Data Can Be Used to Tell Incredible Stories Discussion

Boston University Data Can Be Used to Tell Incredible Stories Discussion

Data can be used to tell incredible stories. The company 'chartr' creates beautiful visualizations and distributes them in a newsletter to your email. Check out their historical newsletters here: Chartr - Latest Newsletters and find one you find interesting. Add an image of the chart to your post as well as a link to the chart. Write one paragraph about the story the chart is telling. Write a second paragraph about why the author may have chosen to use that type of chart and how it effectively supports the story.

Essential Activities:

1. Reviewing the Chartr website will assist you with this discussion forum
2. Your initial discussion post should be a minimum of two paragraphs and should be between 200 and 250 words.

Notes:

1. Please refer to the discussion forum rubric on the start here tab for this assignment.
2. Initial discussion forum is due by Wednesday and responses to two of your classmates are due by Saturday.
3. Each week to earn full points on the discussion forums, make sure to include outside sources to support your discussion.