Alberto Cairo from the University of Miami gives a good overview how to to mislead – or be misled – by poorly-designed charts and poorly-selected data:
A Nice Way to Integrate Charts Into A Narrative Flow
In this article on a potential forthcoming recession, Bloomberg Business showcases an elegant way to integrate a lot of charts into an article without disrupting its flow and making it…
How to Handle Bad Data Sources
Quartz just released a “guide to bad data” that maps common data quality issues and how to address them. It’s good stuff:
Why Journalists Need to Respect Statistics
An Nguyen and Jairo Lugo-Ocando offer a strong and compelling opinion on the often uneasy relationship between journalists and data. Not surprisingly, we strongly agree with their push for numeracy and…
Solutions for Responsive Charts & Data Tables
Using responsive design to make websites readable across devices and screen resolutions grew from cutting-edge experiments to a core requirement in just a few years. Not a month goes by without…
How to Differentiate Your Content Right from the Top
Many newswires, newspapers, financial sites and trade publications follow the same data series with close interest, because of the high visibility and value attached to said data. Think in particular of governmental…
Quick Thoughts About Tableau 9.0 for Journalism & Publishing
After about two months in public beta, Tableau just launched its 9.0 version officially. This release cycle has been focused on polishing the user experience rather than introducing a large…
Viz Tech Watch: Microsoft’s Power BI
Here at Needle Stacker we’d love if Microsoft came up with a business intelligence (BI) solution that made it easy for Excel veterans like ourselves to publish charts and dashboards…
A Data-to-Viz Walkthrough with Wine Production Numbers
We like wine here at Needle Stacker, and saw a few trends in that market that we’re highlighting below to explain what we do with data (in any sector, not just…