BCS Conference 2024 - Mapping the news: back to the future Maps are being used by news organisations скачать в хорошем качестве

BCS Conference 2024 - Mapping the news: back to the future Maps are being used by news organisations

Alan Smith, Financial Times Mapping the news: back to the future Maps are being used by news organisations in an increasingly varied set of roles. This talk will explore their adoption at the Financial Times, using old and new examples to consider how cartography remains an important constant in an era of rapid technological change. Bio: Alan leads the FT’s newsroom team of data reporters and visual journalists. A data visualisation specialist, his TEDx talk ‘Why You Should Love Statistics’ was featured on TED.com in 2017. Alan is the author of How Charts Work, a handbook on designing with data using the FT’s principles. He is also Honorary Professor of Practice at UCL’s Social Data Institute. Before he joined the FT, he was head of digital content at the UK Office for National Statistics where he was awarded an OBE in 2011 for services to official statistics.