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I've just returned from the International Journalism Festival in Perugia and despite the disruptions caused to international travellers by the wrath of Eyjafjallajokull it was a great hub for exchanging ideas and I thought I might share just a couple points that would be of interest to Th!NK3: Developing World.

Information is beautiful

Data and statistics... beautiful? Oh yes, and any sort of lingering undergraduate fears of studying statistics or wrestling with something like geographical information systems evaporated as David McCandless gave a fascinating talk on visualising data and how journalists can use statistics and data in a dynamic (and simple) way to help tell a story.

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