Effective data visualization is about more than designing an eye-catching graphic. It's about telling a clear and accurate story that draws readers in via powerful choices of shapes and colors. These ...

To show the pulse of major cities, designers and data scientists had to make certain assumptions about how we live. New York City has a pulse–a certain rhythm of human activity that we can sense but ...

Google does everything from building smartphones to creating driverless car companies. So it’s easy to forget that its official mission is “to organize the world’s information and make it universally ...

Flip through ten pages of this issue of Nature, and your eyes will be drawn to headlines and images. In our information-thick, data-supported world, optimal representation is key. Yet many scientists ...

Let's say you need to understand thousands or even millions of rows of data, and you have a short time to do it in. The data may come from your team, in which case perhaps you're already familiar with ...

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. Groeger joined ProPublica in 2011, and her current, hybrid job title is “journalist/developer/designer.” In ...

Nishith Sharma is the co-founder of frrole, a social intelligence startup. Raw data is boring and it’s difficult to make sense of it in its natural form. Add visualization to it and you get something ...

In this collaborative and inclusive team, you will find a group of about 30 data journalists, researchers, designers and developers from around the world. We focus on data, storytelling and novel ...

Heritage was recently recognized for its effective infographics and internet design in recognition of its data visualizations. The Heritage Foundation was recently recognized for its effective ...