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Data Visualization Workshop

How to turn data into stories

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Alice KohliNeue Zürcher Zeitung@alicekohli

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Benjamin WiederkehrInteractive Things@datavis

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NZZ Datanzz.ch/aktuell/data@nzzdata

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Concept

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Outlining the

Projektbüro Fukushima

Die Reise beginnt… in Japan: Marcel Gyr, Christoph Bangert und Mitsuhiro Shoji

Die Reise beginnt… in Zürich: Sylke Gruhnwald, Peter Gassner, Martina Franzén, Flavio Gortana, Benjamin Wiederkehr

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Visualizations

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Your excercise for the next hour

1. Pick a story from the newsfeed (articles from news agencies)

2. Read the story (if necessary, pick another story)

3. Define which elements of the story are interesting to follow up?

4. Decide what publication would the follow-up story be for?

5. How is the follow-up-story set up? How is the data displayed? How do you incorporate

interactive elements?

6. Set a title and a lead – make sure it corresponds to the publication you chose in (4)

7. Design a poster for your story

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Here’s an example

Canada's economy churned out a surprising 59,200 jobs in August, nearly triple the number

expected, but most of the gains were in part-time work and the six-month trend in the labor

market remains modest.

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OTTAWA, Sept 6 (Reuters)

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Here’s an example

Canada's economy churned out a surprising 59,200 jobs in August, nearly triple the number

expected, but most of the gains were in part-time work and the six-month trend in the labor

market remains modest.

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OTTAWA, Sept 6 (Reuters)

How many jobs where there in July? In August of the previous year?

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Here’s an example

Canada's economy churned out a surprising 59,200 jobs in August, nearly triple the number

expected, but most of the gains were in part-time work and the six-month trend in the labor

market remains modest.

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OTTAWA, Sept 6 (Reuters)

How is it compared to other countries? Which country is most comparable to Canada?

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Here’s an example

Canada's economy churned out a surprising 59,200 jobs in August, nearly triple the number

expected, but most of the gains were in part-time work and the six-month trend in the labor

market remains modest.

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OTTAWA, Sept 6 (Reuters)

Who expected what? Which institutes provide prognoses?

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Here’s an example

Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Umar Akmal has been given the green light to resume playing

after suffering a fit while on duty for Barbados in the Caribbean Premier League last month. The

23-year-old had to drop out of the tour to Zimbabwe after being taken ill on a flight to Jamaica.

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KARACHI, Sept 6 (Reuters)

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Here’s an example

Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Umar Akmal has been given the green light to resume playing

after suffering a fit while on duty for Barbados in the Caribbean Premier League last month. The

23-year-old had to drop out of the tour to Zimbabwe after being taken ill on a flight to Jamaica.

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KARACHI, Sept 6 (Reuters)

How about the other players of the past? How did they regenerate?

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Here’s an example

Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Umar Akmal has been given the green light to resume playing

after suffering a fit while on duty for Barbados in the Caribbean Premier League last month. The

23-year-old had to drop out of the tour to Zimbabwe after being taken ill on a flight to Jamaica.

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KARACHI, Sept 6 (Reuters)

How many people suffer a fit, at what age?

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Here’s an example

Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Umar Akmal has been given the green light to resume playing

after suffering a fit while on duty for Barbados in the Caribbean Premier League last month. The

23-year-old had to drop out of the tour to Zimbabwe after being taken ill on a flight to Jamaica.

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KARACHI, Sept 6 (Reuters)

What other reasons are there? How likely are you to suffer a fit with your

current physical condition?

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Ready, set, go: Pick a story from the newsfeed

1. Swiss lower house of parliament backs Gripen jets

2. China ditches pointless awards in latest anti-waste push

3. Six killed in two blasts near army sites in Egypt's Sinai

4. Iraq signs deal with BP to revive northern Kirkuk oilfield

5. Spanish Catalonia to press independence bid with human chain

6. Kenya's deputy president goes on trial at international court

7. U.S. Soccer Head Says FIFA Failed to Consider Qatari Weather

8. New York strip club dancers win 4-year fight for minimum wage

9. Humberto becomes first hurricane of 2013, no threat to land

10. Clint Eastwood's wife files for legal separation in California

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Visualizations

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Di!culties with

FlüchtlingsströmeVisualisierung: Flüchtlingsströme

census.gov: Net Migration Between California and Other States: 1955–1960 and 1995–2000, http://www.census.gov/dataviz/visualizations/051/

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StrahlendosisVisualisierung: Strahlendosis

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David McCandless: Radiation Dosage Chart Randall Munroe: Radiation Dose Chart

Interactive Things: Sievert Visualization, http://fukushima.nzz.ch

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Merci!

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