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• (Way) beyond charts: Making interactive fun

  Don't forget fun when making your interactives! We'll showcase witty and offbeat interactive graphics and news games from a few outlets we love, with the inside scoop on how each graphic was created, how the ideas got greenlighted, and tools you'd need to make them yourself. http://sisiwei.com/nicar-making-interactive-fun/#/

  Tags: graphics; infographics

  By Tasneem Raja, Sisi Wei

  2013

• Dig deeper with social tools

  Learn how to find people, companies, experts and other sources and how to use geo-location features to cover breaking news. Use the tipsheet to discover new ways to use Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and mobile apps to improve your stories.

  Tags: Social media; Twitter; Facebook; LinkedIn; mobile apps; sourcing; breaking news coverage

  By Mandy Jenkins, Doug Haddix

  2013

• Down and dirty with the DocumentCloud API

  Welsh talks about how the Los Angeles Times uses DocumentCloud. Learn how to use DocumentCloud's API to interact with your documents and how to update or access documents' data with scripting.

  Tags: DocumentCloud; DocumentCloud's API; documents; data; scripting

  By Ben Welsh

  2013

• Embedding interactive data and charts using Office Web apps

  "Learn how to take your Excel workbooks and quickly turn them into part of your published story by using the free Excel Web App." This Powerpoint presentation will walk you through, step-by-step.

  Tags: Microsoft; Excel; web apps; workbooks

  By Harrison Gordon

  2012

• Getting the most out of your investigation

  "For your story to have impact, people have to read it (or see it or hear it or interact with it)." Take some tips from Armstrong and Engelberg and reach the maximum amount of people.

  Tags: special projects; YouTube; apps; investigations

  By Ken Armstrong

  2011

• Lightning Talks: Making HTML Tables Interactive

  Minkoff suggests making HTML tables interactive so that users can access the data that is pertinent to them. Doing so requires a lot of front & back end work, and she discusses all that is entailed.

  Tags: data; html; interactive tables; access; searchable database

  By Michelle Minkoff

  2011

• Introducing Tableau Public

  This tipsheet gives an overview of Tableau Public - visualization software for interactive storytelling, but without the need for programming skills.

  Tags: data visualization; mapping; software

  By Ellie Fields

  2010

• Advanced Data Visualization

  This tipsheet provides numerous links and examples of advanced data visualization, including information on frameworks and helpers for use in your own work.

  Tags: data; data visualization; flex; degrafa; CSV Parser; chart; mapping; grid; interactive maps

  By Charlie Szymanski

  2010

• No-cost Demographic Data Program from ESRI

  This tipsheet covers the demographic data available through ESRI that includes information about the people, housing and businesses in a given location. Business Analyst Online (BAO) allows the user to investigate demographic patterns and compare areas using interactive maps

  Tags: ESRI; demographics; data analysis; Business Analyst Online;

  By Clem Henriksen; Jim Herries

  2010

• Stupid Web Tricks

  Welsh gives instructions on how to publish: a locater map from Google; a word cloud from Wordle; interactive charts from ManyEyes. Included in the instructions are ways to manipulate (or "jack" as Welsh puts it) the map/cloud/chart, and how to post it to your blog.

  Tags: web; locater map; word cloud; charts; visualization; data; spreadsheet; PNG; GIF; content management system

  By Ben Welsh

  2009