The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
Search results for "word cloud" ...
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Text Visualization
Stasko's powerpoint explores several different methods to visual text. He also discusses the use of Jigsaw (Visualization for investigative analysis across document collections)
Tags: data visualization; word cloud; jigsaw; many eyes; phrase nets; TextArc; theme river; TIARA; PaperLens;
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Text Mining
Bones' tipsheet shows how he mined video for keywords used by 7 party leaders during 7 convention speakers. He used excel and access to analyze the data, and determine the words used most commonly by each of the party leaders.
Tags: text mining; computer-assisted reporting; word clouds; visualization; infographics
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Stupid Web Tricks
Welsh discusses three web tricks you can use to dress up your reporting or blog posts with tools you can find on the web. The how-tos include: how to publish a locater map from Google; how to create simple charts with Google Charts; and how to publish a word cloud with Wordle.
Tags: maps; Google; charts; graphics; reporting; fire maps; word cloud; infographics;
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Stupid Web Tricks
Welsh gives instructions on how to publish: a locater map from Google; a word cloud from Wordle; interactive charts from ManyEyes. Included in the instructions are ways to manipulate (or "jack" as Welsh puts it) the map/cloud/chart, and how to post it to your blog.
Tags: web; locater map; word cloud; charts; visualization; data; spreadsheet; PNG; GIF; content management system