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Explorable explanations are increasingly being created by [[journalist]]s,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://killscreen.com/articles/your-brain-anxiety-interactive-explanation-nicky-case/|title=Your brain on anxiety: an interactive explanation with Nicky Case|last=Joho|first=Jess|date=2015-09-25|website=Kill Screen|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref> sometimes by organisations that formerly focused on [[print news media]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/04/02/technology/uber-drivers-psychological-tricks.html,%20https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/04/02/technology/uber-drivers-psychological-tricks.html|title=How Uber Uses Psychological Tricks to Push Its Drivers’ Buttons|last=Scheiber|first=Noam|date=2017-04-02|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-01-21|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/datablog/ng-interactive/2017/sep/28/hooked-how-pokies-are-designed-to-be-addictive|title=Hooked: how pokies are designed to be addictive|last=Evershed|first=Nick|last2=Ball|first2=Andy|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2019-01-21|last3=Liu|first3=Ri|last4=Davey|first4=Melissa}}</ref> and [[radio]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/05/21/408234543/will-your-job-be-done-by-a-machine|title=Will Your Job Be Done By A Machine?|website=NPR.org|language=en|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref> In 2015, [[FiveThirtyEight]] collaborated with [[The Marshall Project]] to produce an article on prison parole assessment<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/prison-reform-risk-assessment/|title=Should Prison Sentences Be Based On Crimes That Haven't Been Committed Yet?|last=Barry-Jester|first=Anna Maria|date=2015-08-04|website=FiveThirtyEight|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref> that included a explorable explanation of the effects of policy changes on prison populations. The article was cited by the [[Columbia Journalism Review]] as an example of how explorable explanations could be used to advance digital storytelling.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cjr.org/q_and_a/could_explorable_explanations_help_tell_a_new_kind_of_story.php|title=Could 'explorable explanations' help tell a new kind of story?|website=Columbia Journalism Review|language=en|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref> [[Newsgame]]s may be considered explorable explanations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.robinkwong.com/newsgames-list/|title=A list of recent newsgames|website=www.robinkwong.com|access-date=2019-04-01}}</ref>

Other newsrooms such as [[Bloomberg Businessweek]], [[The New York Times]], and [[The Guardian]] are also notable for their use of explorable explanations to tell stories, for example covering topics like climate change, drug overdoses, and economics.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/buy-rent-calculator.html,%20https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/buy-rent-calculator.html|title=Is It Better to Rent or Buy?|last=Bostock|first=Mike|date=2014-05-21|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-01-24 |last2=Carter |first2=Shan |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331|last3=Tse|first3=Archie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2015/feb/05/-sp-watch-how-measles-outbreak-spreads-when-kids-get-vaccinated|title=Watch how the measles outbreak spreads when kids get vaccinated – and when they don't|last=Harris|first=Rich|work=The Guardian |access-date=2019-01-25 |last2=Popovich|first2=Nadja|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|last3=team|first3=Kenton Powell on the Guardian US interactive |last4=Harris |first4=Rich |last5=Popovich |first5=Nadja |last6=team |first6=Kenton Powell on the Guardian US interactive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/03/19/upshot/3d-yield-curve-economic-growth.html,%20https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/03/19/upshot/3d-yield-curve-economic-growth.html|title=A 3-D View of a Chart That Predicts The Economic Future: The Yield Curve |last=Aisch |first=Gregor |date=2015-03-18|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-01-25|last2=Cox|first2=Amanda|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?vid=&uuid=8114cb90graphics/2015-2035whats-11e9warming-aa93the-a38e0a227405&url=L2dyYXBoaWNzLzIwMTUtd2hhdHMtd2FybWluZy10aGUtd29ybGQvworld/ |title=Bloomberg - Are you a robot? |website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2019-01-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-whats-warming-the-world/ |title=Bloomberg - What's Really Warming the World? |last=Roston |first=Eric |date=2015-06-24 |website=www.bloomberg.com |access-date=2019-01-25}}</ref> [[FiveThirtyEight]] has also used explorable explanations to cover topics such as gun violence<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theundefeated.com/features/fivethirtyeight-breaks-down-the-more-than-33000-annual-u-s-gun-deaths/|title=FiveThirtyEight breaks down the more than 33,000 annual U.S. gun deaths|last=Jones|first=Maya A.|date=2016-07-14|website=The Undefeated|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-25}}</ref> and [[p hacking]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/science-isnt-broken/ |title=Science Isn't Broken |last=King |first=Ritchie |date=2015-08-19 |website=FiveThirtyEight |language=en-US |access-date=2019-01-25}}</ref>

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