README.Rmd

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# Scrollytelling and the 1992 Dream Team <img src="www/team_usa_logo_1992.jpg" align="right" width="125px" alt="Team USA Logo 1992"/>

```{r setup, include=FALSE}
library(toddler)
library(dplyr)
library(stringr)
knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = TRUE)
```

Scrollytelling is an interactive and engaging form of journalism that brings stories and data to life. When I experienced this for the first time, reading the article "[Table for One](https://pudding.cool/2017/07/eating-alone/)" by *The Pudding*, I was left in awe. Words appeared and visuals changed simply by scrolling...how did they do that!?

Well, I still don't know exactly how it works, but John Coene's  [scrollytell](https://github.com/JohnCoene/scrollytell) package in R has allowed me to create a scrollytelling [article](sdavis.shinyapps.io/dream_team/) in Shiny about the 1992 Dream Team. The data and source code that created this app can be found in this repo.
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![](www/Scrollytell GIF-downsized_large.gif)
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