I’m always nervous about framing any discussion or blog post around data storytelling. After all, my book has a whole chapter on telling stories in data visualisation, based on previous posts in this blog such as Should every visualisation tell a story? and Should data visualisations always tell a story? (such an interesting subject I […]
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Should data visualisations always tell a story?
I feel a bit of a fraud asking this question. It’s been asked, debated, blogged and further debated many times before. You can get opinions on the subject from people with much more experience in data visualisation than me. For example: Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic, Alberto Cairo, Jon Schwabish, Georgia Lupi, Chad Skelton, Sophie Sparkes, Robert Kosara […]
Should every visualisation tell a story?
As the 2016 French Open Tennis began a couple of weeks ago, the withdrawal of Roger Federer through injury was major story, both from a sport perspective (Federer remains a leading contender and his absence will be a major boost to his competitors) and from a data perspective (Federer is so consistent, that he has […]