Senses & Sentiment: When data is too emotional for the screen
After doing data visualization work for eleven years, in 2021 I decided to go back to school to gain the skills and tools for creating..
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Emma Rubin
The Endless Stories in Baby Name Data
Throughout my time as a student I was used to being known with a last initial. My first name Emma has consistently ranked in the..
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Christian Osborne
The Hidden Toll: Microaggressions and the Impact on People of Color in the Workplace
Minority groups face microaggressions regularly in their day-to-day lives, but these incidents are most encountered in the workplace, often more than are documented. Many in..
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Natalia Kiseleva
Paperbase: A Window into Photographic Paper History
The Lens Media Lab at Yale University’s Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage has created Paperbase, an interactive platform for exploring the world’s largest..
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Alex Solokov
Beyond the Binary: Improving Data Visualization for Intersectional Identities
Personal and group identity are foundational to the human experience, shaping our values, relationships, and self-perceptions. These identities intersect across categories like gender, race, ethnicity,..
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Gulrez Khan
From Moonsighting to Ramadan Data Journaling
As I was heading out to the mosque for the evening prayer, I heard a soft voice from the kitchen—”Abbu, wait! I’ll join you.”It was..
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Emma Eisenberg
Why Your Teen Doesn’t Care About Driving
My own parents were baffled when I showed no interest in getting a permit or driver’s license in high school, and looking around my school,..
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Paul Kahn
Napoleon, Trump, and the Best Statistical Graphic Ever Drawn
Now that I have your attention, let me ask you three simple yes-or-no questions. Why you have seen Minard’s diagram of Napoleon’s invasion of RussiaWhen..
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Gulrez Khan
Cultivating Data Literacy with Board Games
बस हवा से भरे गुब्बारे हैं ये सुई चुभा दो तो फट जायेंगे।लोग गुस्से में Bomb नहीं बना करते !~Gulzar Rough translation of the above lines..
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Shafeeq Ur Rahaman & Mahe Jabeen Abdul
Healthcare Insights Using Voice-Generated Data Visualizations
Dr. Erin Stevens collapses into her office chair after another hectic day at the clinic. She just spent 10 straight hours bouncing between patients without..
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Nick Desbarats
I Stopped Using Box Plots: The Aftermath
I recently learned that my 2021 article about why I no longer use box plots is now the second-most-read article in Nightingale’s history🤯 (or, at..
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Elijah Meeks
This Map Helps Fascists
The Size of Countries is Not Meaningful in Any SenseYou’ve surely seen this map or a variation of it somewhere on the internet. If, like..
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Shanfan Huang
Insights from NYC’s Holiday Tipping Tradition
Every December, New Yorkers face a unique dilemma: the holiday tipping tradition. In buildings with doormen, supers (live-in maintenance staff), and porters (cleaning and maintenance..
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Johanna Blom
Three Minutes and Forty Seconds: A Slow Horse Running
In Apple TV+’s Slow Horses, River Cartwright spends exactly 3 minutes and 40 seconds running in Season 1 alone. This observation started as a joke..
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Selma-Rachel Swire
Charting Progress: Mapping Women’s Advancement in Entrepreneurship and Financial Inclusion
In 1985–the year I was born–there were only two women holding the role of CEO at Fortune 500 companies. To date, 52 women now hold..
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Marius Irgens
Distortion by Design
Distortion noun /dɪˈstɔːr.ʃən/ — A change to the intended or true meaning of something; a change to the original or natural shape of something; a..
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