Visualization
Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.
Out of date Zodiac signs, visually explained
For NYT’s the Upshot, Aatish Bhatia, Francesca Paris, and Rumsey Taylor show how…
Lidar to measure climate disasters
Jon Keegan of Beautiful Public Data highlights researchers who used lidar to estimate…
Pickleball courts take over, seen from the skies
For NYT’s the Upshot, Ethan Singer found the birth of pickleball courts in…
What counts as rude behavior in public, by age group
Pew Research asked U.S. adults if certain behaviors in public, such as cursing…
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…
