Here are some resources that might be helpful for creating charts, graphs or maps to include in your film:

Charts and Graphs

  • Charts & Graphs — spreadsheet software is best if you have data (Microsoft Excel, Open Office, etc)
  • If you’re new to making charts and graphs in Excel, here’s a tutorial from Microsoft itself, and one from WikiHow
  • Social Explorer (US Census and American Community Survey data)
  • Interactive Timelines — Dipity, Tiki-toki

Maps

Data

If you’re looking for more NYC-specific data to create charts from, here are some resources I find helpful (not all of them are on-topic for this project, but some of you might find them helpful) –

Bytes of the Big Apple – including the PLUTO database (I mentioned this one in our workshop)

Infoshare (out of Queens college) features both census data (like Social Explorer) but also public health data, etc. A great resource! (more about Infoshare here)

Investigate NYC is user-friendly, with lots of links to useful data sources.

I Quant NY is a tumblr blog about the stories told by NYC datasets. Great for thinking about the link between data, visualizations (maps & charts) and written analysis.

Finally, NYC Open Data is an amazing resource, featuring all the data collected by the city. It can be a bit tricky to navigate, but it’s all there.

CUNY Mapping Services at the Center for Urban Research works to understand how broad forces like the global economy and immigration are reshaping work, politics, and neighborhood life in large metropolitan areas