Now that you understand how journalism works around the world, the next step is to do your own international stories. One tool that can help you do that without getting on a plane (!), is Google maps.

Google maps

Irene Jay Lui from Google Newslab takes you through Google Maps and visualising data - important tools for you as a journalist to bring real imagery and data into your stories.

Google News Lab has lots of useful resources for journalists. Have a browse around and check out Multimedia storytelling (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

More resources...

Resource Description	Link
Telling stories with Google Maps, Earth and Street View	https://sites.google.com/site/geomedialab/maps-engine
Australian Census Data interactive by The Guardian	https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2017/jun/27/australian-census-map-the-results-region-by-region-interactive
Australian Census Data Packs	https://datapacks.censusdata.abs.gov.au/datapacks/
Instructions for using data packs	http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/2916.0Main Features202016?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=2916.0&issue=2016&num=&view=
Great data visualisation examples	https://smallmultiples.com.au/articles/
Honoring Nepal: People, Places, art. An interactive exhibition including maps and google photo spheres.	https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/exhibit/gQKiSTOiApY_Jw?hl=fr
Google News Lab. Tutorials for using my maps, fusion tables, etc.	https://newslab.withgoogle.com/training