Visualization
Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.
Checking TSA PreCheck time savings
TSA PreCheck allows U.S. travelers to skip the part of airport security where…
Counting the reduction of federal health workforce
The U.S. federal government does not release official numbers for the cuts to…
Most American and British words
For WaPo’s Department of Data, Andrew Van Dam goes looking for American and…
There is no correct map
Speaking of the Correct the Map campaign, Miguel García Álvarez reminds that there…
Moving away from Mercator for maps of the world
For Reuters, Catarina Demony and Ayendeng Bior report on the African Union’s push…
Deceiving seniors for political fundraising, like a Nigerian prince
Adam Bonica analyzed the age of donors across different groups and politicians. For…
By news source, education levels of the audience
You probably have a rough idea of education levels for each audience, but…
Optimized onion cutting for the most uniform dice
For the Pudding, Andrew Aquino, with Russell Samora and Jan Diehm, supplies interactive…
Alcohol is amazing and also terrible
We know that alcohol is not the healthiest beverage to consume. When abused,…
Heat in prison cells
Reuters highlights unsafe temperatures in prison cells, using building models, public records, and…
History of zoo animal escapes
It’s exciting when an animal escapes from the zoo. A monkey breaks free…
Taxicab Geometry
For the New York Times, Steven Strogatz explains taxicab geometry through the lens…
xkcd globe projections
The problem with two-dimensional map projections is distortion creeps in no matter what…
