Data, interactives and visualisations

DATA, INTERACTIVES & VISUALIZATIONS

EsraDogramaci @esrad for CEJ/IBA, Karachi, April 2017

What is data journalism? 1

Any story led by numbers

Reporting facts in a way that people understand, about issues that matter

Your role is to bring data to life - tell the story.

But first, who is your audience?

Audience analytics

◉ Male/female split

◉ Age

◉ Platform & device

◉ Time spent & format

Visualizing data Examples 2

The good ones

“Berliner Morgenpost bus interactive, 2015

“Snowden & NSA: Guardian, 2013

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BBC Sport: Who is your Olympic body match, 2016.

“Axios: Watch the uninsured disappear, 2017.

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AJE: What is the true cost of a Panda? 2017

AJE: What has each president left their successor? 2017

The complex

“Flourish Google News Lab Horserace Demo https://public.flourish.studio/story/140/

“Financial Times: Build Your Own

Kraft Heinz Takeover, 2017

Sometimes,

‘Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication’ -Leonardo Da Vinci

Remember, there is a fine line between

Impressive + Incomprehensible

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Pudding: Film Dialogue, 2017

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An ode to the barchart: Stijn Debrouwere, 2017

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Let’s get started 3

◉ Google public data directory◉ UN Data◉ UK Polling Report◉ UNHCR Population Statistics◉ Police.uk ◉ Statista◉ UK House Price Index◉ Data.gov.uk◉ WikiLeaks

EXAMPLES OF DATA SOURCES

◉ European Data Portal ◉ Data.gov.uk◉ WikiLeaks◉ OpenCorporates - Open

Database Of Corporate World◉ UK Companies House data◉ Mother Jones (spreadsheet

mass shootings in America)

◉ Election Commission of Pakistan

◉ Economic Survey of Pakistan◉ South Asian Terrorism Portal

(SATP)◉ Annual NGO reports eg. Aurat

Foundation (eg. violence against women)

◉ Make/find your own

TYPES OF VISUALIZATION

Build your own Info.gram

Quartz Chart Builder

Google (various, eg. Trends)

Maps (various)

Infograph (picture overlay with text/facts)

Simple graph or line/bar chart

Interactive graph

Over to you Find a data set,

start to create stories

Collections of data/visual examples

Global Editors Network 2016 data journalism awards shortlist Examples from the BBC

Al Jazeera English New York Times (and its 2016 Olympics special)

Guardian US

THANK YOU & SHOUT OUT This presentation was put together with ideas & resources from:

Marianne BouchartAlia Chughtai Stijn DebrouwereTom Felle Aron PilhoferSimon Rogers

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