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Demonstrating Editorial
Focus and Learning
About Your Data
In the previous chapter, we introduced the data visualization methodology, starting
off with a look at two important preparatory activities: establishing the project's
purpose and identifying the influencing factors surrounding the project.
It is worth acknowledging that the intention of our visualization may evolve,
particularly as we journey through the upcoming design phases and as new
influencing factors emerge. Any decisions we make across this process can be
revisited and refined but the greater clarity we achieve now will ultimately help
minimize wasted efforts and lead to a more efficient process.
In this chapter, we move on to the next phase of the methodology where we look
at the intertwining issues of the data we're working with and the stories we aim to
extract and present. This activity provides a bridge between project inception and
design conception and involves the following tasks:
• We will look to develop and refine our editorial focus around the key
communication dimensions of our visualization problem: What is the story we
are trying to tell? What is the key narrative we are looking to portray? What
questions do we wish readers to be able to answer through the visualization?
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