Beyond the Bar: Alternative Methods for Visualizing Two Points of Change
People love comparisons, whether between two groups or the difference in an outcome between two time points. Many data (visualization) designers use a clustered bar..
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Nick Desbarats
Are Vertical Line Charts Ever a Good Idea?
I recently asked dataviz Twitter if anyone could point to situations in which a vertical line chart was the best chart type for that situation...
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Mary Aviles, Jason Forrest & Claire Santoro
How to Write for Nightingale
Everything you ever wanted to know about how to publish with us! In addition to helping writers level up their skills, these guidelines help our..
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Theresa-Marie Rhyne
Watching for Peas and Carrots: Solving the Green and Orange Dilemma in Data Visualization
In this writing, I discuss the challenge of working with a green and orange color scheme in data visualization. Unfortunately, 99 percent of people with..
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John Polk
Get behind Me, Titivillus! How to Avoid Mistakes in Your Work
Meet Titivillus. His LinkedIn profile describes him as a demon who works for Satan to introduce errors into the works of scribes. Imagine if you..
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Eli Holder
Timely Advice – How Long Does Dataviz Take?
Visualizing 3iap timesheets for 10 dataviz client projects. How much time goes into researching, data-wrangling, designing, and building different types of data visualizations? Every client..
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Yan Holtz
SPOTLIGHT: The Pinterest of Data Visualisation
150 stunning chart examples, and growing! I’ve just created a website called dataviz-inspiration.com and it showcases hundreds of stunning dataviz projects I’ve encountered in the..
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Joshua Pine
Telling the Story of Urban Innovation and Pandemic Response with Data
In late March 2020, shortly after COVID-19 was recognized as a global pandemic, the National League of Cities (NLC) partnered with Bloomberg Philanthropies to create..
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Erica Gunn
Step 2 in the Data Exploration Journey: Going Deeper into the Analysis
This article is part III in a series on data exploration, and the common struggles that we all face when trying to learn something new...
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Alberto Molina
SPOTLIGHT: How to Say ‘I Love You’ with a Graphic
For the past two years, the data visualization narratives we’ve become familiar with infection curves, maps of health zones, and models of how the virus..
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Milán Janosov
Building and Visualizing a Social Network through the Vikings’ Example
As an avid fan of the Vikings, I was extremely excited about the new spin-off on Netflix titled Vikings: Valhalla. Simultaneously, my network-and-data-scientist self was..
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William Careri
The Visual Evolution of the Tommy Westphall Universe
Television series finales often offer their long-time viewers heartfelt moments, character arc completions, plot line conclusions, tears, laughs and more. Unlike any other series finale,..
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Advaith Venkatakrishnan
Bracket Carousel: Discovering the Next Generation of Bracket Design
Another year, another successful March Madness! From renowned bracketologists, to casual bettors, and even former Presidents, millions of people embark on a quest to achieve..
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Theresa-Marie Rhyne
Blue and Yellow: A Matter of Complements
Very often the combination of blue and yellow suggests the color green. In this writing I provide a different perspective on this combination. I discuss..
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Christen Spehr
Five Ways to Teach Math as an Art Form
Some days it feels like my first words were, “I hate math.” There’s a stereotype that creative ‘right-brainers’ can’t do math, and as a writer..
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Rachel Costa
Data + Women Quarterly: Finding Your Path in the Data & Tech Industry
Hello everyone! I’m Rachel, one of the co-organisers of the Data + Women network. Nice to meet you! For those who have never heard of..
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