Visualization

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

FiveThirtyEight launches 2020 election forecast

The election is coming. FiveThirtyEight just launched their forecast with a look at…

Using a slime mold simulation for generative art

Slime mold are single-celled organisms that can work together to form multicellular structures.…

Gaps between mortality rates for black and white Americans

For NYT Opinion, Gus Wezerek charted the gaps between white and black mortality…

How air spreads on a subway train

If someone sneezes in a closed space, you hope that the area has…

Visual explanation for how herd immunity works

Herd immunity works when you have enough people who are immune to a…

Malofiej winners announced for 2019

Malofiej, which in the visual journalism sphere is a high-tier honor to win…

Distribution of unemployment at the tract level

We’ve been hearing a lot about national unemployment rate, but it’s not uniformly…

Electricity sources by state

With Joe Biden calling for 100% clean electricity, John Muyskens and Juliet Eilperin…

Illustrated color catalog of minerals

Between 1802 and 1817, James Sowerby cataloged and illustrated 718 minerals across seven…

What schools might look like if students go back

Dana Goldstein, with illustrations by Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, imagines what school might look like…

Spacecraft orbits

For The New York Times, Jonathan Corum illustrated the dozens of spacecraft orbiting…

If the unemployed lose $600 per week

A $600 per week benefit expires for the unemployed at the end of…

Defining ’90s music, based on song recognition

In search of songs that define music in the 1990s, Matt Daniels and…

Wearing masks and infection rate

Studies suggest that wide adoption of masks can reduce the spread of the…

Comparing U.S. coronavirus case rates to other hot spots

The numbers are high here in the United States, and at this point,…

Park sounds before and during the pandemic

With lockdown orders arounds the world, places that we’re allowed to go sound…

Remote work and industry

Some industries are more compatible with remote work than others. Jonathan I. Dingel…

Unemployment for different groups

Unemployment has hit the United States hard over the past several months, for…