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Drying of the Aral Sea and its source rivers

Maps / Aral Sea, climate change, NPR, satellite imagery

NPR reports on the drying Central Asia water sources. The Aral Sea has…
Researchers might have found Amelia Earhart’s crashed plane

Statistical Visualization / airplane, Amelia Earhart, NPR, ocean

For NPR, Juliana Kim reports:
Deep Sea Vision, an ocean exploration company based…
Melting ice, global effects

Maps / climate change, glaciers, NPR

Ice is melting at the poles, which makes it seem like a localized…
Illustration of ranked-choice voting

Infographics / comic, NPR, voting

Connie Hanzhang Jin and Kaitlyn Radde, for NPR, used illustrations to explain how…
What the omicron numbers tell us and do not tell us

Statistics / coronavirus, NPR, omicron

May Louise Kelly for NPR spoke briefly with biostatistics professor Natalie Dean on…
Multiracial people counted in the census

Statistical Visualization / census, multiracial, NPR

Using unit charts, NPR shows the number of people who identify with each…
Joy Generator

Infographics / joy, NPR

NPR put together a set of stories, videos, and interactives about bringing more…
Myth of the Asian American model minority, explained with charts

Statistical Visualization / Asian, Connie Jin, model minority, NPR

Asian Americans are often viewed as a “model minority”, but when you look,…
Coping with the big numbers

Infographics / comic, Connie Jin, coronavirus, NPR, scale

Connie Jin, who works for NPR and updates a Covid-19 dashboard, talks about…
Simulation for different immunity scenarios

Infographics / coronavirus, herd, immunity, NPR, simulation

As vaccinations roll out, we work towards herd immunity, there are various challenges…
How the Census translates to power, a cat comic

Infographics / census, comic, government, NPR

State population dictates the number of seats in the House of Representatives, so…
Where there are hospital staff shortages

Maps / coronavirus, curve, hospital, NPR

Reporting for NPR, Sean McMinn and Selena Simmons-Duffins on staffing shortages:

On data…
Millions of people experienced unhealthy air in 2020

Statistical Visualization / air quality, NPR, wildfire

NPR estimated how many people have experienced unhealthy air this year, largely in…
Shift of Covid-19 deaths to medium and small cities

Statistical Visualization / cities, coronavirus, NPR

When this all started, Covid-19 was impacting large cities at a much higher…
Wearing masks and infection rate

Infographics / Connie Jin, coronavirus, mask, NPR

Studies suggest that wide adoption of masks can reduce the spread of the…
A comic on spotting misinformation

Infographics / comic, Connie Jin, coronavirus, misinformation, NPR

There’s a lot of misinformation passing through the internets right now. A lot.…
Why the city is hotter than the suburb

Statistical Visualization / city, heat, NPR

NPR used video from a thermographic camera to explain why cities tend to…
Practical tips for scraping data

Coding / NPR, scraping

It’s an unpleasant feeling when you have an idea for a project and…
School district spending, against national average

Statistical Visualization / education, NPR

Wrapping up their week-long School Money project, NPR asks: Is there a better…
Counting the numbers in the news

Data Art / natural language, NPR

Truth & Quantity by Gregor Hochmuth is what happens when you strip out…

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