Data Driven Advocacy: Using Vizualization Skills for Hasbara
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Used Tableau plus custom PDF extraction to build interactive timelines and a dashboard comparing UN condemnations to civilian deaths, drawing on 21 countries, 538 condemnation resolutions and 832 conflict incidents. The dashboard highlights a surprising ratio: 283 condemnations / 1,000 deaths (~45 deaths per condemnation for Israel) versus Syria’s 53 condemnations / 350,000 deaths (~6,500 per condemnation). Built an interactive kidnapped-persons timeline with status flags and silhouettes. Visuals pass platform filters, are downloadable, and achieve six-figure view counts (e.g. 70,000 views).
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction to data advocacy
- 1:35First visualization project challenges
- 3:01Who we are and our background
- 3:21Three pillars of data-driven advocacy
- 4:48UN condemnations visualization project
- 9:04Visualization techniques and insights
- 11:34Kidnapped civilians data visualization
- 14:09Impact and future goals
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