As news audiences have moved from desktop-based to primarily mobile consumption, the news industry has moved to mobile-first production — but it’s very easy to forget mobile when working on a data journalism project.

In this video — first made for students on the MA in Data Journalism at Birmingham City University and shared as part of a series of video posts — I explain what considerations a data journalist should have when approaching a story with a mobile-first mindset, and some useful tools to help you see what a story looks like on different devices.

Links mentioned in the video:

• NYT story which uses responsive design
• Tampa Bay Times story which uses mobile conventions even on desktop
• Responsive FT longform story
• UXPin guide to mobile-first design
• Responsive design and mobile UX
• Intro to responsive web design with Bootstrap