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Jon Salm published on July 11, 2014 in Design Infographics, data visualizations, and interactive visual projects are popular for a reason. 1. Curated by: Jason Oberholtzer, Cody Westphal, “Chartists in Residence” | @ilovecharts I Love Charts is one of the best known visual blogs on the web. I Love Charts 2. Curated by: Bloomberg Visual Data Team | @BBGVisualData While data-driven news outlets have catapulted into the public eye recently in FiveThirtyEight, The Upshot, and Vox, few have produced truly stunning visual news projects. Bloomberg Visual Data 3. Curated by: Seth Kadish | @VizualStatistix Vizual Statiztix is the passion project of Seth Kadish, a Ph.D-wielding data scientist with a soft spot for visualization. Vizual Statistix 4. Curated by: Jishai Evers | @DadaViz Dadaviz’s Twitter bio begins with “Data nerds + Art lovers = dadaviz,” which couldn’t be more apt. DadaViz 5. Curated by: Drew Skau | @WTFViz WTFViz Download our exclusive eBook to learn how to make your content work harder.

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Alexandria - The People's Library New portal expedites access to open government data across Europe Ever wanted to compare similar datasets across countries? Or needed to retrieve data in a foreign language? This week, the European Commission launched a new resource that allows journalists to search for comparable datasets in multiple languages. Termed the European Data Portal, the gateway currently contains over 240,000 datasets from 34 European countries, as well as several features to assist users as they navigate the European open data market. Finding and using the data The project aims "to improve accessibility and increase the value of Open Data", not just act as a library of datasets. To begin, the Data Portal rests on a central repository of datasets that users can filter based on catalogs, category, associated tags, formats, and licenses. Beyond its searchability components, the Data Portal includes several e-learning modules to ensure that users get the best out of its library. Quality assurance Explore the European Data Portal here.

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