Visualization

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

Maps of natural disasters and extreme weather

For The Washington Post, Tim Meko mapped floods, tornados, hurricanes, extreme temperatures, wildfires,…

A more detailed view of the Mueller Report

By now we’ve all seen the zoomed out thumbnail view of the Mueller…

What happened at Notre-Dame

Notre-Dame in Paris, France was on fire. The New York Times describes what…

Comparing the potential cost of Medicare for everyone

For The Upshot, Josh Katz, Kevin Quealy, and Margot Sanger-Katz, consulted economists to…

Contrasting social media Democrats to real life

As many know (I hope), what we see on social media often doesn’t…

All of the deaths in Game of Thrones

A few years back, The Washington Post illustrated every death in Game of…

Issues Democratic hopefuls are talking about on social media

For the Washington Post, Kevin Schaul and Kevin Uhrmacher parsed the social media…

Bad data from a faulty sensor on the Boeing 737 Max

The New York Times illustrated what likely happened in the Ethiopian Airlines and…

Brexit voting divisions

The Economist charted the divisions within political parties using Brexit votes as proxy.…

Where the IRS most likely audits

Using estimates from a study on regional bias in tax audits, ProPublica mapped…

Data comic shows an average American day

Matt Hong used a stacked bar chart over time as the frame for…

Mapping the cheapest flights to everywhere, given your location

Sometimes you really do need to get away. Escape, part search engine and…

Tax changes for different groups

There’s less than a month until taxes are due. It’s the most wonderful…

Robocalls map

Other than calls from my wife, I can’t even remember the last call…

How to spot a partisan gerrymander

For FiveThirtyEight, William T. Adler and Ella Koeze describe how a metric called…

Colors of Tintin

Marian Eerens charted the colors of each Adventures of Tintin book cover. The…

Internet under the sea

To connect servers around the world, there are actual cables that run under…

Inverse map of the United States

I’m thoroughly enjoying the work coming from graphic designer Scott Reinhard as of…