Visualization
Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.
Chart chooser based on data format
There are many chart types to choose from, which is great, because there’s…
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…
How to spot a partisan gerrymander
For FiveThirtyEight, William T. Adler and Ella Koeze describe how a metric called…