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Paul Bradshaw

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Really happy to be welcoming back MA Data Journalism alumna @oliviajlawlor from @f_l_o_u_r_i_s_h to @BCUJournalism to talk to current students as part of a double-header on scrollytelling today
#bcujournos

I had no idea that @f_l_o_u_r_i_s_h had sports-specific #dataviz templates "to map a player's positions on a field/court" (via @oliviajlawlor) https://app.flourish.studio/@flourish/sports #ddj

Also useful to consider @f_l_o_u_r_i_s_h's Stories feature as one way of creating animation that you can screencapture as a gif for social - e.g. https://flourish.studio/2021/01/19/masters-reveal-line-john-burn-murdoch/ #ddj

Masters series: John Burn-Murdoch’s step-by-step animated line chart

Our new series celebrates great visualizers and helps Flourish users follow in their tracks

https://flourish.studio/2021/01/19/masters-reveal-line-john-burn-murdoch/

I also didn't know you could reshape data (i.e. do pivot tables) inside @f_l_o_u_r_i_s_h - great inside tip from @oliviajlawlor https://help.flourish.studio/article/49-changing-the-format-of-your-data-with-pivot-tables #bcujournos #ddj

How to change the format of your data with pivot tables

Pivot tables are powerful. They are tables in Excel or Google Sheets that you can create to summarize and rearrange your data. This tutorial will walk you thro

https://help.flourish.studio/article/49-changing-the-format-of-your-data-with-pivot-tables

Huge thanks to @oliviajlawlor for her talk about @f_l_o_u_r_i_s_h and #dataviz to @BCUJournalism MA students this morning - coming away with loads of ideas around how to inject movement into visual storytelling...

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