Studying the intersection of journalism, interactive communications and public discourse
Journalism students with little exposure to data, spreadsheets or graphic design are often intimidated by the idea of information “visualization.” There are myriad ways to adapt text and numbers into interactive pictures. To ease my “Introduction to Online Journalism” students into the practice of visualization, we embark on a three-part initiation. During the 2015 Journalism/Interactive …
Select a year and Connecticut college campus to view the number of forcible, on-campus sex offenses reported. Darker points reflect a higher rate – calculated per 1,000 students. Offenses are reported by each institution in accordance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. Colleges shown on the map …
What makes for a successful political campaign speech? Is it the tone of the delivery? The turns of phrase? How about the repetition of certain keywords? President Barack Obama formally accepted the Democratic presidential nomination at his party’s convention on September 6, 2012. Below is a visualization of Obama’s acceptance speech in North Carolina, as …