Scrollytelling with closeread

SDS 236

Benjamin S. Baumer

Smith College

Apr 14, 2026

You may have seen…

• A New Picture of Global Migration

Scrollytelling

Perhaps the first…

• Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek

Andrew’s inspiration

• A Poem (and a Painting) About the Suffering That Hides in Plain Sight

closeread

Auden’s poem with closeread

https://closeread.dev/gallery/examples/auden-poem/

Minard’s map

https://closeread.dev/gallery/examples/minards-map/

Closeread Prize winners

• EURO 2024 Final Scrollytelling Analysis
• Council housing & neighbourhood income inequality in Vienna

More examples

https://closeread.dev/gallery/

How does it work?

• Sections
• Stickies
• Triggers

Our turn

• CAUSE Data Scrollytelling Context
• Our blog