Datawrapper: What, Why and How...

DatawrapperAn open source tool helping anyone to create simple, correct and embeddable charts in minutes.

Datawrapper: Correct, embeddable chartsMirko Lorenz, Project ManagerGEN News Summit//Paris//June 2013

When we started this,we wanted to close a gap...

D3.JS and other visualization libraries aregreat, but hard to use for journalists...So many options

to tell stories with data.

But to use theseyou need to knowhow to code...

Datawrapper enablesjournalists to create

correct charts in four quick steps.

Why Datawrapper is different:- Simple, correct, embeddable charts- Many options per chart type- Usable for print workflows- Customizable- Open Source

Timeline:- Funding from ABZV in 2011- Public Beta January 2012- First million chart views in six months- Version 1.0 in November 2012- Version 2.0 in August 2013

Coming up - three versions of the tool:- Datawrapper Public- Datawrapper Community- Datawrapper Pro

www.datawrapper.de

Thank you!

Gregor Aisch Nicolas Kayser-Bril, Journalism++ Anne-Lise Bouyer, Journalism++

Pierre Bellon, Journalism++Edouard Richard, Journalism++ Pierre Romera, Journalism++