Datawrapper for making charts, graphs and maps

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Datawrapper is an open source project started out of a German training institution for newspaper journalists.  It is a free software service that lets you easily create correct charts that you can embed online. Here is their quick start guide: If you just want to give Datawrapper a try, here is a brief run-through. Principle: First the data, than the … Read More

A Beginner’s Guide to Making Infographics

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Here’s an excellent article from Rachel Banning-Lover on The Guardian, intended particularly for NGOs and relief workers,  via the Global Development Professionals Network | Guardian Professional.   How to make infographics: a beginner’s guide to data visualisation An interactive map of attacks on health care in Syria – the blue spots show attacks by government forces. Photograph: Physicians for Human … Read More