Manual Data, Digital Insights: Explore the Power of Data + Storytelling

This workshop will cover some basic approaches to creating a pipeline from manual data collection to cleaning and structuring. We will discuss using tools like spreadsheets to help create database-like structures (including general rules for ensuring data consistency, integrity, and ease of use). The workshop will also introduce Python-based tools (e.g., Pandas) to help with data management as well as exploratory visualization of data. The information provided will be geared toward absolute beginners with little to no programming knowledge or experience.