Insights
A collection of best practices, research insights and expert interviews to help independent journalists create captivating visual investigations and data stories that inform broad audiences.
Interviews
Behind the Scenes at The Pudding: Creati...
An inside look at the creative processes for interactive storytelling at the Pudding.
8 months
Research
Five charts that changed the world - BBC...
Data visualisation helps us to understand the world. It also has the power to change it. Narrated by Adam Rutherford.
8 months
BBC
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Six Principles for Designing Any Chart
An introduction to Google’s new data visualization guidelines
8 months
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Where's Larry? bringing data to life thr...
Tapestry 2017 Short Story Presentation #3 by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
8 months
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Once Upon a Time: From Data to Stories
The word “stories” has become synonymous with visualizing and presenting data. But contrar...
8 months
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Responsive scrollytelling best practices
How to plan or adapt a scrollytelling story for mobile.
8 months
Interviews
Identifying Visual Potential
We discuss Marco's approach to producing impactful and unique visual stories as well as his definition of success.
8 months
Research
Animation, Pacing, and Exposition
When depicting complex systems, it is not enough for our visualizations to be only beautiful and comprehensive. A good exposition ...
9 months
Interviews
Data Stories - Interview of Pei Ying Loh
Our interview with Pei Ying, Head and co-founder of Kontinentalist, about their processes and creative approach.
9 months
Research
39 studies about human perception in 30 ...
An extreme distillation of many studies done over graphical perception.
9 months
Kennedy Elliot
Research
Perception in Visualization
Human perception plays an important role in the area of visualization. An understanding of perception can significantly improve bo...
9 months
North Carolina State University
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Laws of Simplicity
The Laws of Simplicity is a 100-page book I wrote just as the Apple iPod was starting to take off and while I was earning my MBA a...
9 months
John Maeda
Interviews
Pablo Robles: Immersive Visual Reporting
In this interview with Pablo, a visual journalist at the New York Times, we discuss the importance of physical immersion to gather...
9 months
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Taking Data Visualization From Eye Candy...
Sophisticated data visualizations are pushing the bounds of what we can process, sometimes to the breaking point. What are the sig...
10 months
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11 Ways to Visualize Changes Over Time –...
The visualization you use to explore and display that data changes depending on what you’re after and data types. This is a guide ...
10 months
Interviews
Theresa Malone: Graphics Team Insights
In this interview with Theresa, the Guardian's Head of Visuals, we explore visual storytelling insights from the graphics team's w...
10 months
Research
Storytelling in data visualization: info...
Storytelling is shown as an effective approach to humanize information perception. However, its potential to build a biased view o...
10 months
Artigo
Research
Storytelling and Visualization: A Survey
Throughout history, storytelling has been an effective way of conveying information and knowledge. In the field of visualization, ...
10 months
Research
What I learned from seven years as the G...
Seven years ago I started working full time at the Guardian in the glamorous role of SEO editorial executive. For five of those ye...
10 months
Chris Moran
Research
Journalism, media, and technology trends...
How do media leaders view the year ahead?
10 months
Reuters Institute
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Optimizing 3D glTF Assets for Interactiv...
Want to make high-quality 3D stories for readers without the latest devices and slower connections? We open-sourced the @glTF3D ...
11 months
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Explanatory and Exploratory Information ...
Effective data communication often requires allowing users to explore the data and draw their own conclusions while also providing...
11 months
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Social Mobility in the Digital Age: A Tw...
‘Social Mobility in the Digital Age’ is the culmination of a year-long research project by Paris-based insights agency, L’Atelier ...
11 months
Gladeye
Research
Modeling Key World Cup Moments with Mach...
R&D used reference photos and videos of the venue, photos of the play, and player models created using a machine learning model ca...
11 months
New York Times