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How we build scrollytelling articles

  • Ahmad Barclay
  • June 2, 2021
Categories: Census, dataviz, design, frontend, publishing

TL; DR? Our scrollytelling articles are built with Svelte, Layer Cake and Mapbox GL JS (v1).  You can view our…

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What makes for a good scrollytelling article?

  • Erin Vickery
  • May 24, 2021
Categories: Census, dataviz, publishing

Scrollytelling is a new format for the digital content team, and one we are developing in the run up to…

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Finding your tribe: Data journalism voices from NICAR

  • ONS Digital
  • April 1, 2021
Categories: blog, Data, Editorial, training

Not so long ago, data journalism was regarded in many newsrooms as a bit ‘sciencey’, niche and nerdy and certainly…

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Publishing with the Integrated Data Programme

  • Rob Barry
  • March 11, 2021
Categories: Data, Integrated Data Programme, opendata

The Integrated Data Programme – Dissemination (IDP-D) project, part of the Integrated Data Programme, aims to build a platform where…

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How to access data from the ONS beta API

  • Robert Grant
  • February 15, 2021
Categories: API

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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A story of two content designers in 2020

Categories: Content design

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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Joining the Digital Publishing team and what have I learnt so far?

  • willhumphrey
  • February 3, 2021
Categories: publishing

What does a Publishing Officer at the Office for National Statistics do? This is a question that I have been…

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How writing in pairs improves content

  • Angharad Bishop
  • January 26, 2021
Categories: Content design

Working from home during the pandemic means that teams who would usually get together in person to collaborate have had…

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Information about the upcoming work on Customise My Data (CMD)

  • Robert Grant
  • October 26, 2020
Categories: Data

Introduction At ONS we have a beta service publishing some of our data in a more open format. This service,…

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Top tips for writing in house style

  • Angharad Bishop
  • September 2, 2020
Categories: Content design, Editorial

Keeping our content consistent Research has shown that our users like consistency, from how we present the website visually to…

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