Like many other folks in digital humanities who are in positions where they consult with students, faculty members, and community partners on tools and resources, I’ve frequently steered interested parties to the suite of digital storytelling tools offered by the Knight Lab (a group that operates out of Northwestern University). While the Lab’s work is designed with a community of journalists in mind, its tools can also be useful in other contexts: classrooms or workshops interested in multimodal storytelling and digital exhibits; prototyping efforts for scholars interested in maps, data, or digital curation; or, given the relative ease with which a tool can be accessed and used to create and publish content, less formal or academic forays into the creation of digital content.
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