you are (or should be)

a visual journalist
Alberto Cairo University of Miami! www.thefunctionalart.com Twitter: @albertocairo

Believe it or not

Editora Globo, poca magazine (Brazil) 2010-2011

Maurcio Maia @mauricio

http://alagamentos.topical.com.br/

Maurcio Maia @mauricio

http://cmsp.topical.com.br/

Maurcio Maia @mauricio

Maurcio Maia @mauricio

Maurcio Maia @mauricio

What is exciting nowadays is that theres a new breed! of programmers with a deep sense of service

At the same time, tools are easier to use and more accessible than ever. Even non-designers can create effective visualizations

This poses challenges:! Becoming software-driven. Forgetting what the goal of a good visualization should be

1. Be truthful

New England Journal of Medicine

OK, this was actually a joke (although I still have my doubts.)

And journalists were not the only ones who took this article seriously!

The Journal of Nutrition:! Does Chocolate Consumption Really Boost Nobel Award Chances?! The Peril of Over-Interpreting Correlations in Health Studies

http://ilovecharts.tumblr.com

2. Reveal what data hide

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/13/world/europe/ukraines-protesters.html

I guess that none of you understands Ukrainian (neither do I!), but lets do a little visual exercise:! I am going to show you a map

I guess that none of you understands Ukrainian (neither do I!), but lets do a little visual exercise:! I am going to show you a map 1. The color of each circle represents what party won more votes in the 2012 Parliamentary elections

Party of Regions! Fatherland Party! (party of the current president) (opposition, pro-Western)

2. The size of each circle is proportional to the advantage of the party who got more votes

texty.org.ua
All Textys visualization pojects: http://texty.org.ua/pg/blog/infoviz

3. Choose graphic forms carefully

Ooops Sorry, Google!

(From the Google Charts Customizing Charts document)

Dont forget that, in many cases, it is advisable to represent your data more than once

POCA magazine: http://revistaepoca.globo.com/Revista/Epoca/0,,EMI238256-17445,00.html

4. Dont just visualize; write

Fischer, Eric (2012). Language Communities of Twitter

Copy matters

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/16/health/uganda-ghts-stigma-and-poverty-to-take-on-breast-cancer.html?_r=0#g-graphic

1. Be truthful 2. Reveal what data hide 3. Choose graphic forms carefully 4. Dont just visualize; write

Thanks so much!
Alberto Cairo University of Miami! www.thefunctionalart.com Twitter: @albertocairo