2 Stories on Developing a Nose for Data Stories and an Eye for Visual Reporting
Alan Smith on Becoming a ‘Competent Critic’ of Visual Reporting
"If we want to achieve a culture change for growing and maturing visual journalism, we need to bring on those people that are not the visual journalists," says Alan Smith, data visualization editor of Financial Times.
Smith wants to turn all journalists into "competent critics—people who are capable of deconstructing the role of chance, spotting the potential for using visual methods in reporting." To do so, Alan is following the lead of those makeover shows you see on TV.
Here are some highlights as noted by attendees on Twitter.
"Share your #dataviz ideas early and often in order to avoid becoming to immune to their faults," @theboysmithy #tapestryconf
— Andy Cotgreave (@acotgreave) March 9, 2016
The value is rethinking the whole point of a chart and bringing that out, rather than just showing the numbers. @theboysmithy #tapestryconf
— Robert Kosara (@eagereyes) March 9, 2016
Something so simple and yet so impactful #tapestryconf https://t.co/9idrHCnI4X
— Sean Miller (@kcmillersean) March 9, 2016
"Deconstruct the relationships in the data and then prioritize them" on criticism by @theboysmithy at #tapestryconf pic.twitter.com/u0S3Z7tADB
— Ben Jones (@DataRemixed) March 9, 2016
Great comment by @theboysmithy. When ppl ask about automating charts, what are their thoughts on automating their text? #tapestryconf
— Sisi Wei (@sisiwei) March 9, 2016
Enrico Bertini on Finding the Story in the Big and Complex Data Set
"How do we help people generate great stories by looking at big and complex data sets? That’s a question that I find really, really important and intriguing," says Enrico Bertini, assistant professor of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering.
To help explain the process, Enrico shares how NYU InfoVis Lab’s collaborated with ProPublica on the analysis of millions of medical reviews from Yelp.
Here are a few snippets from the conversation on the Twitterverse:
.@FILWD asking the question on the tip of my tongue... Should have known he used to be an engineer #TapestryConf pic.twitter.com/CsL5f6DvZC
— Robert Rouse (@bibleviz) March 9, 2016
"use data to generate ideas not truth. #dataviz is a creativity tool'" says @FILWD Hell yes!!! #tapestryconf
— Andy Cotgreave (@acotgreave) March 9, 2016
.@FILWD shares his enthusiasm for DISCOVERY AT #tapestryconf pic.twitter.com/ThpfhLoMkk
— RJ Andrews (@infowetrust) March 9, 2016
Check out the rest of the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #TapestryConf.