Month: January 2024

Kangnido is the oldest world map in Korea and one of the oldest from East AsiaA
Jiwon Kim

A Brief and Inspiring History of Data Visualization in Korea

From Korea’s first world map to a data viz YouTube channel, these six pieces showcase the country's rich history of data visuals.
An illustration of a woman writing on a paper.D
Maxene Graze

Developing Annual Surveys for Data Visualization Style Guides

Maintaining a viz style guide is crucial for consistent styling and speeding up the work flow. Here's how to measure style guide efficacy.
A group photo of a Data Garden Project workshop.I
Joanne Amarisa & Arran Ridley

Introducing Girls To Code, One Flower at a Time

The Data Garden Project started as a small group of creative learners. Now, it’s growing into a global community.
Close-up of a gridded heat map in orange and blue.D
Fernando Hannaka

Don’t Let Anxiety Get in the Way of Your Creative Process

Creating data visualization through trial and error can be nerve-racking. One project using unemployment data shows how the process pays off.
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Jason Forrest & Jen Ray

The Data Vandals Take to the Streets – Of Linz!

Data Vandals created a dataviz kiosk with the students of the VisCom department at the Kunstuniversität Linz, Austria, for the school’s 50th anniversary.
An image of a fake newspaper article that says "Mass Panic" and includes a map of red and blue states. Dogs wearing blue suits are on one side of the paper and cats wearing red are on the other.D
Eli Holder

Divisive Dataviz: How Political Data Journalism Divides Our Democracy

Recent dataviz research shows how the most popular tropes in political data journalism can distort the democratic process.
Square pieces of tree leaves organized by color.L
Victor Muñoz

Lessons from Physicalizing Data for a Better World

Autumn foliage colors inspired me to chart global temperature change. Here's how I created a data visual with leaves.
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Catherine Ramsdell

Four Reasons to be Optimistic about Data Journalism in 2024

As we say goodbye to 2023 and look forward to 2024, here are some thoughts about the current state of data journalism.
An old, brown brick building on a college campus with a steel gate that is half opened.W
Christopher Laubenthal

Why One Person Can’t Do Everything In Data

No one person can perform every data-related task in an organization. Here's a way to explain role classification by skill set.