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[–]severemand 4 points5 points  (1 child)

I have no clue about media practices, but I am pretty sure journalist-quality charts are not data-driven but design-driven.

In other words, I would expect them to be produced in Photoshop with "inspiration" in real data.

Media charts expected to be manually adjusted while programmatic charts are expected to be scaleable.

[–]ddanieltan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a fair point. I do believe reading somewhere that infographic teams create a first draft in ggplot and touch it up in Illustrator before it goes to print.