Doing Data Journalism Like the Cool Kids

A (very) brief introduction to D3

By Andrea Suozzo, @asuozzo

First, a quick check-in

D3?

Javascript?

Any other interactive tool?

journalismcourses.org, from the good people at the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas

Why interactives?

Static is the New Interactive — Heather Billings, Nieman Lab

But never fear! Interactives can:

Let the reader explore

How Far Your Paycheck Goes, in 365 U.S. Cities - NPR, May 20, 2014

Create a compelling narrative with data

Failure Factories: Prologue - Tampa Bay Times, August 12, 2015

And just look really freakin' cool

Star Wars: The Force Accounted - Bloomberg Business, December 11, 2015

D3

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Data Driven Documents

It's as easy as this!*

*OK, so that's kind of an exaggeration.

Let's jump in!

asuozzo.github.io/aand3

Thank you!

Find all this and more at asuozzo.github.io/aand3