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Data visualization DIY: Our Top Tools
What data visualization tools are out there on the web that are easy to use — and free? Here on the Datablog and Datastore we try to do as much as possible using the internet’s...
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Better data visualisations
This week's Conversations with Data newsletter features economist and data visualisation expert Jonathan Schwabish. He speaks to us about his latest book, "Better Data Visualizations: A guide for Scholars, Researchers, and Wonks".
Build a data hypothesis for your next story
In our latest conversation, Eva Constantaras and Anastasia Valeeva talk to us about the power of using a data hypothesis to tell compelling stories about forgotten or hidden communities.
Investigating troubling content on Amazon
A team of researchers, journalists and students collaborated to investigate online conspiracy theories online. This is how they did it.
Turbulent with a chance of data: Journalism’s drone-powered futures
Drone journalism isn't just for photojournalists. News organisations can use sensors and mapping technology from UAVs to create a range of data sets for storytelling, explains Monika Sengul-Jones.
Delta variant vs. the vaccine rollout
Vaccinologist Dr Melvin Sanicas speaks to Conversations with Data about the current state of the vaccine rollout. He explains how different vaccines are working to protect populations exposed to the delta variant.
Excel dynamic array functions: what data journalists need to know
Excel 365’s dynamic array functions and their radically new and powerful take on formulas will help put you and the data on speaking terms, writes Abbott Katz. Here's how journalists can take advantage of the full potential of Excel spreadsheets.
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Charting Tools for the Newsroom
Charts and maps have become ubiquitous in todays newsrooms. They convey stories with numbers much better than text alone does and they are shared easily. But not every journalist is a numbercruncher or a graphics designer. And a lot of newsrooms, especially smaller ones, don’t have the means to employ graphic journalists that can craft charts and maps. In this course we introduce and learn to use some tools every journalist can adopt to produce graphics that can support or carry a story.
Contributors
Jonathan Gray
Senior Lecturer
Dr. Jonathan Gray is Senior Lecturer in Critical Infrastructure Studies at the Department of Digital Humanities, King’s College London, where he is currently writing a book on data worlds. He is also Cofounder of the Public Data Lab; and Research Associate at the Digital Methods Initiative (University of Amsterdam) and the médialab (Sciences Po, Paris). More about his work can be found at jonathangray.org and he tweets at @jwyg.
Liliana Bounegru
Lecturer in Digital Methods
Lecturer in Digital Methods at King's College London
Brant Houston
Professor and Knight Chair in Investigative Reporting
Brant Houston is an award winning investigative and data journalist who has published textbooks on both. He also is con-founder and board chair of the Global Investigative Journalism Network.
Geoff McGhee
T. Anthony Pollner Professor
T. Anthony Pollner Professor, @UMJSchool , Faculty advisor @MontanaKaimin. Data vis @TheWaterDesk @WestCenter. Former @jskstanford @nytimes @lemondefr
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