Animation can be incredibly effective (but use it sparingly).

RStudio::conf(2020) - A historical point in time. For example, using a 7 day rolling average may be easier for people to understand than splines (even though the latter shows more accurate numbers). RStudio::global(2021) - A 24-hour virtual conference with attendees dialing in from all over the world.

Ease of understanding is top priority (more than accuracy).

People will bring their prior beliefs to the plot and make judgments about the utility of the chart (for example many strong opinions about the use of log scale on the vertical axis).

Info viz is personal and often political.

It’s the responsibility of the chart designer to make sure the reader is not confused when looking at the chart.

The annotations make the chart accessible.

Text and other annotations are critical when sharing charts to the masses.The data viz research paper that has been the most influential on his work: Beyond Memorability: Visualization Recognition and Recall. John’s talk focused on data visualization for a mass audience. Speaker: John Burn-Murdoch (Financial Timesâ senior data visualization journalist, and creator of the FTâ’s coronavirus trajectory tracker charts) Keynote: Reporting on and visualising the pandemic

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