Expand your mind
A curated list of readings that Frank collects to stretch your policy thinking.
Visuals in policy making: ‘See what I’m saying’, from Evidence-based policy making in the social sciences
This single-page resource offers tips for developing a visual metaphor, by choosing the type of metaphor you want to create, identifying key words, and then brainstorming and sketching your idea.
Visual metaphor
This single-page resource offers tips for developing a visual metaphor, by choosing the type of metaphor you want to create, identifying key words, and then brainstorming and sketching your idea.
Off the charts: The best of our data journalism
Part of The Economist’s ‘Graphic detail’ blog, this article offers tips for using colour effectively in graphs.
The most important thing is to write for everyone and to tell the story in a way that your readers understand
Written by a data presentation specialist, this article gives a number of tips for presenting data. These include: keep it simple, use annotations, aim for accessibility to promote inclusivity, and…
Data visualization checklist
This checklist describes what good looks like for the different aspects of a data visualization. Aspects covered are text, lines, arrangement, colour, and overall considerations.
