Role of editorial thinking in data visualization:
- Assess the news value of data analysis/visualizations and
prioritize tasks.
- Serve as a collaborative partner and editor with reporters, art
department, developers and other teams to create and promote the
highest quality data-driven and visual storytelling across
platforms.
- Work with the editorial development team to determine the best
strategies for increasing reach and engagement through data-driven
stories.
- Report and produce stories, graphics and interactive
applications for daily news and feature stories.
- Train editors and reporters on data journalism techniques and
tools.
Editorial thinking is very important in data visualization, as
it provides context of managerial and development framework to data
visualization. In layman’s terms editors acts a spine of data
visualization.