The best tool for maps and visualizations, in the Master of Journalism of Research, Data and Visualization of the World

The importance of mapping, tables and graphics is increasingly in journalism. Smartphones, tablets and computers are the most used supports to read and unders

The best tool for maps and visualizations, in the Master of Journalism of Research, Data and Visualization of the World

The importance of mapping, tables and graphics is increasingly in journalism. Smartphones, tablets and computers are the most used supports to read and understand the great stories of today, and therefore for reporters it is essential to know how to use the best tools adapted to these devices. In the Master of Journalism of Research, Data and Visualization of the World and the University King Juan Carlos, students learn to create visualizations with the marketing tool in the market in location data: CARTO.

Thanks to an agreement between Carto and the Editorial Unity School, journalists will learn how to apply this tool to their research and data reports. Data units, FACT Checking and Verification are increasingly important in all media in this world plagued by Fake News.

To illustrate the great stories, students must learn visualization techniques that they will use both during classes and their practices and their future jobs, since the Master's Master's Research Journalism is what has more professional outputs, with more 70% of their students integrated into the newsrooms of the main means of Spain. Ten years of experience and a constant innovation guarantee the best Master of Research Journalism that can be studied today.

From the creative company of this software, they explain that "Carto is the world leading platform of 'Location Intelligence', which allows companies to use geospatial data and analyzes to achieve more efficient delivery routes, better behavioral marketing, strategic locations In stores and much more. Data scientists, developers and data analysts use carto to optimize business processes and predict future results through the power of Spatial Data Science. "

Some of the most interesting information of the recent news is prepared with a card. For example, in the world, these reports have been published on the latest autonomic elections that were in the Community of Madrid, or on perimeter confines in the pandemic.

This interactive map is an example of what can be done with CARTO:

CARTO was founded in 2012 by an environmental scientist and experts in data visualization. Based in New York and offices in Madrid, Seville and Washington DC, Carto has a 150 employee team, a portfolio of 1,200 customers, including Vodafone, Mastercard, BCG, New York City and Google, and more than 350,000 Users around the world. Marto has been recognized several times by Gartner and Forrester for his innovation in the field of Location Intelligence.

Date Of Update: 04 September 2021, 20:02