Category: How To
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Automating data downloads from a Google spreadsheet
Downloading data from a Google Sheets is usually as easy as clicking file->Download->CSV. But sometimes you need to automate the download. Here’s how.
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DataDesk: a better way to collect data in African newsrooms
Data collection should not be the preserve of the ’data team‘ – everyone in a newsroom should be able to collect and manage data that helps their reporting.
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How – and why – we switched from interactive to static data visualisations
Making the change to static charts with limited options has completely changed the way we think about the visualisations we do. The ’constraints‘ we’ve applied remove a lot of the decision-making usually found in design.
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A big list of data journalism tools and resources
This list of tools and resources is based on our experience working in data communication. It includes tools that we have used, that we regularly use or know to be useful to anyone looking to perfect their data skills.