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• Amanda Cox promoted to New York Times data editor

  Amanda Cox is the new data editor for The New York Times:
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• Amanda Cox is new editor of The Upshot

  So great and well-deserved.

• Amanda Cox on data graphics and stuff

  At New Media Days 2010, New York Times graphics editor Amanda Cox talks…
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  Visually Inefficient

  Trading optimized visual efficiency in charts for joy and interest.
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  A Bar Chart Would Be Worse – The Process 155

  Bar charts are the simple answer. Maybe you’re not looking for simple though.
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  Comparison of Biden infrastructure plan and updated bipartisan plan

  Aatish Bhatia and Quoctrung Bui for NYT’s The Upshot made the comparison using…
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  Visualization Tools and Learning Resources, April 2021 Roundup

  Here’s the good stuff for April 2021.
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  The Process 118 – Maybe a Bar Chart Really Would Be Better

  As visualization practitioners, we tend to sway towards the novel, but bar charts are still good.
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  Big Money You Can Relate To (The Process #76)

  This week, a few projects went up on the internets about money and spending, each with different goals and approaches. In this issue of The Process, we look at each more closely.
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  Weight gain lines

  From Kim Warp for The New Yorker. Ha. Ha. It’s funny because it’s…
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  Predicting whether you are Democrat or Republican

  The New York Times is in a quizzy mood lately. Must be all…
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  Failure to Communicate (The Process #47)

  It’s about purpose. It’s about who your work is for. It’s about what you’re trying to show.
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  Visualization Tools, Datasets, and Resources – March 2019 Roundup (The Process #34)

  Every month I collect practical resources, new tools, code, and datasets. Here’s the good stuff for March.
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  Making Data “Come Alive”, Needs More Cowbell

  “How do I make my data come alive? I want it to sing. I want it to dance.” Here are some ways to achieve that.
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  Tools I Am Thankful for That Make Data Work Easier

  In the spirit of the holidays, here are the tools I am most thankful for. Without them, work would be much more tedious and painful.
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  Uses for Animation in Charts and Animating Your Own Data

  Important question: Is animation in visualization even worthwhile? Well, it depends. Surprise, surprise. In this issue, I look at animation in data visualization, its uses, and how I like to think about it when I implement moving data.
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  Better than Default

  Defaults are generalizations to fit many datasets, which means you usually get barebone charts. For analysis, all well and good. However, data graphics for presentation require more care after the initial output.
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  A visual analysis of jean pockets and their lack of practicality

  Frustrated with the size of pockets on women’s pants, Jan Diehm and Amber…
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  Why People Make Bad Charts (and What to Do When it Happens)

  It’s important to consider the reasons so that we don’t overreact. Otherwise, we’re just berating, pointing, and laughing all of the time, and that’s not good for anyone.
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  Best Data Visualization Projects of 2016

  Here are my favorites for the year.