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Small multiples for the German elections 2017
For our analysis of the German election data, I prepared a script in the statistical programming environment R to structure and visualize the raw election data as we got it directly from the electoral…
From the data to the story: A typical ddj workflow in R
R is getting more and more popular among Data Journalists worldwide, as Timo Grossenbacher from SRF Data pointed out recently in a talk at useR!2017 conference in Brussels. Working as a data…
JavaScript: Loop through a Google Spreadsheet
In our post Coding marker maps with Leaflet.js we filled a map visualization with information given directly in the code, but we also learned how to loop through data in a JSON…
The history of data driven journalism
by Kira Schacht In the past decades, technological progress has immensely boosted the development of data driven journalism. But the idea of telling stories with data is far older than any…
Journocode: Marker Map mit leaflet.js
Showing locations on a map can be pretty cool to provide some context for your story or to give your reader an overview of where the story takes place. A good way…
Journocode: Your first web application with shiny (R)
Data driven journalism doesn’t necessarily involve user interaction. The analysis and its results may be enough to write a dashing article without ever mentioning a number. But let’s face it: We love…
Journocode: Tidy Data (R)
Unfortunately, data comes in all shapes and sizes. Especially when analyzing data from authorities. You’ll have to be able to deal with pdfs, fused table cells and frequent changes in terms and…
Journocode: Plotting with ggplot2 (R)
While crunching numbers, a visual analysis of your data may help you get an overview of your data or compare filtered information at a glance. Aside from the built-in graphics package, R…
Journocode: Your first choropleth with R
When it comes to data journalism, visualizing your data isn’t what it’s all about. Getting and cleaning your data, analyzing and verifying your findings is way more important. Still, an interactive eye-catcher…
Journocode: Vectors in R
Now that you installed RStudio, learned about assignments and wrote some basic code, there’s nothing stopping you from becoming a journocoder! To get a deeper understanding of how R stores your data, we’re now going to take…