
Visualize your story with Power BI for data journalism
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The most effective stories are often interactive, visually compelling, and provide deep insight through data. Power BI helps journalists tell better, data-driven stories, without excessive overhead or time investment—and without any coding. Easy connections to data and built-in and custom visualizations mean you can discover, create, and share your data story quickly.
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Join the Microsoft Data Journalism program
Our work with journalists and media organizations uncovered a growing need for data journalism tools to help discover and share data stories. We created the Microsoft Data Journalism program to help press and influencers create engaging stories that help their audience explore and understand data in new ways. The program provides free access to Power BI, custom engagements, on-demand content, training, and support.
To learn more, email MSFTDataJournalism@Microsoft.com.
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