Visualization

Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.

U.S. women’s soccer gameplan

I know next to nothing about soccer. Like there’s nothing, and then I’m…

Don’t let the maps fool you

Maps are fun to look at and get easier to make every day,…

Comparison of shifted public opinion

David Leonhardt and Alicia Parlapiano compared public opinion over time for various social…

Combining Inside Out emotions for new ones

Spoiler alert for Inside Out. At the climax of the movie, we see…

Animated map shows Trans-Atlantic slave trade

The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database provides records for thousands of voyages between the…

Data into art and connecting to humans

Visualization tends to rest in the realm of efficiency and accuracy. From a…

Same-sex marriage legalized in all states

The Supreme Court legalized gay marriage today. NPR shows before and after the…

Drought report cards for California water districts

Thomas Suh Lauder for the Los Angeles Times provides you with a way…

Working with R at the New York Times

Amanda Cox from the New York Times was on the Data Stories podcast.…

Refugee migration mapped globally

According to estimates recently released by the United Nations, about 14 million left…

Entire English Wikipedia in physical print

The exhibit From Aaaaa! to ZZZap! opened last week with a hit of…

Excel heat map hack

John Nelson from IDV Solutions explains how he uses a Microsoft Excel hack…

Data journalism hoorah

In parallel to the Google Trends release, the Google News Lab produced a…

Traded animals

Based on data from the CITES Trade Database, “more than 27 million animals…

Super Mario Bros. was designed on graph paper

Leading up to the release of Super Mario Maker, which lets you create…

Quick reference guide to thematic cartography

Mapping data is so much about subtleties. The little things add up to…

Length of the average master’s thesis

A while back beckmw found the average length of a dissertation for various…

More presidential candidates please

“If it seems as if the list of presidential candidates for 2016 is…