9 Best Articles in 2021
The Washington Post
Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to “flatten the curve”
The Washington Post
7 min read · 2020-03-14
The New York Times
How the Virus Got Out
The New York Times
7 min read · 2020-03-22 · We analyzed the movements of hundreds of millions of people to show why the most extensive travel restrictions to stop an outbreak in human history haven’t been enough.
The Pudding
How Bad Is Your Spotify?
The Pudding
2020-12-22 · Our sophisticated A.I. judges your awful taste in music.
MIT Sloan School of Management
Machine learning, explained
MIT Sloan School of Management
~12 min read · Apr 21st · Machine learning is a powerful form of artificial intelligence that is affecting every industry. Here’s what you need to know about its potential and limitations and how it’s being used.
mkorostoff.github.io
Wealth, shown to scale
mkorostoff.github.io
2020-04-28 · Wealth inequality in the United States is out of control. Here we visualize the issue in a unique way.
TNW
Google launches animation tool so you can turn boring data into cool GIFs
TNW
3 min read · From 2017 · Google has launched a new animation tool to help you breathe life into data by turning boring number charts into cool GIF illustrations.
students.brown.edu
Seeing Theory
students.brown.edu
1 min read · From 2017 · A visual introduction to probability and statistics.
The New Yorker
What Data Can’t Do
The New Yorker
8 min read · Mar 22nd · When it comes to people—and policy—numbers are both powerful and perilous.
The New York Times
How the Virus Won
The New York Times
3 min read · 2020-06-25 · Invisible outbreaks sprang up everywhere. The United States ignored the warning signs. We reconstructed how the epidemic spun out of control.
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The Guardian
‘Numbers you can tell stories with’: a decade of Guardian data journalism
The Guardian
5 min read · Sep 13th · Our acting data projects editor speaks to her predecessor, Simon Rogers, about how their work became integral to the newsroom
The Economist Data Team
The pandemic’s true death toll
The Economist Data Team
7 min read · Sep 2nd · Our daily estimate of excess deaths around the world | Graphic detail
Our World in Data
To protect the world’s wildlife we must improve crop yields
Our World in Data
7 min read · Sep 2nd · Habitat loss is the biggest threat to the world’s animals. Without improvements in crop yields, thousands of species could see much of their habitat lost to farmland.
surveymonkey.com
Data Visualization: State of the Industry 2021
surveymonkey.com
1 min read · Sep 1st · The purpose of the survey is to help the Data Visualization Society and the broader data visualization community understand the state of data visualization, the people who make it, the challenges they…
Guardian Environment
Atlas of the Invisible: using data to map the climate crisis
Guardian Environment
5 min read · Sep 1st · Graphics from a new book show causes and consequences that are hard to detect with the naked eye
The New York Times
New Yorkers Got Record Rain, and a Warning: Storms Are Packing More Punch
The New York Times
6 min read · Sep 2nd · Because of global warming, the heaviest storms can now produce huge amounts of rainfall in a short time.
The New York Times
The Surfside Condo Was Flawed and Failing. Here’s a Look Inside.
The New York Times
Sep 2nd · A Times investigation shows how faulty design and construction could have contributed to the collapse of the building in South Florida.
erdavis.com
Average seasonal colors of the USA
erdavis.com
~12 min read · Sep 7th · My last post, Average Colors of the World, leaked out of this blog and spread all over the internet! It was super neat, but a common piece of feedback stuck in my head: I only mapped what the world…
Datawrapper
Data Vis Dispatch, September 7
Datawrapper
~17 min read · Sep 7th · The best of last week’s big and small data visualizations
Nathan Yau
Where Americans Live
Nathan Yau
1 min read · Sep 14th · Everyone gets a dot. You get a dot. And you get a dot. And you.
