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Read more about the article How to make your first graph in Flourish

How to make your first graph in Flourish

  • Post last modified:January 3, 2025
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Want to start creating your own data visualisations? Flourish is a great (mostly) free tool for turning your datasets into great looking graphs and charts. It's pretty simple to get…

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Read more about the article Predicting the Oscars…with data!

Predicting the Oscars…with data!

  • Post last modified:May 21, 2024
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Predicting the winners of the Oscars using data is a something of a tradition (you could, alternatively, watch all the films and come to an informed conclusion of which is…

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Read more about the article Four Keys to Effective Data Visualisation

Four Keys to Effective Data Visualisation

  • Post last modified:April 23, 2024
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Turning the insights you get from datasets into something you can share with other people - and have them understand what you're on about - is a challenge. And a…

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Read more about the article 7 datasets you can write about now instead of waiting for your FOI request to come back

7 datasets you can write about now instead of waiting for your FOI request to come back

  • Post last modified:April 23, 2024
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So you've had a great idea for a story, but you need more information to stand it up. So is it time for a Freedom of Information request (or several).…

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Quick Data Tip: Text list to sortable list

  • Post last modified:January 6, 2024
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Sometimes I get data requests that sound like they should be easy but turn out to have not much in the way of usable data available. What were the hottest…

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Data Journalism for Beginners: The who, what, where, when of data journalism

  • Post last modified:February 13, 2024
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The key to getting to grips with data journalism is remembering it is just like all other types of journalism... What is the story? In data journalism, the story isn’t…

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Data Journalism for Beginners: Why do it and how to get started

  • Post last modified:January 6, 2024
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The second edition of Getting Started with Data Journalism has just launched and over the next few weeks I'm going to be bringing you some beginners' guides to data journalism…

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