Category Archives: Journalism in the Age of Data

The concept of an infographic is very interesting to me. When you take the time to think about combining worlds of data and graphics, you will realize that it is vastly complex. This documentary gave a good overview of this … Continue reading →

At the risk of appearing to have no basis or general platform/philosophy on issues, I am once again going to bring up the idea that I like data visualization in regards to journalism and that I do not. My eyes … Continue reading →

Journalism in the Age of Data is an interesting documentary. The film examines the evolution of information graphics  and data visualization. These are topics that, though I use or come across on a daily bases, have never resinated as important … Continue reading →

As I prepare to create my own infograph, I find this to be highly interesting. There is definitely something intimidating about these types of projects. Visual information has to be easily understandable and usable I thought some of the graphs … Continue reading →

The new form of journalism and information output is becoming more and more visual. The bar graph or pie chart are being re-imagined to fit into certain categories, apply to various topics. All in the effort to make information more … Continue reading →

Journalism in the age of data seemed to be shot with a sony handy cam but the information the movie provided covered the bad cinematography. Data visualization if a very important too in journalism. People need numbers and data match … Continue reading →

Watching this video was very interesting to me particularly after coming from ISSOTL. During ISSOTL, we have teachers discussing how to use data visualizations and other forms of technology to engage with their students. We had some engaging conversations about … Continue reading →

I thought the documentary was very interesting.  I think data visualization is fun to look at and in most cases is more helpful to see than actually read about.  It’s interesting to see the evolution of data visualization, from simple … Continue reading →

Best way to learn about visualization is to make it! After watching this video I had no idea that people actually have a job in creating infographics. I always thought that visualizations were a simple graph, that somebody did in … Continue reading →

I liked seeing all the types of visualization.  I guess it is easier to understand data if its in a graph, picture or some form of visual.  For some stuff, i felt like it was a little more difficult to … Continue reading →