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\f0\b\fs30 \cf0 Visualizing networks
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\f0\fs30 \cf0 User need (reader): \'93Where do I start when I jump into a story?\'94
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\f0\fs30 User nead (journalist): \'93Where do I start when I jump into a topic [that I have to create a story about]?
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\f0\fs30 Goal:
\b \'93Mapping the story that is in your head onto the screen.\'94
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\f0\fs30 A tool for both readers and journalists
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\f0\fs30 \cf0 {\listtext \'95 }Both groups need to get caught up to speed quickly, needs tools for visualizing information and connections, how to dive deep\
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\f0\fs30 \cf0 Two reasons for using visualization
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\f0\fs30 \cf0 {\listtext 1. }To communicate (i.e., once a story has been reported, investigated, made sense of, you can quickly communicate the thread/narrative to your readers with a visualization)\
{\listtext 2. }To explore (to find new angles within a story, uncover themes and connections, a tool for discovering what is really going on)\
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\f0\fs30 \cf0 *We want to focus on (2). For this to be useful, it needs to be:
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\f0\fs30 \cf0 {\listtext \'95 }rapid visualization\
{\listtext \'95 }easy to change/customize/filter\
{\listtext \'95 }easy to switch between different
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{\listtext \'95 }easy to search for signal in the noise\
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\f0\fs30 \cf0 (This \'93exploratory\'94 visualization tool can be useful to both journalists and news readers)
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\f0\fs30 Two sides of the tool:
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\f0\fs30 a. Collecting data, metadata and connections
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\f0\fs30 b. visualizing, filtering and exploring metadata and connections
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\f0\fs30 Tools we can use:
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\f0\fs30 \cf0 {\listtext \'95 }a. To find data, metadata and connections\
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\ls4\ilvl1\cf0 {\listtext \uc0\u9702 }Open Calais\
{\listtext \uc0\u9702 }Little Sis\
{\listtext \uc0\u9702 }Document Cloud\
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\ls4\ilvl0\cf0 {\listtext \'95 }b. To visualize/filter/explore data\
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{\listtext \uc0\u9702 }d3.js\
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\f0\fs30 \cf0 Important ideas:
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\f0\fs30 \cf0 {\listtext \'95 }Use Open Calais and Little Sis to connect articles with people (an article
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{\listtext \'95 }A network tree/node chart can include multiple types of nodes (people, articles, datasets, organizations)\
{\listtext \'95 }Make a \'93tool box for visualizing connections\'94 (individual tools can be modular)\
{\listtext \'95 }Tap into the human brain\'92s ability to find patterns to explore/find the story in the messy web of connections\
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\f0\fs30 \cf0 Information can get infinitely complex -- how do you filter it in a way that can be useful?
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\f0\fs30 \cf0 {\listtext \'95 }with time/chronology\
{\listtext \'95 }by type of connection (people, money, organization/business, information)\
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\f0\fs30 \cf0 Uncovering
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\i0 connections from the implicit data within a story (i.e. if someone is quoted, there is a direction connection between him/her and the reporter; if two people are quoted in the same story, they have an indirect connection, or a thematic connection)}