plotcon nyc: new data viz in data journalism
TRANSCRIPT
NOVEMBER 15-18, 2016
#plotcon
New Data Viz in Data Journalism
Matthew Conlen@mathisonianhttp://mathisonian.com
About Me● Ph.D. student at University of Washington under
Jeffrey Heer○ Computer Science & Data Viz
● Working with FiveThirtyEight since their move to ESPN in 2013○ Computational Journalist
This Talk● Walk through examples of innovative and
successful data journalism pieces
● Show a range of useful open source tools for creating them
But first...
Data Journalism
Data Journalism
Data Journalism
Problems!● Varying degrees of expertise in predictive
modeling
● Numeracy issues
● Failure of polling, predictions, design, or understanding?
Predictions
Predictions
Predictions
Predictions
Predictions
Data Journalism
Data Journalism
Data Journalism
Okay, enough
Election Successes
Election Successes
Uncertainty
Uncertainty● As displayed by response to election graphics,
lots of work to do here
● Real world data is often messy and imprecise. Especially when polling or sampling is involved.
Uncertainty
https://medium.com/hci-design-at-uw/hypothetical-outcomes-plots-experiencing-the-uncertain-b9ea60d7c740
Uncertainty
Uncertainty
Simulation
Simulation● Great tool for displaying complex mathematical
processes
● Patterns are more important than equations
● Computation can be done in the client and visualized realtime
Simulation
Simulation
Simulation
Boutique Data
Boutique Data● Cheap sensors are making it easier than ever for
reporters to collect their own data sets
● Expect to see more of this in the future
Boutique Data
https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/4ybkmk/heart_rate_during_conference_presentation_oc/
Boutique Data
Boutique Data
Boutique Data
Related
Related
Pen and Paper
Pen and Paper
Pen and Paper
Pen and Paper
Pen and Paper
Pen and Paper
Be careful...
A reminder● It’s easy to get lost in numbers
● Remember you are dealing with real people and real issues
● As technology improves it grows in importance that we consider the impact of what we do
Tampa Bay Times
The Marshall Project
Josh Begley
Other Wins
Crosswords
Tennis
Tennis
Tennis
Tools
Binderhttp://mybinder.org/
Binderhttp://mybinder.org/
Binderhttp://mybinder.org/
Binderhttp://mybinder.org/
Chartbuilderhttps://quartz.github.io/Chartbuilder/
Mr. Data Converterhttps://shancarter.github.io/mr-data-converter/
mapshaperhttp://www.mapshaper.org/
mapshaperhttp://www.mapshaper.org/
Data Prooferhttp://dataproofer.org/
Election Toolshttp://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster
Election Toolshttp://elex.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
Terrapatternhttp://www.terrapattern.com/
Terrapatternhttp://www.terrapattern.com/
Webrecorderwebrecorder.io
Thanks!