News organizations are increasingly crowd-sourcing using online survey tools like Google Forms to collect sources, data and their audiences’ experiences. Putting together a survey requires no programming or technical skills and best of all, the tools are mostly free. Presentation tools, such as Google Charts, Many Eyes and others allow you to then showcase your [...]
‘Journalism in the Age of Visualization,’ produced by Geoff McGhee as part of his 2009-2010 John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford University, is a must-see for journalists interested in data visualization and visual journalism more broadly. The seven-part video – an hour in total – along with the rich assortment of examples, resources and [...]
The Tool: Web-based survey builder that lets users “rank” their choices Why Use It: Great way to identify a “least worst” option instead of just a single favorite. I was recently helping some students identify the best day for an event they were planning, and suggested they use some kind of “preferential voting system,” one [...]
Visualizing data often makes good stories. I wondered how stories themselves could provide data for visualizations. You often hear of the ideal graph of story structure–the classic three-part profile with an introduction to the conflict leading to a climax, and ending with the resolution. This structure would be represented by a slow-rising hill ending with [...]
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