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Lies, Damn Lies, and Charts

Olivier Travers
June 19, 2019
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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:

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A Nice Way to Integrate Charts Into A Narrative Flow

Olivier Travers
January 22, 2016
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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…

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How to Handle Bad Data Sources

Olivier Travers
January 4, 2016
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Quartz just released a “guide to bad data” that maps common data quality issues and how to address them. It’s good stuff:

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Why Journalists Need to Respect Statistics

Olivier Travers
November 23, 2015
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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…

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Solutions for Responsive Charts & Data Tables

Olivier Travers
June 27, 2015
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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…

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How to Differentiate Your Content Right from the Top

Olivier Travers
May 16, 2015
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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…

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A Data-to-Viz Walkthrough with Wine Production Numbers

Olivier Travers
March 20, 2015
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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…

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