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Maarten Lambrechts
@maartenzam
Data journalist | Data designer | Visualization consultant
Apr 6, 2022 • 25 tweets • 10 min read
These images have been haunting me the last couple of days. I decided to take a closer look and try to understand their context and origins a bit better. What I found is... ugly 1/25 I first saw these images through his tweet by @sumlenny . In the thread, Sergej explains that the graphics come from a Russian document specifying the standards for digging mass graves. But all the screenshots he shared were in Russian 2/25
Sep 28, 2021 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Lessons the @ft learned from communicating Covid statistics to the public, by @jburnmurdoch at @MediaCityBergen Hack 'To create effective charts, you have to understand how people consume charts. The critical word is "communication"'
Sep 28, 2021 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
10 techniques for making better maps, shared by @tjukanov at @MediaCityBergen Hack datajournalism conference 👇 1. Use the right projections. 'The world is "roundish", not flat'. Especially important in Northern countries
Oct 23, 2020 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
I've refrained from making COVID-19 charts up untill now. But the current situation in Belgium is dramatic, and now is a good time to show the power of a lesser known chart type 🧵 1/12 Let's start simple. These are the daily mortality and hospitalisation numbers for Belgium. We are all too familiar with this kind of chart 2/12
May 6, 2020 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Hoe zit dat nu met die "4 bezoekers" regeling die zondag in gaat? Dubbelzinnige communicatie, vind ik, wat kunnen we missen als kiespijn in deze tijden. Een visueel draadje 1/ @vanranstmarc @Sophie_Wilmes @JanJambon @be_gezondheid Hoe het zou moeten, en wat hopelijk de bedoeling was: kleine bubbels van mensen bezoeken elkaar en creëren 1 nieuwe, grotere bubbel. Singels en koppels kunnen eventueel meerdere bubbeltjes samenvoegen tot 1 grotere 2/
Feb 5, 2020 • 16 tweets • 40 min read
Starting a hands on class on data visualisation at an arts school tomorrow. I'll just give the students an assignment, and a list of tools. Here are the #dataviz tools
1/16 Category "Desktop GUI": @msexcel . Very good for starters, data manipulation integrated. Limited charts and options, but can be brute forced to produce basically anything