Every viz should tell a story
Any story can be told in many forms. In the recent years, visualization has been adopted by journalists who have skills to use data to tell stories. Tableau Public comes handy in visualizing data on any platform by the click of a button.
- With help of designers and developers it is easy to plot, map, chart and compare numbers after mining and analyzing simple or complex data. It allows users to view interactive graphics on any media websites. Editors, in conjunction with designers, can come up with story forms that need to be visualized. Check out on 10 Tips on how to create data visualization below.
Excellent guide from @tableau 10 Tips to Create Beautiful Visualizations ow.ly/ovdW3- Tableau Public helps tell stories with interactive data visualization the web. The free downloadable software allows you to be up and running overnight. With Tableau Public you can create amazing interactive visuals and publish them quickly, without the help of programmers or IT.
- For example, the map below shows the number of journalist killed since 1992 per country by use of a cloropleth map. A bar chart next to the map shows that there were more murder cases reported in Afghanistan than any country.
- However there are a number of steps to follow in story-telling with graphics. The first thing to do when creating a visual narrative is to define the focus, story and goals. Some preliminary research need to be done before choosing graphic forms. A sketch or story board helps the visualizer determine the structure of the information and subtopics. All stakeholders need to be involved from the beginning of the design process: the journalist, designer and developer.
- Despite the number of media outlets using Tableau for visualization, often there data is not accurately represented in the visualization. This is so because either the data has not been cleaned or has been represented incorrectly. All one needs is to learn how to clean data using MS Excel and OpenRefine. Good data is mandatory for creating a good visualization.
- Tableau Public enables user to upload data and create interactive data visualizations. After the visualization is finished, it can be embedded directly in the webpage. It's just like embedding a YouTube video. Visualizations are designed to look like part of the page. No programming skills are needed to create, publish or share Tableau Public visualizations. CNNMoney uses Tableau Public for markets analysis tool (check below)
- Stock Market Data - Dow Jones, Nasdaq, S&P 500 - CNNMoneyComplete stock market coverage with breaking news, analysis, stock quotes, before & after hours market data, research and earnings.
Tableau offers hundreds of visualization types, such as maps, bar and line charts, lists, heat maps and more. Tableau's built-in mapping feature, which automatically geo-codes down to the city and zip code level. Other graphic forms allow users to tell stories about trends over time with Tableau's built-in date functionality, which lets readers filter a time period or drill down from months to days to hours. Combining views into a dashboard shows different graphical representations of the same story of the same story. Check out on a number of examples.
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Interactive: sectarian divideUpdated July 03, 2013 11:35:27 The civil war in Syria is threatening to escalate into a broader sectarian conflict throughout the wider r...- Youtube offers free tutorials on how to use Tableau Public, which can be of help to designers, developers and editors. One needs to download free data visualization Tableau software for use.
Free Data Visualization Software | Tableau PublicWithin minutes, our free data visualization tool can help you create an interactive viz and embed it in your website or share it. Anyone ...
