Dataviz in the newsroom Kloster Holzen, 29.06.2015

Data meets Viz Steffen Kühne

● Studied Journalism ● Studied Computer Science ● Working for Süddeutsche Zeitung (Online) ● Next month: working for BR-data (public

broadcaster)

Who am I?

Data visualization Game of Thrones – Character map (link, code)

file:///Users/stekhn/Downloads/gfx.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/gameofthrones/ https://github.com/stekhn/got-relationships

Data visualization Game of Thrones – Character map (link, code)

http://gfx.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/gameofthrones/ https://github.com/stekhn/got-relationships

Data visualization Hamburg Elections – Voting shift (link)

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/waehlerwanderung-in-hamburg-wer-wem-die-stimmen-stahl-1.2353382

Data visualization Same-sex Marriage – Legal Status (link)

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/weltkarte-zur-gleichgeschlechtlichen-ehe-liebe-toleranz-bedrohung-1.2497466

Data visualization German Elections – Statistics explorer (link)

http://gfx.sueddeutsche.de/politik/2013-09-22_Bundestagswahl_Karte/

Data visualization Boko Haram on the Rise (link)

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/islamisten-in-nigeria-der-terrorfeldzug-von-boko-haram-1.2339963

Data visualization Will I be replaced by a robot? (link)

http://gfx.sueddeutsche.de/pages/automatisierung/

Data tools POI Map Editor

● Come up with an idea ● Find and clean-up the data ● Conceptualize the dataviz ● Find the right tool or library ● Build the visualization ● Iterate and standardize, if possible

How do I do dataviz?

Library code (e.g. d3)My code

● We usually don’t use models ● It’s difficult to visualize uncertainty ● Avoid uncertainty or explain it (with text) ● Lack of dataviz tools, which deal with

uncertainty

Dealing with uncertainty

Uncertainty

● Static analysis: Excel, R, PSPP, QGIS ● Interactive visualization: D3.js, CartoDB,

Datawrapper ● Always looking for tools which bring both

worlds together ● Tools should be open sourced

What tools do I use?

Thank you! Follow me on Twitter: @SZ

stekhn@gmail.com

https://twitter.com/stekhn mailto:stekhn@gmail.com

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