Build a Data Story: From Dataset to Live Portfolio Piece

There's a widening gap between people who use AI and people who build with it. Using AI means asking ChatGPT to draft your essay or summarize your readings. It's helpful, and it's what everyone else is doing. Building with AI is different. It means creating something that didn't exist before—a tool, a product, a piece of work you can point to and say "I made that." The AI handles the parts that used to require specialized skills. You provide the thinking and judgment that make the result worth something.

This guide teaches you to build an interactive data story: a shareable web page that takes interesting data, visualizes it, and presents insights people actually want to read. When you're done, you'll have a live URL you can put on a resume, share on LinkedIn, or send to anyone who asks what you're capable of.