Seven Steps to Creating Better Data Stories
Author: Amanda Gold and Leah Hendley
Date: 2017
Abstract: Rigorous data analysis is only one step toward inspiring innovative decisionmaking in policies and programs. Data stories—a series of data visualizations focused on answering a specific question—when undertaken as a collaborative process, can break down institutional silos, build participant expertise, and expand dissemination of the findings. This brief generalizes the lessons learned from DataSpark, a program at the University of Rhode Island, that has developed this collaborative process of producing data stories. The brief is a guide to the seven steps in the data-story process and includes highlights from two of DataSpark’s data stories.
Tags: Data stories, Policy, Story telling,
Full Citation Journal: Seven Steps to Creating Better Data Stories, Amanda GoldLeah Hendey December 21, 2017 - National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP)
Link to Resource: https://www.urban.org/research/publication/seven-steps-creating-better-data-stories
Date: 2017
Abstract: Rigorous data analysis is only one step toward inspiring innovative decisionmaking in policies and programs. Data stories—a series of data visualizations focused on answering a specific question—when undertaken as a collaborative process, can break down institutional silos, build participant expertise, and expand dissemination of the findings. This brief generalizes the lessons learned from DataSpark, a program at the University of Rhode Island, that has developed this collaborative process of producing data stories. The brief is a guide to the seven steps in the data-story process and includes highlights from two of DataSpark’s data stories.
Tags: Data stories, Policy, Story telling,
Full Citation Journal: Seven Steps to Creating Better Data Stories, Amanda GoldLeah Hendey December 21, 2017 - National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP)
Link to Resource: https://www.urban.org/research/publication/seven-steps-creating-better-data-stories