Costa Rican daily La Nacion uses data elements to illustrate their reports. One example is this one https://www.nacion.com/el-pais/educacion/embarazo-adolescente-aumenta-en-las-aulas-de-once/CWRXW3DUAJGX3NBHIHY4KMDYV4/story/ where they include statistics by county to show how much pregnancy among adolescents has increased in the last eight years.
Using these tools are important because if someone has not time to read the entire article just by checking the chart can get the idea the newspaper is talking about. It definitely facilitates the reading process.