Visualization in practice
Total suggested time: 60 minutes
Class exercise: Going further with viz
Suggested time: 30 minutes
With what you’ve learned so far, see if you can create the following visualizations as a class:
- Create a line chart examining the rolling averages of new cases in California that’s limited to the dates during the 2020 winter peak.
- Modify your line chart to include three to five other states of your choice for comparison.
- Create a state-specific chart of California showing both daily deaths and the seven-day rolling average of deaths.
Suggested time: 5-10 minutes
Individually or in small groups, take 5-10 minutes to find several examples of coverage during the winter 2020 surge of COVID in California.
- How did news organizations cover the surge?
Suggested time: 20 minutes
As a class, share your findings and discuss:
- In what ways were the visualizations they used effective at communicating the surge?