statement that you like it or dislike it unless you describe what it is you like or dislike and why you like or dislike it.

Take note of Strengths and Weaknesses, and post them below.

Critique Each Other's group like this:

Dating <-----> Education (Children)

Education (Uni) <------> Relationships (family)

The Arts <------->Tourism

Work at Office <------> Work at Home

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Dating:

https://preview.shorthand.com/0JKwtSneZQSjmdGd

Education (children):

https://preview.shorthand.com/cOFYSNlidm1mk5Oz

Education (university):

https://preview.shorthand.com/KIYMKewoYQKYNhxo

Relationships (family):

https://preview.shorthand.com/OsSojmdT30FB4gUA

The Arts:

https://preview.shorthand.com/rBXBgki6pIxa1rum

Tourism:

https://preview.shorthand.com/m5JFw3vGK882WGhp

Work at office:

https://preview.shorthand.com/xFHwLKRBhwcOY1qY

Work from home:

https://preview.shorthand.com/j7aiEN6cF7wg6WVL

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Topic Title: “Withstanding to see tourism come back”Meet Melbourne & Qingdao at Latitudes of 37° S. & N.
Search keyword: tourism; Melbourne; Qingdao; COVID-19

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Group2 family relationship-Yuan Gao, Qinyuan Zhang, Qianxin Wu

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Group2 family relationship-Yuan Gao, Qinyuan Zhang, Qianxin Wu

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1. When angels in white go back home
2. Medical professionals' backup group
3. Safe harbour under the epidemic
4. Medical staff family
5. When angels in white take off their masks to face their family members

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Group7-Huiming Chen, Zewen Cui, Lin Zhang, Xinyu Hu

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Group7-Huiming Chen, Zewen Cui, Lin Zhang, Xinyu Hu

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-CV falls on the deaf ears
-Talking to HR and international students: How online classes work with their employment under Covid-19
-Online course graduates may instead have more advantages in HR's eyes.
-How will online courses affect international students' employment
-Online classes will not affect the employment of international students

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Many heterosexual and cisgender people may know about the term and meanings of sexual minorities referring to the LGBTQI+ group, yet not many are aware of the art of “drags”. Come here and know about 'drags'. They were reborn after the pandemic. #dragqueen#subculture#covid

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Xiaotong Wang, Yufei Wang, Chenxuan Zuo, Yunxuan Cai——Group 6

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Xiaotong Wang, Yufei Wang, Chenxuan Zuo, Yunxuan Cai——Group 6

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-Play creates the next Einstein
-Mom, I want it
-Play is the mother of genius
-The secret of the first in the class
-The new pattern of children's online class

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Group4-Yiran Tang, He Sun, Kaiyi Li, Jia Zhang-Work from home

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Group4-Yiran Tang, He Sun, Kaiyi Li, Jia Zhang-Work from home

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1. How to make home a comfortable office
2. “GOODS” or "TRAPS"
3. "Useless" Equals Trash
4. “Would you pay for 'garbage' ?”

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1. NO MORE COMMUTING - Chinese workers forced to live at work.
2.Living at Office - “My boss will call me to have a meeting when I’m taking shower”
3. WORK - LIFE BALANCE WITHOUT THE BALANCE
4. So close, yet so far from home
5. No Way Home - Chinese workers forced to live at work

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group 1 [dating] : Yali Wang, Feiyang Yang, Sha Liu

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group 1 [dating] : Yali Wang, Feiyang Yang, Sha Liu

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1. How to deal with the arrival of online Cupid?
2. Dating romance trap or true love?
3. The dangers of online dating
4.  Online dating in the context of COVID-19
5. Online dating: do you really know your date?

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Ke Yan, Mengfei, Kexin, Mengyan - Group 8 - Arts

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Ke Yan, Mengfei, Kexin, Mengyan - Group 8 - Arts

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-Rainbow Hidden In China
-Subculture under the COVID
-The COVID Reforms the Drag Culture
-Drag Culture Reborn after the COVID
-Drag Artists in the People's Republic: COVID reshaping the booming minorities culture
-Men dressed as women? No, they are the drag queens of China

Which one is better? Hope to get some feedback :)

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Using Google Trends - Modify 2 of your headlines from Activity 1 and make them a SEO-friendly headline (15 minutes).
If you are happy with the results, go to shorthand and modify your headline!

Google Trends: https://trends.google.com/trends/?geo=AU

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Are children worried about their lack of concentration and learning efficiency when they take online classes at home? Buy our products to create an immersive learning environment for your children! Click on our link to see more content: https://preview.shorthand.com/cOFYSNlidm1mk5Oz  #Children Education #Childcare Experience Sharing  #Family Education

Facebook:

Do children often get distracted when they take online classes and don't care about what the teacher says? If your child has this problem, welcome to join our group! # Fangyuandi or click on our homepage: https://preview.shorthand.com/cOFYSNlidm1mk5Oz we together to discuss how to under the challenge of Covid - 19 to create an equally wonderful learning environment!
# Online classes # Children's Education # Online classes daily

Tiktok:

Online class, is driving crazy children, or driving crazy parents? Count the mistakes my kids have made in online classes and the good ways to learn online. #fyp

Video: A one-minute Video of parents' experiences with their children's online education, interspersed with recommendations of our teaching products.

Instagram:

At the beginning of online classes, children often find it difficult to concentrate on their studies. Because the environment at school is different from the environment at home. At home, there is no learning atmosphere, children sit at the computer table for a while then they want to eat or go to the bathroom, in short, there is no way to concentrate.

The best thing to do at this time is not to punish the child, but to try to create an immersive learning environment at home similar to school. Fangyuandi interactive teaching products are very suitable for children to create a good learning environment. When the teacher is lecturing, students can use our products to conduct experiments in real-time, so that children can have a sense of participation in the class.

To learn more about our products, if you are interested in welcome to click on this link: https://preview.shorthand.com/cOFYSNlidm1mk5Oz
# Children's Education # Online Learning

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Platform: Facebook

Hashtag: #InternationalStudent #EducationUnderCovid-19

Online courses have gradually become the normal teaching setting under Covid-19, and many Chinese students choose to stay in china studying online. Now, we specially invite students and an HR practitioner to talk about the impact of online classes on employment! If you're worried about this, comment for free!

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Platform: Twitter

Hashtag: #online international education #employment status in China

The epidemic has changed all aspects of life, including the education mode of students. In order to block the spread of virus in campus, online course has become a normal campus mode. Research shows that under this mode, 90% of international students believe that their employment has been negatively affected. What specific impact does online class have on the employment of international students? This time, we invited professional HR and students in the wave of employment to share their views. If you are also one of the international students in online class, join us! We will answer your questions！

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Make your voice through Studying in Melbourne

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Make your voice through Studying in Melbourne

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It's almost graduation season. If you're worried about whether you should stay and work in Melbourne or return to your home country, you may find resonance in this article. Contact us with your thoughts and you might find friends who feel the same way! Please feel free to comment or join our discussion group on Facebook by searching #Studying in Melbourne#.

# Studying in Melbourne# #Graduation# # Study abroad experience# #Business student# #jobs in Australia# #applying for jobs# #international students#

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Hashtag: #LaborRight #Shanghai #Lockdown

Video: 30s short video as a trailer, including interview video and some viral TikTok videos to hook audiences

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Under the pandemic, can those overseas students who take online courses in their homeland still find their desired jobs? What are the specific changes that online and offline courses bring that affect employment? Let’s find out how different students and company HR think about these issues.

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Under the pandemic, can those overseas students who take online courses in their homeland still find their desired jobs? What are the specific changes that online and offline courses bring that affect employment? Let’s find out how different students and company HR think about these issues.

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- Lay out all of your options and carefully decide what platform is the most appropriate for the content you produce.

The objective of this exercise is to:
a) develop a personal ‘web presence’, aimed at branding yourself
b) think about ancillary content you’ll publish to ensure readers hit your content, and will, hopefully, like it and share it.

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✤What will your professional bio say?

✤Who will you hashtag?

✤What image(s) will you use as a way to spark conversation about your story? What will the caption say?

✤How will you showcase a video without giving away spoilers? How long will your video be?

✤Will you allow comments and engage with them? If so, why?

✤How else can you promote your story?

✤You will screenshare your ideas. You may include images, clips as part of your plan.

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To inexperienced photographers, taking a great photo can seem simple: just point and shoot. But anyone who's tried to learn how to take professional photos knows that there's a lot more to it than that.

From choosing the right subject and setting up a cool composition to finding the best light, it takes a lot of consideration to capture a great photo.

If you want to take your photography to the next level, here are some tips to help you learn how to take good pictures. Once you get a hang of these basic pro techniques, it should vastly improve your results.

The best part about knowing how to take professional photos? It leads to new opportunities. The more professional-looking photos you'll be able to produce, the better your online photography portfolio will look. And the better your online photography portfolio looks, the more photography jobs you will land.

So, let's dig in!

The focal point of a photo is the main point of interest. It could be anything from a tree, to a building, to a person (or their eyes). Finding a strong focal point is one of the fundamental steps of how to take professional photos. So when you're planning out or setting up a shot, you should stop and ask yourself, "What do I want viewers to focus on?"

Once you know what your focal point is, you can work towards making it as strong as it can be. Many of the composition rules below will help you create an interesting focal point that draws in and holds the viewer's attention.

Instead of positioning the focal point in the center of your shot, it can make for a more interesting composition if you follow the rule of thirds. This rule states that you should place the most important elements in your photos off center.

Imagine there's a tic-tac-toe grid in front of your shot. That means two lines divide your frame into thirds vertically, and two lines divide it into thirds horizontally. You should place the subject and other important elements in your shot along these lines or at one of the four points where they intersect.

It's one of the easiest ways to learn how to take professional photos. Instead of having all your portraits look like mugshots, this guideline can help you find a better balance between the main subject and background.

The trick is using them take a viewer's attention where you want it to go. That can include drawing their eyes straight to your subject, or leading them on a kind of visual journey through your composition.

The direction of your leading lines can also change the mood of your compositions. For example, vertical leading lines can convey a powerful, imposing mood, while horizontal leading lines tend to be associated with calm and tranquility. For more information on why this technique can help with taking professional photos, check out this guide on how to use leading lines in your photography.

One simple way to see that is by shooting the same subject from above and below. A bird's-eye view can make a person in your shot seem small, while shooting from below can make it look like the same person is now towering over you. Shooting from far away can make a person look insignificant, while getting up close and having them fill the frame can convey a sense of power.

So when setting up any shot, spend some time thinking about perspective. Don't be afraid to walk around your subject to search for interesting angles, and see how drastically it can change the composition's mood. It will bring you one step closer to perfecting how to take professional pictures.

Finding ways to convey depth is another important step in learning how to take professional photos. If you ignore this rule, your photos can end up feeling very flat and boring. The best way to convey depth is to include some elements in the foreground, middle ground, and background. So for example, instead of shooting your portraits with the person standing up against a wall, bring them closer to the camera, or find a better background with some depth.

Adding a bokeh effect can help when you are trying to add depth to your photos. Bokeh is the term for that intentional out-of-focus blur effect you can see in a lot of professional photos. Often, photographers use this effect to keep the subject to be crisp and clear while the background is soft and blurry. The result is your subject will seem to really pop out of the background.

One of the simplest ways to do it is to bring your subject right up close to the camera and shoot them in front of a distant background. If you have a zoom lens, even better! Use it at the maximum focal length to decrease the depth of field and create an even stronger bokeh effect. When knowing how and when to use bokeh becomes like second nature, you're on your way to understanding how to take professional photos.

Also, if the frame is relatively close to the camera, it can act as a foreground layer that adds depth to your image. Similar to creating a bokeh effect in the background, if you manually focus and zoom in on a subject the middle ground, you can keep the frame out of focus, which makes sure it doesn't draw attention away from your focal point.

When photography students are being taught how to take professional photos, they are often told to "fill the frame." It's great advice because if you leave too much space around your main subject, distracting elements in the background can take away from your composition.

So, for example, when shooting a portrait, you might decide to just include the person from the waist up, or, even better, to fill the frame with their face. It makes for a much more captivating and professional-looking photo when all the unneeded extra space is cropped out.

So keep an eye out for ways to include patterns, symmetry, and repetition of shapes or colors in your photography. Also, including an element that disrupts the pattern makes for an interesting focal point. A simple example would be a picket fence with one broken or missing picket.

Making sure your shots are properly lit is an essential part of how to make your pictures look professional, and it's something that inexperienced photographers often overlook. The first step is making sure you have enough light that your subject is visible. If there's not enough light, your camera may struggle to capture the details in the scene.

If you happen to be shooting with your camera on automatic settings (which is not how to take professional photos, but more on that later!), it will use a high ISO setting or extra-long exposure, and you'll probably end up with grainy or blurry results. And, if you try to brighten things up in Photoshop, you may find you have to make massive adjustments, which also results in a low-quality image.

On the other hand, if there's too much hard light in your shots, it can ruin your photo with unwanted shadows. So spend some time carefully picking your location and the angle you shoot from to ensure there's enough light in the scene. Another way to deal with this problem is by using lighting equipment.

By providing a simple way to start manipulating light in your shots, light reflectors are a big help when it comes to wrapping your head around how to take professional photos.

If you understand that lighting is an important part of how to make photographs look professional, you may be thinking about investing in lighting equipment such as a studio strobe. But don't overlook your camera flash!

If you shy away from using it because you find the light is too harsh, there are a number of solutions. One of the best options would be to invest in an external flash. External camera flashes, whether used attached to your camera's hot-shoe or used off-camera, can give you much more flexibility. For one, they enable you to aim the light rather than have it blasting directly on your subject.

This allows you to bounce the light off a nearby surface like a ceiling or wall. The result is that the light is spread out much more evenly and looks less intense. There are also a variety of flash diffusers available for external flashes that will help you soften the light without having to bounce it off a surface.

But if you aren't ready to invest in an external flash, there are less expensive options for diffusing the light from your camera's built-in flash. One example is this diffuser for built-in camera flashes. It costs less than $20 and simply clips onto the top of your camera. It uses frosted plastic to soften the light.

Many photographers also create DIY solutions for diffusing the light from their flashes, such as using various translucent white plastic containers and cutting them so they fit over the flash.

For example, some techniques you could try out include:

Shooting during the golden hour. The golden hour is what photographers call the time just after sunrise and just before sunset. This is when you can capture scenes bathed in golden-hued light-which makes for a great photo. Also, since the sun is low in the sky, things cast very long shadows that can create a dramatic effect.

Create a silhouette. Try shooting a subject in front of a bright light like the setting sun, and manually adjust your camera settings so all you're left with is a dark silhouette against a background of light. Check out this guide to learn all the ins and outs of silhouettes, Silhouette Photography 101: Master The Basics.

Shoot in hard light. Shooting in areas or times when there's lots of bright light and shadows can make for an interesting photo with lots of contrast. For example, look for things that cast interesting shadows onto your scene such as window blinds or a fence. Then capture those shapes or patterns created by the shadows as they fall on your subject. For more info on this technique, take a look at hard light photography advice.

It's not only about how to take professional photos. You should also learn how to edit photos like a professional.

Photoshop is the professional photographer's best friend. Practically any image can benefit from some touch-ups, whether it's cropping, brightness adjustments, color corrections, or other tweaks.

So it's worth spending some time learning what the program is capable of. There are lots of helpful tutorials available online, including a bunch on the Adobe website.

If you don't have access to Photoshop and aren't looking to spend the money on it, there are many free Photoshop alternatives. One of the most popular is GIMP.

But no matter what photo editing software you use, there's one rule that remains constant: you should use a light touch when making adjustments. Inexperienced photographers tend to go overboard during editing. Start with a preset look and make small adjustments to develop a consistent body of work. If you make too many drastic adjustments, the final result won't look realistic and your touch-ups will be obvious.

Relying on the camera's automatic settings is another thing that will hold you back when it comes to understanding how to take good pictures. While it may work fine at times, you won't have nearly as much flexibility to get creative with your photography or handle unique situations.

For instance, if you are trying to take a silhouette, your camera may try to capture the wrong details and you'll end up dimly lit subject against a blown out background. If you're trying to shoot at night, it may give you an extra-long exposure when you don't want it, and you'll end up with a blurry mess. So spend some time familiarizing yourself with your camera's settings, because it's a critical step in learning how to make pictures look professional.

For some help, here is our complete guide to manual settings on your DSLR camera.

We've already covered some lighting equipment, but there's one more piece of photography gear you should definitely consider adding to your arsenal if you want to know how to take professional photos.

You might think you don't need a tripod if you have a steady hand and are comfortable with handheld shots. But a tripod allows you to try a variety of shooting techniques that you can't do without one. Just a few examples include tethered photography, long exposures, or creating your own 3D images.

A tripod also lets you set up your shot and then take care of other aspects of the scene while keeping your camera ready to go. For example, you might want to line up a shot and then speak to a model, make lighting adjustments, or just wait for the perfect moment.

And you don't have to spend much money to get a quality tripod. For some info on the variety that's available, read up on these must-have portrait photography accessories.

Now that you know some of the secrets behind how to take professional photos, it's time to share those beautiful shots.
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Looking for more tips on how to take professional photos?
8 Common Beginner Photography Mistakes (And How To Avoid Them)
Expert Tips for More Powerful Action in Photography
9 Insights for Better Portrait Photography

Look for one that offers customizable templates, so you can create an online portfolio website that shows off your style. Another thing to look for is a platform that offers a free trial; this way, you can see if it's right for you before making any commitment.

Once you find a platform that offers all the tools you need, you'll be ready to start showing off your work like a pro.

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Use story map to add other media, like video, photo, GIFs, audio, socials, and text to your story:

https://storymap.knightlab.com/#examples

This tool allows you to take your reader on a journey. Let them travel the world with your map to find information at every location.

Tips & Tricks:

✤Keep it short. We recommend not having more than 20 slides for a reader to click through.

✤Pick stories that have a strong location narrative. It does not work well for stories that need to jump around in the map.

✤Write each event as a part of a larger narrative.

✤Include events that build up to major occurrences — not just the major events.

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StoryMapJS is a free tool to help you tell stories on the web that highlight the locations of a series of events. It is a new tool, yet stable in our development environment, and it has a friendly authoring tool.

There are a couple ways you can make a StoryMap.

Maps

Add a slide for each place in your story. Setting the location is as easy as a text search for the name or address. You can change the visual style of your map with a few presets, or you can use Mapbox to create your own style.

Really big images

You can tell stories with large photographs, works of art, historic maps, and other image files. Because it works best with pixel-dense files, we call these gigapixel. Setting one up requires you to host files on a web server.

Learn more about gigapixel

Tips & tricks

1. Keep it short. We recommend not having more than 20 slides for a reader to click through.

2. Pick stories that have a strong location narrative. It does not work well for stories that need to jump around in the map.

3. Write each event as a part of a larger narrative.

4. Include events that build up to major occurrences - not just the major events.

Media sources

StoryMap JS can pull in media from a variety of sources. Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, Vimeo, Vine, Dailymotion, Google Maps, Wikipedia, SoundCloud, Document Cloud and more!

Examples

Help

Need help? First, please be sure to look at our list of frequently asked questions below.

If you don't find an answer there, try our support forums or use our tech support web form. Please be clear with your question, include a link to your spreadsheet, and if appropriate, a link to a page which shows the issue with which you need help. We can only answer support questions in English. We try to be prompt, but please understand that we do not have a dedicated tech support staff.

Find a bug? If you are confident you have found a bug, please report it as a GitHub issue. Be sure to include detailed instructions on how to reproduce the bug. If you're not sure, please start with the tech support system.

Technical documentation

Go further with StoryMap:

Frequently asked questions

What CMS does StoryMapJS work on?

Please let us know if you have tried it on others and it works, so that we can add to the list.

Why aren't my Google Drive or DropBox Zoomify images working?

Unfortunately, Google has deprecated web hosting in Google Drive, which means that Zoomify images hosted on Google Drive. will no longer display. Dropbox has similary discontinued rendering content in public folders, so this method will cause problems for many users as well.

We find that many people aren't familiar with web image hosting, so we've written up instructions for two solutions so far: hosting on Amazon Web Services, and on Github.

Why are my DropBox images not showing

First the image must be in the public folder.

To get the image URL change the domain name from the link that dropbox creates.

Incorrect: https://www.dropbox.com/s/38053034/GOT%20Storymap%20images/jon-weirwood-tree.jpg

Correct: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/38053034/GOT%20Storymap%20images/jon-weirwood-tree.jpg

How can I have a map without the lines between points?

To disable connecting lines on maps, use the StoryMap option: Treat as Image (as opposed to the default, Treat as Cartography)

How can I link to a specific slide?

You can add a parameter to the URL that is the value of the iframe src attribute, start_at_slide. Its value should be a number from 0 to one less than the total number of slides in the storymap.

For example: http://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/storymapjs/latest/embed/?url=//media.knightlab.com/StoryMapJS/demo/sochi.json&start_at_slide=5

This should load Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay Highlights: Slide 5.

How can I use a custom map?

Choose options from the top left of the StoryMap window, then from the map type menu choose the type you like.

Select Mapbox to enter the ID of your Mapbox map.

Select custom to enter the URL for a tile server. If the server supports multiple subdomains, enter them as a single string in the Subdomain field (e.g. subdomains 'a', 'b', and 'c' should be entered as 'abc').

How can I adjust the zoom?

To keep it simple for most users, we've made some assumptions in the authoring tool which may not universally apply. For example, the first screen is always an overview slide. Also, the zoom is affected by the overall size of the map and the relationship between the current and previous points on the map.

It's possible to download the configuration (a JSON file) that the authoring tool makes and edit the JSON yourself. You could then change the first slide to not be an overview and manually set a starting lat/lon/zoom.

Be aware that switching back and forth between editing within and outside the authoring tool can get messy, so we suggest using our advanced method to have maximum control over the zoom feature and more.

Privacy Policy

The StoryMapJS editor uses your Google account to make sure that only you can edit your storymaps. This saves you from needing to remember another password, and saves us from having to help you if you forget it. We only ask for your "profile," which gives us a unique identifier which we can use to connect you to your projects. We don't have your name or G-mail address.

Originally, the StoryMapJS editor stored your projects on your Google Drive, but that is no longer the case. We used to ask for access to your Google Drive. If you made storymaps a very long time ago and have not used the tool since, we may need to ask you to give us permission to read from your Google Drive to "migrate" your old projects.

Please note that it is possible to use StoryMapJS without a Google account; however, it is not possible to use our editor tool. If you prefer not to use a Google account, you will need to manually edit a configuration file and you will need to serve your configuration file and any related media assets from your own server. Some more information about this can be found on our StoryMap for Technical Users page.

Storytelling Tools

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Tableau Public

Tableau Public is a great tool for all sorts of visualisations, including mapping data.

Import your data into Tableau via Excel, Microsoft Access or a CSV file and the software automatically assigns geographic roles to fields with common geographical names, such as country, state or city.

Tableau is not currently responsive at the moment, but there are a couple of options to improve the way your map looks on mobile.

Either build two dashboards at different sizes and then add some custom CSS to your page to swap out which dashboard shows, depending on the screen size of the viewer. Here's a tutorial that shows how to do this.

Alternatively, you can do make two dashboards in Tableau and create a button in the top left corner of the larger dashboard that says 'switch to mobile version'. Clicking the button will take users to the smaller dashboard.

MapJam

MapJam is a quick and easy web app for customising a map with place markers to show venues at a city-wide music festival in Austin, for example, or where to find the best coffee shops and parking spots in San Francisco.

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Sometimes you need to put your Shorthand story in its place. Whether you want to pinpoint the location of a particular event, demonstrate a journey, or show how a place has changed over time, maps are an effective tool to have in your visual storytelling kit.

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1. https://www.itv.com/news/2020-03-11/coronavirus-where-you-live-check-the-number-of-cases-in-your-area-with-our-interactive-map

2. https://homicide.latimes.com/

3.https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/6/11/mapping-the-hundreds-of-confederate-statues-across-the-us

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