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Presentations & Tutorials

  • Google Earth flythrough panel tipsheet | slides (from Nassos Stylianou)
  • Practical dataviz using jQuery tutorial (from Maureen Linke)
  • What the hell is R? tipsheet (from Tisha Thompson & Sisi Wei)
  • Big data in small orgs slides | tipsheet (from Eva Constantaras)
  • Beginning D3 tutorial | code (from Darla Cameron & Ashley Wu)
  • Regex hands-on slides | tipsheet (from Justin Myers)
  • Structuring your data files slides (from Sandhya Kambhampati‏)
  • Mining the social web slides | GitHub repo (from Lam Thuy Vo & Cathy Deng)
  • Google Earth Engine hands-on workshop slides (from Eric Sagara)
  • Intermediate D3 slides & repo (from John Muyskens & Leslie Shapiro)
  • Getting started with the Windows command line tipsheet (from Mike Stucka)
  • Data crunching in Python (for people who only know Excel) GitHub repo (from Cody Winchester)
  • Algorithmic accountability panel slides | notes (from Greg Linch)
  • Making data approachable for younger audiences slides (from Rachel Schallom)
  • Data analysis in R tutorial (from Peter Aldhous)
  • From R to interactive charts and maps tutorial (from Peter Aldhous)
  • NPR’s responsive graphics tool and how CNN, Mashable, DailyViz have adapted it slides (from Alyson Hurt & Matt Stiles)
  • From drugs to doctors: Uncovering stories in health data project list (from Jeff Ernsthausen, Nicole Vap & Ryan McNeill)
  • Stories waiting to be told with housing data slides (from Tim Henderson)
  • The NICAR Hitchhiker’s Guide To Web APIs tutorial (from David Eads & Helga Salinas)
  • Intro to Python I tutorial (from Liz Lucas)
  • Intro to Python II tutorial (from Cathy Deng)
  • Intro to Python III tutorial (from Alex Richards)
  • Packaging Data Stories for Digital slides (from Richard Watkins)
  • The Election Data You Should Be Paying Attention To tipsheet (from Derek Willis & Rachel Shorey)
  • Doing Data Journalism Under Duress in Developing Countries slides (from Eva Constantaras)
  • Visualization and Analysis With Python GitHub repo (from Nathaniel Lash & Adam Playford)
  • Uncovering the influence tipsheet (from Sandra Fish, Ben Wieder & Derek Willis)
  • Let’s Make data GIFs! slides | GitHub repo (from Lena Groeger)
  • How to be the caring human being behind the job posting notes (from Rachel Schallom & David Eads)
  • Reproducibility and R Markdown tutorial (from Andrew Ba Tran)
  • Mapping With R tutorial (from Andrew Ba Tran)
  • VR interactives with three.js GitHub repo (from Armand Emamdjomeh)
  • Introduction Klaxon tutorial | What is Klaxon (from Tom Meagher)
  • PyCAR slides | exercise (from Tom Meagher)
  • Intro to JavaScript GitHub repo (from Chris Essig)
  • Intro to Leaflet.js maps GitHub repo (from Chris Essig)
  • Excel Magic tipsheet | training materials (from MaryJo Webster)
  • Your First Python Notebook tutorial (from Ben Welsh)
  • GIS With Python tutorial (from Roberto Rocha)
  • Breaking Through the Facebook Wall slides (from Julia Angwin, Jon Keegan & Jeremy Merrill)
  • Data Wrangling With Python class materials (from Anthony DeBarros)
  • Google Trends: Understanding the Data slides | tipsheet (from Jennifer Lee)
  • Tools for Publishing Web & Print Graphics slides (from Troy Griggs & Rebecca K.K. Lai)
  • Roundup of International Computer Assisted Reporting slides (from Marianne Bouchart)
  • Cleaning Data with MySQL GitHub repo (from Madi Alexander)
  • Putting your town under a microscope — and keeping it there tipsheet (from Matt Kiefer)
  • Favorite (Mac OS) Command Line Tools tipsheet (from AJ Vicens)
  • Earth, Wind & Fire — covering weather events slides (from Eric Sagara, Stephen Stirling & Chris Vaillancourt)
  • Covering racial disparity; Investigating bias and influence in criminal justice; Open Refine slides & tutorial (from Rob Gebeloff)
  • News Quizzes & Games slides (from Amanda Hickman & Sandeep Junnarkar)
  • Personalized interactive journeys slides (from Scott Blumenthal & Sandeep Junnarkar)
  • User Testing: Gathering insight to make better stories tipsheet (from Hannah Birch & Clarisa Diaz)
  • MySQL I & II tutorial (from Liz Lucas)
  • Animation for Storytelling slides (from Kavya Sukumar)
  • Working with Academics slides | tipsheet (from Matt Dempsey)
  • Working with Academics slides (from Al Shaw)
  • D3.js: How to make reusable charts for different platforms GitHub repo (from Daniele Palumbo)
  • The Lone Trainer slides (from Ron Campbell)
  • Collaborating With the Competition tipsheet (from Sandhya Kambhampati‏)
  • Command Line Graphics slides | code (from Jon Keegan)
  • Scraping the Swiss Federal Administrative Court’s Database and Analysing the Verdicts slides (from Barnaby Skinner)
  • Using a Charting Tool slides (from Stacy Jones & Grace Donnelly)
  • How to Bulletproof Your Data Story slides | tipsheet (from Jennifer Forsyth)
  • Working With Higher Education Data slides (from Jennifer Forsyth)
  • Getting Data Into Microsoft Access slides | tipsheet (from Tracy Greer)
  • Tips to convert PDFs in bulk tipsheet (from Todd Wallack)
  • Sports Data Panel slides & tips (from Steve Doig)
  • Beginner PDF Data Extraction slides & tutorial (from Miguel Barbosa)
  • Intermediate PDF Manipulation slides & tutorial (from Miguel Barbosa)
  • Advanced PDF Manipulation tutorial (from Jacob Fenton)
  • Trust and Transparency in Data Journalism slides (from Jenny Ye)
  • Playful and Light Data Stories slides (from Jenny Ye)
  • Carto basics tipsheet (from CJ Sinner)
  • Data Journalism from Space slides & demo video (from Sara Schnadt)
  • Doctors and Sex Abuse slides (from Jeff Ernsthausen)
  • Beginners’ Guide to Google Fusion Tables tutorial (from Tommy Kaas)
  • How Drawing Exercises Your Brain slides (from Leah Kohlenberg)
  • Broadcast: Transforming data in knockout visuals slides (from McNelly Torres)
  • The Lighter Side of Data Journalism slides | resources (from Jeff Hargarten)
  • 30 Tools in 60 Minutes roundup (from Victor Hernandez)
  • Digital Security for the Real World slides | tipsheet (from Mike Tigas)


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For previous years’ tutorials, videos, presentations and tips see the lists from 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011.