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How does Quartz create visualizations so quickly on breaking news?

LINK: www.quora.com ➚ | Posted by: Joshua Benton | May 29, 2013

If you’ve ever wondered, someone else did on Quora, and the site’s Ritchie S. King responded:

Read Quote of Ritchie S. King’s answer to Quartz: How does quartz – QZ.com create visualizations so fast for developing news stories? on Quora

D3.js is awesome, although it does have a bit of a learning curve. Very smart to create a mediating tool the whole newsroom can use.

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