Tag: visualisation
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How we create custom charts using Flourish and Figma
At The Outlier we publish a lot of static graphics and we like to apply our own styles. Here’s how we do it using Flourish and Figma.
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How to extract multiple features from a shapefile in QGIS
This is a simple(ish) guide to finding and extracting features from a larger map into a smaller one. In this example selected rivers in South Africa are copied into a new GeoJSON format file. Start with a shapefile and QGIS. This shapefile is of rivers in South Africa and is a good example of selecting…
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How – and why – we switched from interactive to static data visualisations
In March 2022 we switched from making interactive data visualisations to focusing on static charts with tight constraints. It has undoubtedly been one of the best decisions we’ve made during the relatively short two-year history of our data journalism and visualisation company. Before switching to predominantly static charts we had a reputation for relatively complex…
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A big list of data journalism tools and resources
Getting started with data journalism can be tricky, especially if you’re unsure of the best way to start working with your first dataset, or even where to start looking for your first dataset. At Media Hack, we’ve been working with data and journalism for the past five years. In that time the number of tools…