Even this piece have been published more than a year ago I think it is a good example of use of data in an innovative/interesting way. Why your smartphone is causing you 'text neck' syndrome published in South China Morning Post shows (literally) how the extensive use of smartphones is affecting people. It shows the users the results of data analysis mostly through simple graphics and videos. The used interface is clean and easy to navigate. The team did a great job organizing the information and presenting it in a simple way. To gather data the team (Pablo Robles, Marcelo Duhalde and Darren Long) spent several days researching (and also recording) around Hong Kong. So their main data comes from in-field observations. They also use data from medical and academic reports. Other plus pint is the interactivity of the story, because it includes animated elements (anatomic illustrations) for the users to explore. The best example of this interactivity is a tool one that was "created for readers to press to see how much weight is being added to their neck when they text", in words of one of the project's members.
Here is the link
https://multimedia.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2183329/text-neck/index.html