Introduction

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book gives the journalist ideas, tools, and techniques for incorporating data and visualizations into his/her narratives. There are three main audiences for the book: spreadsheet users who want to “graduate” to learning their first programming language, people who know another programming language and now want to learn R, and communications professionals who already know some R but want to get some new tips and ideas for using R in a newsroom or similar setting.