Designing stories for public interest values, participation and to exploit technological potential is one way to drive journalism innovation. Despite widespread recognition that innovation is needed for public interest storytelling to prevail, there is less consensus about what innovation looks like beyond adopting new digital tools, or how to exploit…

How might we tell a story about bushfire using heat? Or a story about increases in custodial sentencing using the walls of a courthouse? As communication technologies become increasingly subtle, tangible and sensuous, journalists and media organisations will need to think about how to design stories for internet-connected objects, responsive…

In the news media industry technology is often seen both as the driver of innovation and also the solution: social and mobile technologies have disrupted the media business meaning publishers need to innovate by creating new, technology-driven products that meet audience needs. Good design research and design thinking is one…

Energy policy is a wicked problem. As governments seek to balance public and private interests while they transition to a low-carbon economy, public debate tends to either centre on one of two themes, either, that: technological innovation will mean we can continue to produce large amounts of energy but in…