data visualizations are not boring anymore!
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Data visualization tools and techniques for non-experts. Target audience for this presentation is journalists. By Steve Outing, media futurist & digital-news innovator, Boulder, CO.TRANSCRIPT
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Data visualizations are not boring
anymore*Steve Outing (media futurist, digital-news innovator) • http://mediadisruptus.com • [email protected]
* And anyone can create them now
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Steve Outing (media futurist, digital-news innovator) • http://mediadisruptus.com • [email protected]
Should all journalists learn data viz, infographic, photo skills?
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Back in the ‘newsolithic’ era…Early software tools crude compared to today’s
Dedicated graphic artist
Reporter/editor trained in CARR, analyzing data
Static visualizations only
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Tools used then have advancedMore powerful, capable
Static or interactive or video …
But expensive
Takes time to learn
Steep learning curve
Perhaps too much for a busy multi-tasking journalist
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Still relevant: Excel (when statistical analysis software is more than you need)
Older Excel: weaknesses over using statistical-analysis software (SAS, SPSS, Stata, OriginPro, JMP)
New Excel: beefed up for data analysis
Must install “data analysis” add-on (user option)
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More-powerful, easy-to-use tools are here: Still need Excel and Adobe?
Free! Download client app [Windows only! :( ] … Hosted on web free … Embed on your site
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Image, visualization software is experiencing a transition
FROM!client-based
TO!cloud-based
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Many easier-to-use tools are now not on desktop: Use them in the cloud
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Example: Infogr.am Simple enough for anyone to use
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Flawed
Limited!free account!OR!$12/month!plan
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An Infogr.am interactive graphic
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Infogr.am and its competitors partly eliminate need for graphic artists
“Infogr.am wants to create a sort of Adobe Illustrator in the Cloud, allowing anyone to
create cool info-graphics on the fly.”
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Free trial; $14-$29/month
Still free for now
Other simple-to-use cloud-based data visualization/infographic tools
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Private beta, but you can sign up for
account
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The problem when data visualization tools are available for everyone
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Pretty…
Nearly incomprehensible!!
Effective data visualization…
But a bit plain lookingSources: Harvard Business Review, JunkCharts.com
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But even if you’re not an expert, you can learn the ropes
Bar Chart: As simple as you can get with data visualization
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Flawed Much better!!No need to turn head to read type
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What could be better about this recent NY Times data visualization?
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You don’t have to be an artist to be creative in presenting data
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Some good data-viz resourcesjunkcharts.typepad.com - Blog; lessons, tips on effective data visualization
Book: “The Functional Art: An introduction to information graphics and visualization” - by Alberto Cairo
Blogs:visualizing.org … informationisbeautiful.net … flowingdata.com … infosthetics.com … visualisingdata.com … datavis.tumblr.com
These presentation slides can be found here: http://www.slideshare.net/steveouting1
Steve Outing (media futurist, digital-news innovator) • http://mediadisruptus.com • [email protected]