The idea of “data journalism” has been buzzing around a lot lately. The concept is being most prominently tested out by ESPN’s FiveThirtyEight. In January I was lucky to attend a Storytelling with Data workshop to learn more about how numbers, analysis and writing can come together.
Later that month, I found myself with a great opportunity to try out what I had learned. My design professors were challenging us to spend the semester developing a publishing house and creating its first book. And with that, Pivot Press, a publishing house for stories based on data and told by real people, was born.