Data Visualization

in the newsroom

http://zzolo.github.io/
data-visualization-newsroom-presentation

Alan Palazzolo

News Developer

A coder in
the newsroom

Trying to learn journalism

Eight hats of data visualization

• Initiator
• Data scientist
• Journalist
• Computer scientist
• Designer
• Cognitive scientist
• Communicator
• Project manager

Visualization

as Analysis

Quickly make charts to
see trends and outliers

Microsoft Excel

OpenOffice Calc

Google Fusion Tables

ArcGIS

QGIS

Visualization

as Presentation

Visualization to enhance
and draw attention to data points.

Basic knowledge of HTML/CSS and
Javascript to embed pieces.

Tableau

Google Fusion Tables

Highcharts

Visualization

as Storytelling

Using design, interaction, and
journalism to tell stories with data.

Infographic

Photoshop/Illustrator

Interactive

Coding

All our code is open
and on Github

https://github.com/minnpost

Thank you.