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May 11, 2011

I was out of the office when this @WSJ tweet charting unemployment got everyone on our social team buzzing: How’d they do that?  Anil Dash tips his hat to Zach Seward for embracing an innovative idea and running with it: “The results really do an effective job of showing how compelling news can be when it embraces a new medium instead of fighting against its constraints.”   If you’re interested in creating your own SparkTweet, Zach explains how it’s done and shares best practices here. Amanda Zamora / social and engagement editor (hat tip Justin Bank)

I was out of the office when this @WSJ tweet charting unemployment got everyone on our social team buzzing: How’d they do that? 

Anil Dash tips his hat to Zach Seward for embracing an innovative idea and running with it: “The results really do an effective job of showing how compelling news can be when it embraces a new medium instead of fighting against its constraints.”  

If you’re interested in creating your own SparkTweet, Zach explains how it’s done and shares best practices here.

Amanda Zamora / social and engagement editor (hat tip Justin Bank)

Tags: twitter  data  charts  journalism  news  data visualization  sparktweets  

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