Data Visualization and Digital Storytelling

Videos

What is Data Visualization? (2:40)

 

TED Talk: The beauty of data visualization - David McCandless (18 Minutes)

 

7th Word by Tate BlackBear (2:04) Digital Storytelling example.

 

Articles

• Wiki on Data Visualization
• Article on the definition of Digital Storytelling 
• The 7 elements of Digital Storytelling

 

Opportunities at Cal Poly

• Center for Expressive Technologies
• Data Science Minor
• Data Services, Kennedy Library

 

Courses

• COMS 317 – Technology and Human Communication.
• COMS 419 – Media Effects.
• GRC 361 – Marketing and Sales Management for Print and Digital Media.
• GRC 402 – Digital Printing and Emerging Technologies in Graphic Communication.
• GRC 429 – Digital Media.
• GRC 452 – Emerging Technologies in Graphic Communication.
• JOUR 350 – Data Journalism.
• JOUR 390 – Visual Communication for the Mass Media.
• JOUR 413 – Public Relations Campaigns.
• ENGL 319 – Information Design and Production.
• ENGL 411 – New Media Arts I.
• ISLA 340 – Media Arts & Technology: Storytelling
• ISLA 341 – Media Arts & Technology: Cinematic Process
• GEOG 318 – Applications in GIS
• DATA 301 – Intro to Data Science.
• STAT 330 – Statistical Computing with SAS
• NR 218 – Application in GIS.
• NR 418 – Applied GIS
• AGB 327 – Agribusiness Data Analytics
• AGC 301 – New Media Communication Strategies in Agriculture
• BUS 421 – Marketing Analytics & Business Intelligence

 

Clubs

• Data Science Club
• Stat Club
• Communication Studies Club
• Creative Media Development Club
• Social Sciences Club
• Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA)
• American Institute of Graphic Arts

 

Internships

• Esri Internships
• Ancestry.com
• Unity Technologies
• Accenture
• Nike
• Twentieth Century Fox
• Fullscreen
• Student Conservation Association

 

Job Shadowing & Informational Interviews

• "How To" Handout

 

Professional Groups (LinkedIn, conferences, and associations)

• Data Science Association (free)
• Big Data, Analytics, Business Intelligence & Visualization Experts Community
• Association for Progressive Communication
• StoryCenter (formerly The Center for Digital Storytelling)
• Esri User Conference (San Diego)
• Digital Storytelling Conference

 

Top Companies

• Hearst Communications
• Disney
• Esri
• Tableau
• Bestiario
• List of additional Data Visualization Software Companies

 

Job Titles and Salary Ranges via Salary.com

• Digital Designer: $40,000-67,000
• Digital Content Manager $46, 000-84,000
• Marketing Specialist: $45,000-80,000
• Business Analyst: $44,000-70,000
• Data Analyst: $43,000-68,000
• Project Manager: $51,000-89,000

 

Check out the Cal Poly Recycling Bin Study using data visualization and digital storytelling!