Final Project Assignment

Final Team Project

You’ll be producing a story born from data, with two complementary visualizations using different tools. The projects will be presented in class on Thursday, May 2nd. Be prepared to discuss the premise of the story, how you obtained and analyzed the data, your interaction with your source, and to display and describe your two visualizations. Your teams are assigned as indicated below.

You will need to provide a budget line pitch for the story, which should include:

• Premise of the story idea
• Possible interview sources
• Possible data sets
• Possible ways to acquite that data

The budget pitch is due Tuesday, April 9. Feedback will be given by Thursday, April 11.

The story should:

• Be well written and edited
• Make reference to your data
• Contain at least two interview sources

The visualizations should:

• Illustrate or expand the story, using data referenced in the story
• Be done using two different methods among those we have covered in class:
• static chart done in Excel
• static map done in QGIS
• online interactive map (or other chart) in Google Fusion Tables
• online interactive dashboard one in Tableau
• video explainer published to YouTube or other video service
• other tools/methods, with prior approval of the professor

Grade breakdown is as follows:

• Budget line: 5%
• Each visualization: 30% (60% total)
• Story: 30%
• Presentation: 5%

Team Assignments:

Team 1

Ann

Kelli

Sarah

Team 2

Beth

Ashley

Faith

Team 3

Emily

Mary Ellen

Ning

Team 4

Jean

Gefei

Harrison

Team 5

Roy

Rachel

Arlena

Categories: Assignments, Spring 2013