Click on the images below to explore how I tell stories through audio, video, Flash and other platforms.
I researched and created the content for a site showcasing “Chicago Tonight” content and resources based around the mortgage crisis. Includes a timeline featuring archived video and interactive resource map. (WTTW, 9/15/09)
How are religion and the environment connected? I designed and implemented this “Elements of Faith” site to showcase the work of myself and three other reporters which explores that question. (Medill/Religion News Service, 12/9/09)
Buddhists say the concept of mindfulness extends to how they approach the environment. They explain in an interactive audio experience. (Medill, 12/8/09)
As they celebrate the birth of their founder, members of the Baha’i faith in Washington reflect on the persecution of their brethren in Iran. (McClatchy, video, 11/13/09)
Religious values support the fight for same-sex marriage, say some gays and lesbians during the weekend of the National Equality March. (Medill, audio/video/photos, 10/15/09)
An interactive Flash experience explores many aspects of the effects fruit juice can have on medication, including how the biological process works, and what the scientists discovered about the orange juice you have for breakfast each morning. (Medill, 6/8/09)
An explainer interactive graphic demonstrates how your brain communicates with the rest of your body, and how scientists are using that knowledge to improve treatments for epilepsy. (Medill, 5/20/09)
New light beams shed on the human body could improve medical research and surgery, according to a presentation at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting. An interactive graphic and timeline explores the details. (Medill, 2/16/09)
Hi! I'm Michelle, a passionate journalist-programmer on an ongoing quest to combine data, technology and writing in the service of telling stories about our world.
My current playground for experimenting is the Associated Press' Washington, DC bureau, where I work as an Interactive Producer, focusing on the data journalism I live, breathe and love.
Before this adventure, I was a Data Producer at PBS, and before that, I was a data developer/journo intern at the LA Times' Data Desk.
The seed for the data journalism mission was planted in grad school at Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism, about 40 minutes from the Chicago suburb I grew up in.
I've held five other internships focusing on online, print and broadcast work throughout the nation, from Chicago to Boston.
Comments, opinions and whatever else appears in this space belongs to me and me alone. They do not reflect the views of The Associated Press or any other institution I have worked for.
Taste for Makers20 hours ago Wow, just now discovering @ftrain writing on taste and code. http://t.co/PTJlc5S3 This one's for @michelleminkoff
– jonathanstray (jonathanstray) http://twitter.com/jonathanstray/status/202895369485561856
AP Launches Zoomable World Map - 10,000 Words2012/05/16 Thanks to @laurenmichell for the nice mention of @AP_Interactive's custom worldwide zoom map in @10000words! http://t.co/lgS2Vv4U