Creative Data Visualization for Beginners

Creating a Data Brief

A course by Gabrielle Merite , Information Designer

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2,078 students

Audio: English, Spanish

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About the video: Creating a Data Brief

Overview

“Now that we've found the data, we’ll dig deeper into the subtleties of the story: What insights are conveyed by the data, what type of bias should we look for, and how do people feel about this data?”

In this video lesson Gabrielle Merite addresses the topic: Creating a Data Brief, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Data Visualization for Beginners. Learn to create captivating narratives by combining digital illustration and collage techniques to design informative and eye-catching images.

Partial transcription of the video

“ Creating a Data Brief In the last lesson, you learned how to find reliable and interesting data. In this lesson, I will show you the process I use to better understand my data and create a data brief. To better understand the data, I like to start with some questions. The first question is "who?" Who are we talking about? Who is included in data and who is not included? In my dataset that I'm using from the Pew Research Center, they have a dedicated methodology that contains this type of information. I can see they used the survey to collect information and samples from people all across ...”

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Course summary for: Creative Data Visualization for Beginners

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (30)
2078 students
5 units
22 lessons (2h 58m)
5 downloads

Category
Design
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Graphic Design, Infographics, Information Design

Gabrielle Merite

A course by Gabrielle Merite

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Information Designer

Gabrielle Merite is a French information designer living in Los Angeles, who specializes in producing engaging and inspiring data-based imagery. With an educational background in biology and immunology, her desire to have a more immediate impact on society led her to study scientific journalism. Her aim is always the same: to connect with people and incite action about the biggest issues we face today.

Throughout her career, she has collaborated with clients including WeTransfer, the MIT Technology Review, the Rand Corporation, and the United Nations. Gabrielle also produces personal projects on topics close to her heart, such as gender inequality, racial disparity, and climate change. She is especially dedicated to helping ethically driven organizations communicate their analytics with honesty, rawness, and compassion.