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#Data_Journalism: Recommended Books and Articles
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Data Visualization

Cairo, Alberto. “The Functional Art” (book and blog: ▻http://thefunctionalart.com)
Cairo’s list (which he says is in need of updating): ▻http://visualopolis.com/en/articles-and-publications/112-infographics-bibliography.html

Visualising Data’s “Best of the Visualisation Web” (US residents note the Brit spelling!): ▻http://www.visualisingdata.com/index.php/2013/08/best-of-the-visualisation-web-july-2013

Data Looks Better Naked: Clear explanation about why less is more in data visualization: ►http://darkhorseanalytics.com/blog/data-looks-better-naked

Lisa Williams’ blog, “Data for Radicals” (▻http://dataforradicals.com)

Pete Wardern, “Why You Should Never Trust a Data Visualization” (▻http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/jul/24/why-you-should-never-trust-a-data-visualisation)

Suda, Brian. “Designing With Data” (▻http://designingwithdata.com)

On Journalism

Maras, Steven. “Key Concepts in Journalism #2: Objectivity in Journalism” (▻http://www.powells.com/biblio/71-9780745647357-0)

Schudson, Michael. “Discovering the News: A Social History of American Newspapers” (▻http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780465016662-4) and “The Sociology of News” (▻http://www.powells.com/biblio/65-9780393912876-0)

Stavitsky, Alan G. “Objectivity and Balance: Conceptual and Practical History in American Journalism” (▻http://pmintegrity.org/pm_docs/cpb_ConceptualHistory_DvorkinStavitsky.pdf)

Rosen, S. “Transparency is the new objectivity.” ▻http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2009/07/19/transparency-is-the-new-objectivity

On Understanding Science and Statistics

Wheelan, Charles. “Naked Statistics” (▻http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780393071955-1)

Goldacre, Ben. “Bad Science” (▻http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780865479180-14)

Data Journalism

History of data journalism at The Guardian: ▻http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/video/2013/apr/04/history-of-data-journalism-video

The Insanely Illustrated Guide To Your First Data-Driven TileMill Map | Data For Radicals

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April 16, 2013

The Insanely Illustrated Guide To Your First Data-Driven TileMill Map

TileMill is a free-to-download application for Windows and the Mac that will let you build beautiful, data driven maps. If the bland sameness of Google maps is giving you ennui, TileMill might be a good alternative for you. There are many beautiful stylesheets to make TileMill maps visually distinct, and you can control the colors, line widths, and much more about your map using Carto, a CSS-derived language. Here’s a beautiful map of Montreal using a watercolor-like stylesheet:

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