How to tell a story with charts in five charts

By Ben Welsh • October 1, 2016 • IRE Watchdog Workshop in San Diego

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




                             https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%27s_Place_in_Nature

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My name is Ben
 I sometimes go by @palewire

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My name is Ingrid
My nickname is Yeye. My handle: @yeyelobet

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Find our slides here
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NAME THIS MAN   http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/linnaeus.html

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http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/linnaeus.html

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http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html

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IF THEY CAN DO IT, WHY NOT US?

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Five graphics

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Five categories

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Five toolsets

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Five tutorials

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Five changes

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One:
Reporters

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Two:
Miners

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Three:
Sculptors

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Four:
Debaters

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Five:
Tailors

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One:
Reporters

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re·port·er, noun. 1. a stack of
maps, charts and other
diagrams that summarize and
retell a breaking-news event in
chronological order.

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http://www.univision.com/noticias/masacre-en-orlando/nuevos-detalles-de-la-masacre-en-orlando-reconstruccion-graﬁca

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Google Earth
               https://www.google.com/earth/

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SketchUp
           http://www.sketchup.com/products/sketchup-pro

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HTML
       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML

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http://designerhacks.com/sketchupgooglemaps/

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http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/weather/wildﬁres/2007-10-23-california_ﬁres_N.htm

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Two:
Miners

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min·er, noun. 1. an interactive
graphic that gradually reveals a
series of concepts by digging
through a data set.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2015/oct/19/homan-square-chicago-police-detainees

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JavaScript
             https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML

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http://vallandingham.me/scroller.html

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http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/09/19/nyregion/20080920_LIRR_GRAPHIC.html

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Three:
Sculptors

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sculp·tor, noun. 1. a single
graphic that stands alone and
reveals more to the reader as
they careful study its detail.

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http://qz.com/677833/the-languages-the-world-is-trying-to-learn-according-to-duolingo/

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Static chart generators
                          https://quartz.github.io/Chartbuilder/

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Joseph_Minard

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Four:
Debaters

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de·bat·er, noun. 1. a pointed
argument made by interweaving
a series of charts within a
larger text.

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http://www.vox.com/2016/8/31/12368246/charts-explain-obesity

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Static chart generators
                          https://quartz.github.io/Chartbuilder/

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Adobe Illustrator
                    https://quartz.github.io/Chartbuilder/

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https://www.coursera.org/learn/infographic-design

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http://www.vox.com/2016/8/31/12368246/charts-explain-obesity

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Five:
Tailors

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tai·lor, noun. 1. a graphic that
encourages users to explore
and personalize a dataset using
searches, ﬁlters, quizzes and
other interactive tools

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http://inewsource.org/2016/09/12/opioid-san-diego-county/

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Tableau
          http://www.tableau.com/

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http://www.tableau.com/learn/training

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THE END

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OUR STORYTELLERS
Mariano Zafra @mariano_zafra        Nikhil Sonnad @nkl

A. Verde                            Eliza Barclay @elizabarclay
Javier Figueroa @ﬁgueroaledon       Julia Belluz @juliaoftoronto
Luis Melgar @asincopado             Javier Zarracina @JZarracina
Spencer Ackerman @attackerman       Leo Castañeda @LeoMCastaneda

Zach Stafford @zachstafford

Guardian Visuals @guardianvisuals

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YOUR HOSTS
Ben Welsh             Ingrid Lobet

ben.welsh@gmail.com   yeyelobet@gmail.com

@palewire             @yeyelobet

213-473-2624          310-930-6738

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