KEY LINKS FOR MICHELLE'S CHARTING PORTION OF "ONCE UPON A DATUM" -- ONA 2011
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<li>Sample app: What we're shooting for --  <a target="_blank" href="http://michelleminkoff.com/crime-stats/">here</a>.</li>
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<li>The charting tool we're using: <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/chart/interactive/docs/gallery.html" target="_blank">Google Chart Tools</a>
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<li>Download raw data: See it on the FBI's site <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/tables/10tbl04.xls">here</a>.  Download it in Excel (by clicking on 'Download Excel' or by clicking <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/tables/10tbl04.xls/output.xls">here</a>.)</li>
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<li>Download formatted data: What it looks like after we process it, still in Excel -- <a target="_blank" href="http://michelleminkoff.com/crime-stats/crime-categories-formatted-data.xls">here</a>.</li>
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<li>Download slides: Quick notes/screenshots of the various steps I'll go through -  <a target="_blank" href="http://michelleminkoff.com/crime-stats/GoogleChartingCrimeONA11.ppt">here</a>.</li>
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<li>GRAB CODE  -- <a href="http://michelleminkoff.com/crime-stats/crime-stats.zip" target="_blank">Download all as a zipped file</a>.
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<li>HTML page: <a target="_blank" href="http://michelleminkoff.com/crime-stats/index.html">http://michelleminkoff.com/crime-stats/index.html</a> -- then click on View Source to see code</li>
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<li>Formatted data (Web-friendly JSON): <a target="_blank" href="http://michelleminkoff.com/crime-stats/crime-categories.json">http://michelleminkoff.com/crime-stats/crime-categories.json</a></li>
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<li>CSS - what makes it look pretty: <a target="_blank" href="http://michelleminkoff.com/crime-stats/crime-stats.css">http://michelleminkoff.com/crime-stats/crime-stats.css</a></div>
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<li>JavaScript - what makes it do clicky things: <a target="_blank" href="http://michelleminkoff.com/crime-stats/crime-stats.js">http://michelleminkoff.com/crime-stats/crime-stats.js</a></li>
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<li>Written tutorial: Walk through the entire app - step by step - in text and screenshots.  Should make it easy for you to replicate this project later, and/or get the experience if you weren't in Boston/missed the presentation. --  <a target="_blank" href="http://michelleminkoff.com/crime-stats/crime-graphing-walkthrough.html">here</a>.</li>
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<li>Bonus tipsheet: More general bits of info that I may/may not get to in the presentation, because you know you want more --  <a target="_blank" href="http://michelleminkoff.com/crime-stats/chartingbonustips.pdf">here</a>.</li>
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<li>Another Google Charts walkthrough I wrote for Poynter, that you may find helpful if you want to know more: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/126595/how-to-make-simple-web-based-google-charts/">http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/126595/how-to-make-simple-web-based-google-charts/</a></li>
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