Tag Archives: charts

Testing visualisation tools on the world’s most endangered species

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Claire Gilmore

In the Guardian Datastore, I found a spreadsheet outlining the number of endangered species in each country in 2008 and 2009. The document also subdivided the species into groups of mammals, reptiles, birds and so on. Usually, I start data … Continue reading →

Posted in Data Journalism Experiment, Data Sources, Uncategorized, Visualization Experiment | Tagged bar chart, charts, data, data journalism, datablog, dataset, datastore, google, guardian, heat-map, Open Heat Map, spreadsheet, tableau public, TableauPublic, visualisations, wildlife | 3 Comments

International Data Journalism

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Julia Greenaway

I have recently been in touch with a man named Nikhil Pahwa, Editor of Medianama, a company that provides news and analysis of digital media in India. I wanted to know if and how data journalism was any different in … Continue reading →

Posted in How is data journalism used?, International Data Journalism | Tagged availability, charts, data, data journalism, datasets, FOI, googlecharts, government, india, journalism, manyeyes, medianama, nikhil, online, pahwa, print, publicity, telecom, uk, visualisations | 1 Comment

What does Data journalism mean?

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Julia Greenaway

Data journalism makes facts and figures more accessible. Turing information into graphs, diagrams and pictures makes the information a lot easier to understand. Especially with comparable information. When I think of data journalism I think of Wikileaks, and the data … Continue reading →