Category Archives: We try it! Our own attempts at Infographics

These posts show our own attempts at creating infographics

Infographic reveals most common word used in 2010’s top pop songs as… “OH”

Posted on March 30, 2011 by andytweddle

Part of this blog is about creating our own infographics, which I’ve done previously. What I haven’t done yet though is produce a Wordle. The site allows the user to input any text and it automatically produces an infographic displaying … Continue reading →

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Create your own InfoMap!

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Rakesh Ramchurn

I have always looked in wonder at those clever coloured maps in the Guardian, where they give each country a different colour according to population, economy, birth rate or any other variable. But could I produce something like it myself? … Continue reading →

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Budget 2011 as a Wordle

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Rakesh Ramchurn

A while back I posted an article about the beauty of wordles and how they are useful in dissecting data that is mostly word-based. Following my recent attempt to create a bubble chart, I decided to try and create a … Continue reading →

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Give it a go! My attempt to create an infographic…

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Rakesh Ramchurn

As anybody who has read my posts recently will realise, infographics have become a bit of an obsession for me recently. I have been looking at the best infographics modern media has to offer. But could I produce my own? … Continue reading →

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books ‘r’ us infographic

Posted on March 16, 2011 by olivewakefield

Having done English at uni and being a bit of a bookworm myself, I loved this infographic I found on The Guardian a few days ago. Informationisbeautiful.net put it together. The more recommended the novel, the larger it appears on … Continue reading →

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You can make an infographic, too!

Posted on March 10, 2011 by andytweddle

Last week, I spoke to Ben Whitelaw, one fifth of student journalism website gods Wannabe Hacks. Among other things, he talked to me about the importance of entrepreneurialism in journalism and that having a skill in data visualisation will make … Continue reading →

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My First Infographic: Haribo Sweets

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Miranda Thompson

I wanted my first infographic to mean something to me. Personal, significant, epic. What could be more appropriate than analysing the data of a bag of sweets? I’m waiting for the Guardian Data Blog’s phone call. (Yes, I used Paint).

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