Project Results
Prototypes, research, guides and presentations from projects that have run in the Knight Lab Studio.
Product > Journalism AI Readiness Scorecard
AI, Automation, and Newsrooms: Finding Fitting Tools for Your Organization
by Hannah Barton , Helen Bradshaw , Joshua Hoeflich , Grace Lee , Sammie Pyo
If you’d like to use technology to make your newsroom more efficient, you’ve come to the right place. Tools exist that can help you find...
Mixed Reality > Augmented Reality Features with 3D Food Photography
Building AR Journalism Experiences to Educate and Inform
by Agnes Lee , Rui Xin Oh , Harrison Pearl , Carlyn Savino , Brian Sui
In Spring of 2020, one of the Knight Lab Studio teams focused on exploring how Augmented Reality can be used to create experiences and tools...
Product > Storytelling with GIFs
Exploring and Understanding the Storytelling Potential of GIFs How GIFs are used across different platforms
by Justine Banbury , Emily Chaiet , Naeem Patel , Idrees Kamal
From memes to animated data visualizations, GIFs have become a staple in the way we communicate digitally to express ideas, feelings, and concepts. GIFs are...
Mixed Reality > Information Spaces in AR/VR
Designing Information Spaces for Augmented Reality
by Ashcon Abae , Nia Adurogbola | nia_unofficial , Michela Ferrari , Akhil Kambhammettu | akambham , Paige Shin
In the winter quarter of 2019, our team explored how Augmented Reality can benefit different types of journalism. Over the course of the class, we built...
Mixed Reality > Resurrecting History for VR
Transforming Stereographs into Point Clouds
by Avriana Allen | https://twitter.com/avriana_a
Virtual and augmented reality, though often used for gaming purposes, may be turned to a more academic or journalistic purpose. Throughout the fall, we explored...
The Hammer Without A Nail Oscillations is a New Art Form Making Meaningful Impact
by Nicole Fallert , Janet Lee
Imagine a classroom of elementary-aged students. They appear to be sitting cross-legged on the floor or walking around the room, but in reality, they’re dancing....
Context Without Clutter
by Abriel Siregar , Byron Pang , David Jacob , Patricia Song , Victoria Cabales
Unlike literature, articles are scarcely allowed to fully flesh out the worlds that they exist in. Brevity and intentionality are often required to keep audiences...
Product > Automated Fact Checking
How to translate live-spoken human words into computer "truth"
by Carlos Belardi , Joe Blackman , David Caine , Martin Johnson , Andrew Lapin | andrewlapin , Jennifer Liu
Our Knight Lab team spent three months in Winter 2018 exploring how to combine various technologies to capture, interpret, and fact check live broadcasts from...
Oscillations Audience Engagement Research Findings
by Ben Singer , Harriet White , Joo-Young Lee
During the Winter 2018 quarter, the Oscillations Knight Lab team was tasked in exploring the question: what constitutes an engaging live movement arts performance for...
Comparing Motion Capture Techniques for Movement Art
by Khoa Truong , Gabriel Caniglia
With Oscillations’ connection to the movement arts, it made sense to experiment with existing motion capture technology to find accurate, consistent, and scalable ways to...
Prototyping Spatial Audio for Movement Art
One of Oscillations’ technical goals for this quarter’s Knight Lab Studio class was an exploration of spatial audio. Spatial audio is sound that exists in...
Design Research > Crowdsourcing for Journalism
In Search of Best Practices for Journalistic Crowdsourcing
by Kira Furuichi , Isabel Seidel
We rely on journalists to tell our stories, tell us the stories of others, and provide to us unbiased and important news. Journalism is the...
Design Research > Historical Census Data
Bringing Historical Data to Census Reporter A Visualization and Research Review
by Hailey Melville | haileykmelville
An Introduction Since Census Reporter’s launch in 2014, one of our most requested features has been the option to see historic census data. Journalists of...
Design Research > Writing and Designing for Chatbots
How We Brought A Chatbot To Life Best Practice Guide
by Alex Sher | AlexLSher , Isaac Lee | IsaacRLee , Patrick Hoy , Mengyi Jenny Sun | MengyiJennySun
A chatbot creates a unique user experience with many benefits. It gives the audience an opportunity to ask questions and get to know more about...