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Flow chart narrative visualisation

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Narrative visualisation genres

Source: A small illustration showing a drawing with a lot of different arrows

Flow charts visualise processes, sequences of events and relationships between features. They might not be driven by (numerical) data, but they can tell stories that are hard to tell using only text in a visual way.

A schematic drawing explaining how the Covid-19 pandemic caused labor shortage, component shortages, shortage of durable goods and strained supply chains. Prepandemic situations are labelled in red, and the drawing has a lot of arrows

Source: How the Supply Chain Crisis Unfolded, nytimes.com

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