This document discusses how the software Tableau can be used for data journalism education. It notes that Tableau allows students who may not be technically savvy to easily create complex visualizations. A quote from a professor says that after using Tableau in a course, students gained confidence in their ability to construct complex visuals. The document also outlines three focuses for how Tableau can be taught: visual storytelling using visualizations from newspapers; visual forensics to help journalists find trends and insights; and visual analytics.

1. Tableau for Data
Journalism
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2. Help people see and
understand their data

3. Computer
Graphics
Databases
Human
Computer
Interaction

15. “Using Tableau in the course gives students confidence in their
ability to construct quite complex visualizations. Prior
to using the software, many saw these kinds of visualizations as out of
their reach, and something that only IT-savvy people create. The
software gave them an easy entry point, and many then went on
to create more complex visualizations for their final submissions,”
Dr. Daniel Angus,
School of Communication and Arts at the University of Queensland

16. Visual storytelling
focuses on how journalists can
communicate their stories using
visualizations from leading
newspapers and Tableau
Visual forensics
focuses on how journalists can use
visualizations to help reveal
interesting trends and insight for
their own eyes before deciding on
how to communicate these insights

17. Why?
Why?
Why?
Visual analytics