Storytelling with Data

Leading the reader through a visualization to impart knowledge and insight.

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Commentary on Nomenclature

A collection of articles discussing issues of "storytelling" with data. Some consensus: storytelling exists on a spectrum with pure exploration. The two are valuable together and any dichotomy is false.

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Bloomberg's Guided Tour of the October Jobs Report

The Bloomberg Visual Data team and Matthew C. Klein have released an interactive walkthrough of the October 2013 job numbers.

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Behind The Black Budget

An interview with Wilson Andrews of The Washington Post about the creation of The Black Budget which visualizes never before seen data about secret funds for national intelligence agencies.

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The New York Times and Tesla Motors Engage in Chart Warfare

New York Times writer John Broder published an account of his test drive experience. The piece includes a graphic depicting the trip, annotating recharges and the eventual breakdown along the way.

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Can Visualization Untangle the Eurozone?

In an effort to explain the Eurozone crisis to readers, the New York Times put out a graphic in its print publication and made an interactive version for the web.

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The Path of Protest

To summarize and centralize The Guardian's many articles about Mid-East unrest, Garry Blight and Sheila Pulham created “The Path to Protest” – an interactive timeline plotting major news events across countries, updated daily.

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Lessons From “Behind The Bloodshed”

Source has published a fantastic interview with the makers of Behind The Bloodshed, a visual narrative about mass killings produced by USA Today.