How a new instant payment system changed the relationship Brazilians have with money
This project was made for the Lede Data Journalism Program at Columbia University.
The goal was to apply the following techniques:
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Data Collection:
Scrape the Brazil Central Bank Website (XPath + Browser inspection) -
Data Automation (R):
Automate download for the over 100 zip files, as well as the unzipping, ingesting and cleaning process -
Geocoding (R):
Test the new geocodebr package on over 55,000 addresses -
Data Analysis (R):
Extract insights from the bank agencies dataset -
Mapping (Mapbox GL JS):
Create from scratch a map with a time slider to allow interactivity while viewing the time series -
Data Visualization (Datawrapper+Illustrator+d3):
Illustrate the news story with more data following a color palette and visual standard -
Presentation (HTML/CSS):
Create a webpage with the storytelling that is mobile responsive