Nathan Yau

Unregulated location data industry

Visualization / location, privacy, The Markup

For The Markup, continuing their reports on data privacy, Alfred Ng and Jon…
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Navigating Through the Uncertainty and Messiness of Data – The Process 179

The Process / context, uncertainty

Connecting back to the real world is how we fill in the gaps.
Recontextualized media

Data Sharing / Media Manipulation Casebook, misinformation, Russia, social media, Ukraine

The Media Manipulation Casebook summarizes how bad-intentioned people take media from past events,…
Visual forensics to spot fake videos and photos

Data Sharing / accuracy, journalism, misinformation, Washington Post

It’s easy for anyone to grab a picture or video and claim that…
Seeing just the questions

Apps / Clive Thompson, questions, writing

As a way to explore how people use questions in their writing, a…
Why Russia is invading Ukraine, a visual guide

Infographics / invasion, RealLifeLore, Russia, Ukraine

RealLifeLore explains the history between the two countries and the multi-faceted motivations behind…
Tracking the sanctions against Russia

Infographics / Correctiv, Russia, sanctions

Correctiv is tracking sanctions against Russian individuals and companies, based on data from…
Colors for All, R package

Software / color, Martijn Tennekes, package, R

If you use color as a visual encoding, you should make sure every…
Rerouted flights to avoid Russian airspace

Maps / Bloomberg, flights, Russia

Many countries have banned Russian aircraft from entering their airspace. Russian in turn…
Change in Common Household Types in the U.S.

Data Underload / family, households

In the 1970s, the most common household type in the U.S. was a married couple with kids. Things are different now.
Stat-driven view on how American conservatives shifted against vaccine

Statistical Visualization / coronavirus, politics, vaccination, Vox

As we know by now, conservatives in the U.S. are more commonly against…
Fashion industry’s environmental impact

Statistical Visualization / Bloomberg, environment, plastic

For Bloomberg, Rachael Dottle and Jackie Gu look at the current state of…
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Visualization Tools and Learning Resources, February 2022 Roundup

The Process / roundup

Here’s the good stuff for February.
Distribution of snowfall estimates to show uncertainty

Statistical Visualization / snow, uncertainty, Upshot, weather

For NYT’s The Upshot, Aatish Bhatia, Josh Katz and Margot Sanger-Katz show the…
Many Ukraine maps

Maps / invasion, Lisa Charlotte Muth, Russia, Ukraine

There are many maps trying to show what is happening in Ukraine right…
Map of invasion in Ukraine

Maps / Financial Times, Russia, Ukraine, war

This map by Henry Foy and Steven Bernard for Financial Times shows a…
Statistician answers stat questions

Statistics / Jeffrey Rosenthal, questions, Wired

For Wired, stat professor Jeffrey Rosenthal answered statistics questions from Twitter, such as…
More readable writing illustrated with more readable writing

Infographics / Pudding, readability, writing

For The Pudding, Rebecca Monteleone and Jamie Brew (with design and code by…
Trendiest Baby Name Every Year Since 1930, in the U.S.

Data Underload / names

Baby names gain sudden popularity for various reasons. See how it’s changed over the years.
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Very Unprofessional – The Process 177

The Process / professional

Sometimes being unprofessional works to your advantage when communicating data.

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