Is a data journalist one who unearths the data, who finds the insights in the data, who finds the right way to visually communicate the data? The answer is, of …
Journalism
Data Journalism is one of the ways many people are exposed to data visualization now. These articles cover different topics and thoughts in this area.
When Bars Point Down
It's so simple it feels entirely trivial: bars in a bar chart pointing down instead of up. But the effect can be striking. And it's not as obvious when to show …
NewsVis.org, The Directory of News Visualizations
When I was in Portland over the holidays a few weeks ago, I noticed a visualization in the local newspaper, The Oregonian. I had never heard of that before, nor …
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