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The refugee crisis: six ways to visualise the UNHCR data

More than a million refugees and migrants came to Europe in 2015, what is considered the worst refugee crisis since the World War II. Visualisations are a powerful way to contextualise the data and analyse the magnitude of the tragedy. In this list I have collected 6 data visualisations projects about the refugee crisis. All of them use …

Eight data journalism projects to get inspired

Data journalism turns spreadsheets into visualisations that can show stories impossible to explain otherwise. I have asked several data journalists about their favourite projects and have listed their responses. 1. Out of sight, out of mind Out of Sight, Out of Mind (2013)  visualises every known attack with drones by the US in Pakistan between 2004 …