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I have always loved magic tricks 🪄 And coding feels the same to me: a little sleight of hand and abracadabra! 🎩 Choose your own typeface: theoutlier.co.za/feed Nice one You can call me Al 📈 🪄 #theoutlier The Outlier

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Join us at #AMP2023 for an enlightening session that showcases the synergy between data and impactful visualisations in journalism. 📣 With Laura Grant & You can call me Al 📈 from Media Hack ⏰ Sun. 9 July at 16:15 📍 Landtscap, Stellenbosch 🌍 [email protected]

Writing up some notes as I learn my way around QGIS. This one: selecting multiple features from a larger map and exporting to a new geoJSON file: databites.theoutlier.co.za/post/99/how-to… The example is pulling selected rivers from a ZA river map file. #qgis #mapping

Data journalism can be a powerful tool for African journalists, helping them uncover stories that would otherwise go unnoticed and tell stories in a more visual and engaging way. We spoke to Laura Grant of Media Hack for more insights Read more: bit.ly/43wj1hi

Today's Cluedle is a "Sunday Sizzler". Three tricky letters. The Outlier. Can you solve it? cluedle.theoutlier.co.za

Another councillor killed. At least 21 local government officials killed in the past ~20 months in SA: theoutlier.co.za/crime/2023-07-…

President Cyril Ramaphosa says “significant progress” has been made to end #loadshedding. The latest stats from #Eskom say otherwise. 9 out of 15 coal-fired power plants achieved less than 50% EAF in the past year. Explore the data in detail: ow.ly/Ix5A50PqhOr

Love how amaBhungane is telling a story with charts here. amabhungane.org/stories/are-th… #dataviz

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If you've wanted to make an election map (but didn't know where to start) we've published three separate examples using Kenyan, Nigerian and now Zimbabwean data. Zimbabwe goes to the polls on Wed and Gemma Ritchie walks through this example: databites.theoutlier.co.za/post/133/how-t… The Outlier

📈A new in-person course to show you how to go beyond numbers to tell compelling stories. This 4-hour workshop is aimed at communications professionals who want to learn how to create effective graphics with easy-to-use tools. 👉 More here: theoutlier.co.za/learning #dataviz

Stage 6 loadshedding from tomorrow morning. Really do wish we had no more reason to keep track of loadshedding but here we are. loadshed.theoutlier.co.za

Opportunity for SA journalists to learn how to use data in their reporting on Net Zero. Applications are open now. earthjournalism.net/opportunities/…

How many government clinics in SA stocked the #HIV prevention pill for free by the end of May 2023? Find out via Laura Grant and Mia Malan. bhekisisa.org/article/2023-1…

And we're off! 2 hours of loadshedding in 2024 so far! loadshed.theoutlier.co.za

🌫️South Africa had 6 weather-related disasters in 2023, the second-highest in Africa 🌫️Two-thirds of Africa’s disasters in the past 20 years were flood-related 🌫️Droughts caused 11% of disasters More here: charts.theoutlier.co.za/chart/86736