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Acknowledgements
The research for this paper is part of the project V isual Analytics in Data-driven Journalism (VALID) t hat is supported by a grant of the A ustrian Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT). VALID is financed under the I CT of the Future funding programme of the A ustrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG). Project number: 845598.