Visualization

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

Words used in layoff letters

Tech layoffs continue, and as companies deliver more letters, there are some repeated…

Visual explainer on what an AR-15 does to the human body

This is necessarily uncomfortable to go through, but for The Washington Post, N.…

UC admission rates for California public and private high schools

For the San Francisco Chronicle, Nami Sumida shows admission rates at University of…

Among cities with the same name, which one people are probably talking about given their location

Throughout the United States, there are a surprising number of cities that have…

Online dating, who filters out what

With online dating apps, you’re able to filter out potential matches based on…

Deforestation and increased risk of outbreaks

For ProPublica, Al Shaw, Irena Hwang, and Caroline Chen explain the increased risk…

Fake sugars in your food

For The Washington Post, Anahad O’Connor, Aaron Steckelberg, and Laura Reiley visually describe…

Past and present California drought severity

It’s been raining a lot here in California, which is helpful, because most…

When spring is coming where you live

Going off the calendar, today is the first day of spring, but nature…

Excess Kia and Hyundai car thefts

In the middle of 2022, a popular video on TikTok, since taken down,…

Maps of home heating sources in the United States

For The Washington Post, John Muyskens, Shannon Osaka, and Naema Ahmed mapped the…

Finding the physical location in an online video via Google Maps clues

GeoGuessr player rainbolt is next-level good at reading Google Maps. Given a short…

Hypothetical map that shows how access changes if more states ban abortion

Based on analysis by economics professor Caitlin Myers, FiveThirtyEight provides a hypothetical map…

Increasing range of electric vehicles

Hannah Ritchie compared electric vehicle range over the years: The median range of…

Line chart race to show emissions

For The Washington Post, Harry Stevens used the line chart equivalent of a…

Asian representation at the Oscars

Asian characters in American films are historically less integral to the stories and…

Why South Koreans grew taller so quickly

[arve url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoLk6GUKzU0″ /] As a world population, we’re growing taller, but South Koreans…

Shooting down the Chinese balloon

Shooting down a floating balloon out on its lonesome seems like a straightforward…