One question I often get asked teaching Storytelling with Data is, “What is the difference between data visualization and data storytelling?” This is a valid question. Industry-wide there has been a significant focus on perfecting and simplifying data visualization, yet much time hasn’t been spent on developing the storytelling process. It is presumptive to think that the presenter of the data visualization is wholly responsible for the story; in fact, the story starts building many steps before the presentation.

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