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Reporting II  - Day 6

Data Visualization

Pitch

Report

Produce

Learning Objectives:

Announcements

  • Reminder - we're winding down, everything must be DONE...at the very latest by end of the month
    • Emojis must have responses or rewrites (⛔️, ❓, 🤯)
    • Assignment 2 & 3 should be complete to satisfaction...I will ask to re-submit if incomplete
       
  • Project Deliverables 

Part 2: Outline

Deliverables:

  • 10/18 Outline
  • 10/21 Process Presentation

Project Timeline

  • Upcoming Project Deliverables [Part 2]
    • 10/18 Outline
    • 10/21 Process Presentation

DRAFT DUE

Outline Due

Process
Presentation

EDITS DUE

Project Parameters

  • An "act of journalism" that leans heavily on data analysis, but is also supported by reporting and may or may not contain multimedia elements like photos.
     
  • Must contain at least one data visualization. May contain more than one visualization.
     
  • All data analysis must be reproducible. I will ask for the original data and instructions to reproduce your analysis.
     
  • If your project takes the form of a traditional story, let me know if you plan to exceed 1500 words.

Homework Discussion

  1. The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics
    
  2. The Quartz guide to bad data
    
  3. Financial Times Visual Vocabulary
    https://ft.com/vocabulary

Today's News

Data Visualization

Julia Wolfe

Senior Editor, Data Visualization at FiveThirtyEight

Some additional simple charts for disucssion

Line

 

Table

Annotations

(step chart)

Annotations

(step chart)

Scatter

Assignment 4

Assignment 4

Project Time!

Homework

Project Part 2: Outline

Deliverables:

  • 10/18 Outline
  • 10/21 Process Presentation