Reflections on content design at ONS
In May 2019 our Head of Content Design Kieran Forde wrote a blog post: Five ways content designers are changing…
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In the world of web content, there’s a common misconception that accessibility refers to people with specific needs, like those who use screen readers or other…
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When writing publications for our website, our analysis teams are often keen to show as much of our data as…
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There’s an age old saying that most of us will be familiar with – “bring me solutions, not problems.” It’s often…
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TL; DR? Our scrollytelling articles are built with Svelte, Layer Cake and Mapbox GL JS (v1). You can view our…
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Scrollytelling is a new format for the digital content team, and one we are developing in the run up to…
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Not so long ago, data journalism was regarded in many newsrooms as a bit ‘sciencey’, niche and nerdy and certainly…
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The Integrated Data Programme – Dissemination (IDP-D) project, part of the Integrated Data Programme, aims to build a platform where…
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Introduction Over the past 12 months we’ve had a lot of interest from our users about accessing our data via…
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Content design is a relatively new discipline, so we’re often asked exactly what it is we do. As user-centred design…
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