How to tell a story with charts in
five charts: A newsroom taxonomy




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My name is Ben
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My name is Ingrid
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NAME THIS MAN   http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/linnaeus.html
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/linnaeus.html
http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html
IF THEY CAN DO IT, WHY NOT US?
Five graphics
Five categories
Five toolsets
Five tutorials
Five changes
One:
Reporters
Two:
Miners
Three:
Sculptors
Four:
Debaters
Five:
Tailors
One:
Reporters
re·port·er, noun. 1. a stack of
maps, charts and other
diagrams that summarize and
retell a breaking-news event in
chronological order.
http://www.univision.com/noticias/masacre-en-orlando/nuevos-detalles-de-la-masacre-en-orlando-reconstruccion-grafica
Google Earth
               https://www.google.com/earth/
SketchUp
           http://www.sketchup.com/products/sketchup-pro
HTML
       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML
http://designerhacks.com/sketchupgooglemaps/
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/weather/wildfires/2007-10-23-california_fires_N.htm
Two:
Miners
min·er, noun. 1. an interactive
graphic that gradually reveals a
series of concepts by digging
through a data set.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2015/oct/19/homan-square-chicago-police-detainees
JavaScript
             https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML
http://vallandingham.me/scroller.html
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/09/19/nyregion/20080920_LIRR_GRAPHIC.html
Three:
Sculptors
sculp·tor, noun. 1. a single
graphic that stands alone and
reveals more to the reader as
they careful study its detail.
http://qz.com/677833/the-languages-the-world-is-trying-to-learn-according-to-duolingo/
Static chart generators
                          https://quartz.github.io/Chartbuilder/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Joseph_Minard
Four:
Debaters
de·bat·er, noun. 1. a pointed
argument made by interweaving
a series of charts within a
larger text.
http://www.vox.com/2016/8/31/12368246/charts-explain-obesity
Static chart generators
                          https://quartz.github.io/Chartbuilder/
Adobe Illustrator
                    https://quartz.github.io/Chartbuilder/
https://www.coursera.org/learn/infographic-design
http://www.vox.com/2016/8/31/12368246/charts-explain-obesity
Five:
Tailors
tai·lor, noun. 1. a graphic that
encourages users to explore
and personalize a dataset using
searches, filters, quizzes and
other interactive tools
http://inewsource.org/2016/09/12/opioid-san-diego-county/
Tableau
          http://www.tableau.com/
http://www.tableau.com/learn/training
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