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3. CLASSICAL AND DATA STORYTELLING

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  1. Storytelling: narrative structures
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    4 Quizzes
  2. Language of media
    6 Topics
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    3 Quizzes
  3. Storytelling With Data II. - Digital investigations in an era of data-driven journalism
    7 Topics
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    4 Quizzes
  4. Infographics - Present statistics beautifully
    7 Topics
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    3 Quizzes
  5. Charts in a website - Hack web developer tools for your stories
    7 Topics
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    3 Quizzes
  6. Online GIS
    6 Topics
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    2 Quizzes
  7. Media analyses
    8 Topics
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    4 Quizzes
  8. Using Piktochart to create infographics
    7 Topics
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    3 Quizzes
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Infographics – Present statistics beautifully

Mil 9 September 2021

Data is beautiful – it can inspire, improve lives and bring out the best in people. 🔖🪄

Data visualization is the creation of visual representations of data. These representations clearly communicate insights from data through charts and graphs. In terms of business intelligence (BI), these visualizations help users make better data-based decisions.

“To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects.”– Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier was one of the greatest architects of the 20th Century. He intuitively understood how to reduce everything to its simplest and most elegant form without ever sacrificing what mattered most: the purpose of each creation and how people interact with the space around them.

Data visualization is a lot like architecture. When figuring out how to display data, you need to start with the function (the trend, pattern, or vital piece of information you’re trying to impart at a glance), then consider the user (how they navigate and interact with the data), and only then do we reach the final step: making it as clean and beautiful as possible.