Hackastory selected the 40 best digital stories of 2017. We listed the interactives, graphics, longreads, newsgames, and data visualizations that made an impression. Let it inspire you and learn from these projects to make 2018 the most innovative year in journalism. Special thanks to Daan Louter, Jerry Vermanen and the Hackastory network for their contribution.
Newsgames and quizzes
Uber Game – The Financial Times
Can a robot do your job? – The Financial Times
The evolution of trust – Nicky Case
Will robots take my job? – The Financial Times
I’m your man – SBS
Storytelling
Beyond standing rock – Inside Energy (in collaboration with Rocky Mountain PBS and Fast Forward Films
Here’s how ‘Obamacare’ covered Americans with pre-existing conditions – The Guardian
Hyphen-Nation – The New York Times
Beyond the blade, marking the death of every child and teen by a knife in 2017 – The Guardian
Missing flight MH370: a visual guide to the parts and debris found so far – The Guardian
Did the Turkish president’s security detail attack protesters in Washington? – The New York Times
The Wall: an in-depth examination of Donald Trump’s border wall – USA Today
Life in camps: The Rohingya crisis – Reuters Graphics
Very very short – NFB and ARTE, in collaboration with the IDFA DocLab.
Who should I vote for? The UK election manifestos compared – The Guardian
Art project for train passengers ‘bewegtes land’- video by DW English.
Data
Escape Time – The Washington Post
The Year in Push Alerts: How breaking news became our lives – Slate
Police are more likely to shoot if you’re black – Tampa Bay Times
Defeating ISIL – Al Jazeera
The unlikely odds of making it big – The Pudding
Are pop lyrics getting more repetitive? – The Pudding
Three years after 43 students disappeared in Mexico – The Intercept
The science of hummingbirds – National Geographics
Houston’s wild west growth – The Washington Post
Miles of ice collapsing into the sea – The New York Times
Interactive map exploring US-mexico border – USA Today
It’s not so isis – team project supervised by Density Design Lab.
The words that are ‘most hip hop’ – The Pudding
How do you draw a circle? – Quartz
Other language
Dutch
Climate problems – Volkskrant
Dataproduction about the most populair local policeman – KRO-NCRV
Newsgame about fake news – Slecht Nieuws
How strong are the dikes? – NOS op 3
Interactive map about drug networks in the Netherlands – VPRO and Submarine
Spanish
The big pharma project, available in English – Ojo Publico
Newsgame, play the president of Ecuador – Ecudorian news magazine
German
What cameras can read from your face – The Berliner Morgenpost
Interactive map about the elections in Berlin – The Berliner Morgenpost
Belgian
Help the police solve the mystery of a missing woman – Het Nieuwsblad
