Comments on: Thinking about data visualization for journalists http://hackerjournalist.net/2008/07/30/thinking-about-data-visualization-for-journalists/ brian boyer Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:24:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Websites tagged "cartograms" on Postsaver http://hackerjournalist.net/2008/07/30/thinking-about-data-visualization-for-journalists/#comment-246 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:47:14 +0000 http://sixthw.com/?p=40#comment-246 [...] and the challenges of representing global higher ed saved by lipsofanangel252009-02-27 – Thinking about data visualization for journalists saved by WilAlambre2009-02-24 – new cartograms: religions saved by zelph2009-02-05 – The Incredible [...]

]]> By: Brian Boyer — Hacker Journalist : From concept to sketch to software: Building a new way to visualize votes… mmm, environminty! http://hackerjournalist.net/2008/07/30/thinking-about-data-visualization-for-journalists/#comment-245 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:12:45 +0000 http://sixthw.com/?p=40#comment-245 [...] greenness were tossed — maps aren’t all that good at showing off numbers. (Notable exceptions include cartograms and the famous diagram of Napoleon’s march to Moscow, neither of which seemed sensible metaphors to [...]

]]> By: From concept to sketch to software: Building a new way to visualize votes… mmm, environminty! | Sixth W http://hackerjournalist.net/2008/07/30/thinking-about-data-visualization-for-journalists/#comment-244 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:04:44 +0000 http://sixthw.com/?p=40#comment-244 [...] greenness were tossed — maps aren’t all that good at showing off numbers. (Notable exceptions include cartograms and the famous diagram of Napoleon’s march to Moscow, neither of which seemed sensible metaphors to [...]

]]> By: Brian Boyer http://hackerjournalist.net/2008/07/30/thinking-about-data-visualization-for-journalists/#comment-243 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:07:55 +0000 http://sixthw.com/?p=40#comment-243 No! I hadn’t seen Gapminder. Thanks, Ian.

Erin sent me this fantastic ManyEyes visualization: Military Costs of Major U.S. Wars.

Watching the Growth of Walmart Across America was posted to BoingBoing the other day – it’s another bit from FlowingData that’s totally worth checking out.

]]> By: Ian Bicking http://hackerjournalist.net/2008/07/30/thinking-about-data-visualization-for-journalists/#comment-242 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:20:11 +0000 http://sixthw.com/?p=40#comment-242 Have you seen gapminder.org? It’s got some pretty neat graphs.

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