Data Storytelling Workshop
Monday, April 18th
12:00-6:00 PM
George S. Turnbull Center, Portland, OR
“Data is everywhere. Big data. Local data. Personal data. Data is an increasingly powerful – yet invisible – force which is shaping many facets of our lives.
For creatives, this presents a number of unique opportunities. Journalists are able to find unique stories hidden in datasets which help to hold authority to account or explain the world around us. Meanwhile, designers and coders can visualize data driven stories in new and powerful ways.
This half-day workshop will bring together people from different disciplines to talk about the way that data is influencing their work. We’ll hear from a Pulitzer prize winning journalist turned educator, the Assistant Masthead Editor / Director of the award-winning graphics desk at the New York Times, data companies and development agencies.
Through this, attendees will leave with a better understanding of how to tell stories through data and the tools available to enable them to do this.
As the data bandwagon gathers speed, this event will show how anyone can hop on board, so that you too can take advantage of the storytelling opportunities afforded by the data revolution.”
“Tentative Schedule:
- noon-12:30p: Light refreshments & Welcome
- 12:30p: Opening Keynote: Steve Doig on The Evolution
- 1:15p: Principles of Data Storytelling with UO-SOJC faculty, Oregon Public Broadcasting and more.
- 2:15p Break
- 2:30p Data, Stories and Geography: panelists include Paste in Place, Erin Aigner of The Portland Bureau of Transportation, and James Meacham from UO’s InfoGraphics Lab.
- 3:15p Keynote: Steve Duenes, AME/Graphics Director of The New York Times, on The Future
- 4:15p Break
- 4:45p: Project Share Session to include data storytelling work fromPeriscopic, Xplane, Tableau, Aligned Left, and more.
- 5:45p: Wrap Up, Meet & Greet. Reception sponsored by Knight-Mozilla OpenNews. “
