Data visualisation: 3 things in 15 minutes
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1. The document provides tips for data visualization including choosing visuals that tell the story of the data, making visualizations mobile and social, and designing infographics in a three-act structure with an overview, zoom/filter, and details. 2. It recommends several tools for different types of visualizations including charts, maps, networks, and words clouds and emphasizes selecting tools based on the intended story. 3. The document concludes by advising readers to decide on the story first before choosing a chart and designing infographics with a beginning, middle, and end using an overview, filters, and details in 15 minutes.
Data visualisation: 3 things in 15 minutes
- 1. @PaulBradshaw, Birmingham City University, BBC Author: Scraping for Journalists, Finding Stories in Spreadsheets, Data Journalism Heist, Online Journalism Handbook Datavis: 3 things you need to know
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- 38. ● Basic charts: Datawrapper.de, Highcharts ● Charts & infographics: Infogr.am, Piktochart ● Maps: Batchgeo, Fusion Tables, Tableau ● Network graphs: Fusion Tables, Gephi ● Word clouds: Wordle, Tagxedo ● Other: StoryMap JS, Timeline JS, Juxtapose JS, RAWGraphs.io, Flourish There’s always a tool...
- 39. Decide on the story first — then use the chart that tells it Make your datavis social and mobile Infographics: tell a story with beginnings, middles and endings (overview > zoom/filter > details) 3 things, 15 minutes
- 40. @PaulBradshaw, Birmingham City University, BBC Author: Scraping for Journalists, Finding Stories in Spreadsheets, Data Journalism Heist, Online Journalism Handbook Thank you.