This animation is taken from the interactive data visualization of the Library of Congress' "Chronicling America" directory of US newspapers. It shows all newspapers in all languages in the US from 1690 to 2011. View the full visualization at http://ruralwest.stanford.edu/newspapers. Created by the Rural West Initiative of the Bill Lane Center for the American West, Stanford University. Visualization by Dan Chang, Krissy Clark, Yuankai Ge, Geoff McGhee,

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    The Growth of US Newspapers, 1690-2011

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    This animation is taken from the interactive data visualization of the Library of Congress' "Chronicling America" directory of US newspapers. It shows all newspapers in all languages in the US from 1690 to 2011. View the full visualization at http://ruralwest.stanford.edu/newspapers. Created by the Rural West Initiative of the Bill Lane Center for the American West, Stanford University. Visualization by Dan Chang, Krissy Clark, Yuankai Ge, Geoff McGhee,

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    Daily Newspapers, 1690-2011

    by Geoff McGhee

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    This animation is taken from the interactive data visualization of the Library of Congress' "Chronicling America" directory of US newspapers. It shows newspapers published daily in all languages in the US from 1690 to 2011. View the full visualization at http://ruralwest.stanford.edu/newspapers. Created by the Rural West Initiative of the Bill Lane Center for the American West, Stanford University. Visualization by Dan Chang, Krissy Clark, Yuankai

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    Weekly Newspapers, 1690-2011

    by Geoff McGhee

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    This animation is taken from the interactive data visualization of the Library of Congress' "Chronicling America" directory of US newspapers. It shows all weekly newspapers in all languages in the US from 1690 to 2011. View the full visualization at http://ruralwest.stanford.edu/newspapers. Created by the Rural West Initiative of the Bill Lane Center for the American West, Stanford University. Visualization by Dan Chang, Krissy Clark, Yuankai Ge,

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    German Language Newspapers

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    This animation is taken from the interactive data visualization of the Library of Congress' "Chronicling America" directory of US newspapers. It shows all German-language newspapers in the US from 1690 to 2011. View the full visualization at http://ruralwest.stanford.edu/newspapers. Created by the Rural West Initiative of the Bill Lane Center for the American West, Stanford University. Visualization by Dan Chang, Krissy Clark, Yuankai Ge, Geoff McGhee,

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    Spanish Language Newspapers

    by Geoff McGhee

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    This animation is taken from the interactive data visualization of the Library of Congress' "Chronicling America" directory of US newspapers. It shows all newspapers in Spanish in the US from 1690 to 2011. View the full visualization at http://ruralwest.stanford.edu/newspapers. Created by the Rural West Initiative of the Bill Lane Center for the American West, Stanford University. Visualization by Dan Chang, Krissy Clark, Yuankai Ge, Geoff McGhee,

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    Posted: Visualizing US expansion through post offices.

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    This is a visualization of US expansion in North America from 1700 to 1900, seen through changes in the spatial distribution of post offices. Data from the USPS Postmaster Finder, with lat/long coordinates extracted from placenames through correlation with the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Better in HD! Made with Processing. More at http://derekwatkins.wordpress.com/2011/08/06/posted/ Update: I've also uploaded an interactive version

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Journalism's Voyage West: Visualizing US Newspapers, 1690-2011

Created by Geoff McGhee

These animations are taken from the interactive data visualization of the Library of Congress' "Chronicling America" directory of US newspapers. It shows all newspapers in all languages in the US from 1690 to 2011. View the full visualization at ruralwest.stanford.edu/newspapers. Created by the Rural West Initiative of the Bill Lane Center for the American West, Stanford University. Visualization by Dan Chang, Krissy


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These animations are taken from the interactive data visualization of the Library of Congress' "Chronicling America" directory of US newspapers. It shows all newspapers in all languages in the US from 1690 to 2011. View the full visualization at ruralwest.stanford.edu/newspapers. Created by the Rural West Initiative of the Bill Lane Center for the American West, Stanford University. Visualization by Dan Chang, Krissy Clark, Yuankai Ge, Geoff McGhee, Yinfeng Qin and Jason Wang.

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