Marriages – when two become one
We’ve published 2 new pieces on Visual.ONS today that push our beta site into new storytelling and data visualisation territory….
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Our YouTube channel was home to 290 videos and 1,834 subscribers. The channel went live in November 2010 following an…
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Publishing with style In February we launched our new editorial standards for writing about statistics: Style.ONS. This was a large…
Read more on Publishing with style“Official data, new light” – introducing Visual.ONS
Today, 15th January, sees the public beta launch of Visual.ONS, our new companion to the ONS Alpha website. Why two sites? A…
Read more on “Official data, new light” – introducing Visual.ONSCats, “it depends” & invisible visualisation
I can be a little bit sceptical about conferences; perhaps I’m scarred from years of attending statistically focussed events where…
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Over the last few months we have been working with Richard Campbell (@Rjtcampbell_ONS) and his CPI production team to investigate…
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Statistician. The sexy profession – according to Google’s Chief Economist. Working in our brown 1970’s pebble dashed offices it doesn’t…
Read more on Rich Interactive Data StorytellingThe PDF predicament
PDF is a bit of a hot button topic at the moment. The recent research by the World Bank was…
Read more on The PDF predicamentThe trials and tribulations of improving ‘About ONS’
Guest post from Sarah Brooks, Junior Business Analyst. In our continued efforts to improve the ONS website, Digital Publishing Division,…
Read more on The trials and tribulations of improving ‘About ONS’The trouble with publishing
Guest post from Rachel our Publishing Support Manager. The ‘Code of Practice’ from the UK Statistics Authority states; Issue statistical releases…
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