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Geoff McGheeThe Bill Lane Center for the American West

Stanford University

2010 Bill Lane Center for the American West

2009 Knight Journalism Fellow

2008 Le Monde

2000 The New York Times

1999 ABCNews.com

1998 Columbia Journalism School

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http://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2004/12/26/international/20041227_QUAKE_FEATURE.html?scp=13&sq=deadly+waves&st=mhttp://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2004/12/26/international/20041227_QUAKE_FEATURE.html?scp=13&sq=deadly+waves&st=mhttp://www.lemonde.fr/elections-americaines/visuel/2008/09/29/les-elections-americaines-a-la-carte_1100729_829254.htmlhttp://www.lemonde.fr/elections-americaines/visuel/2008/09/29/les-elections-americaines-a-la-carte_1100729_829254.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2003/07/19/arts/20030719_FELA_FEATURE.html?scp=1&sq=finding+fela&st=mhttp://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2003/07/19/arts/20030719_FELA_FEATURE.html?scp=1&sq=finding+fela&st=mhttp://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2004/02/18/politics/20040218_px_WISCONSIN_FEATURE.html?scp=1&sq=super+tuesday+2004+results&st=mhttp://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2004/02/18/politics/20040218_px_WISCONSIN_FEATURE.html?scp=1&sq=super+tuesday+2004+results&st=mhttp://www.nytimes.com/specials/chinarises/intro/index.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/specials/chinarises/intro/index.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/images/2001/11/12/politics/recount/http://www.nytimes.com/images/2001/11/12/politics/recount/http://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2003/02/01/national/20030201_ss_COLUMBIA_FEATURE.html?scp=4&sq=loss+of+the+shuttle&st=mhttp://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2003/02/01/national/20030201_ss_COLUMBIA_FEATURE.html?scp=4&sq=loss+of+the+shuttle&st=m

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Interviews

20-odd people in journalism,

academia, research and art

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datajournalism.stanford.edu

Video Report

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Main Points

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Statistical analysis

Database management

Web application developmentGeographic Information Systems

Graphics APIs

(Specialized knowledge in ... ?)

Re-tooling

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Amanda studied stats in college and

she's brought both a little bit more of a

focus on data to the department and also

justsort of an amazing ability to

process data.

Re-tooling

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We have some open positions right now,

and I would love for those positions to be

geared towards somebody that had that

skill set: Heres what the data is and

the story is, heres how wed want to

shape the story based on this data.

Re-tooling

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Excitement

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Excitement

I think that theres a sense that

data is something more like a

medium, something that can be used

to tell stories, and to do all of the things

that a medium can do, to delight and

inspire...

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But...

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Communication Medium?

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Much what we do is a lot of

just showing you the data.

Le Monde

J. Paige West, MSNBC

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How do we tell stories with data?

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National

Geographic

Magazine

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National

Geographic

Magazine

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Adding Interactivity?

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Adding Interactivity?

Preserving Source Data?

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[Having a narrative] is hard todo when the whole point of it is

click whatever button you want!

Storytelling

Amanda Cox, NYT

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How do we cope?

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We are very interested in how

visualizations are being taken up in mass

media, particularly in journalism, so wesimply collected as many examples of

that as we could.

Analysis of

Vis in Media

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Analysis of

Vis in Media

Segal and Heer, 2010

vis.stanford.edu/papers/narrative

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Sources of Inspiration:

Comic Books

MoviesVideo Games

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The Martini GlassLinear Narrative Followed by Individual Exploration

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The Data Slide ShowLinear Narrative With Interaction Within Each Frame

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The Data Slide ShowLinear Narrative With Interaction Within Each Frame

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The Drill-Down StoryWide-Angle View; Presents Links to Selected Closer Views

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The Drill-Down StoryWide-Angle View; Presents Links to Selected Closer Views

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The Drill-Down StoryWide-Angle View; Presents Links to Selected Closer Views

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The Drill-Down StoryWide-Angle View; Presents Links to Selected Closer Views

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Visualization:

Why is interactivity important?

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Story:

Beginning> Middle> End

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Ethos of Visualization:

TransparencyConversation

Exploration

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Transparency

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Transparency

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Transparency

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Transparency

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Conversation

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Conversation

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Conversation

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