“All creative work builds on what came before.” —Austin Kleon in Steal Like An Artist.
Today I offer up another steal-worthy interactive viz. This one is from the New York Times. See a snapshot of this interactive map (with some embellishments) above but definitely follow the link to give it a spin for yourself. Now, you may be thinking: “The New York Times is the Grand Poobah of data visualization. I can’t do what they do.” But you can! Actually, what they are doing here is pretty simple and can be done easily with drag-and-drop tools like Tableau.
Here’s what I suggest you steal from this viz:
Make it personal. The map allows you to zoom in on an area of interest to you to see how the issue may affect you or those you know.
Multiple perspectives. The map provides three lenses on the location of fatal shootings which help you put the data into context:
The number of shootings near each block from 2020 to 2023;
The change in shootings since 2016-19; and
The racial makeup of areas affected by gun violence.
To see past data tips, click HERE.
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