  Data visualisation and storytelling techniques help experts highlight
relations between data and share complex information with a broad audience.
However, existing solutions targeted to Linked Open Data visualisation have
several restrictions and lack the narrative element. In this article we present
MELODY, a web interface for authoring data stories based on Linked Open Data.
MELODY has been designed using a novel methodology that harmonises existing
Ontology Design and User Experience methodologies (eXtreme Design and Design
Thinking), and provides reusable User Interface components to create and
publish web-ready article-alike documents based on data retrievable from any
SPARQL endpoint. We evaluate the software by comparing it with existing
solutions, and we show its potential impact in projects where data
dissemination is crucial.
