a.k.a. How to make maps for journalism
Jacopo Ottaviani – @JacopoOttaviani
ICFJ Knight Fellow, data editor at Code for Africa
Bonne, R. – Antique map of Spain and Portugal
From «conception» to «publication»
The Fra Mauro map, "considered the greatest memorial of medieval cartography", is a map of the world made around 1450 by the Italian cartographer Fra Mauro. The map is a map of the world and includes Asia, the Indian Ocean, Africa, Europe and the Atlantic. The map is oriented with south at the top.
Data should be seen as a force multiplier in the newsroom (cit. Aron Pilhofer, The Guardian)
Something empowering the existing processes of journalistic production and storytelling.
courtesy of @AlbertoCairo
courtesy of Queen Elizabeth II
Early school leaving in Italy, 2015 (Internazionale)
We are ready to visualise it on something like this.