The Collaborative Blueprint: The Open Visualization Academy as a Community of Learning and Friendship
The Open Visualization Academy as a learning community: collaboration and knowledge sharing in data visualization.
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be careful using questions as slide titles
Why questions like slide titles can be problematic: Clear conclusion titles help your audience focus better.
Teo Popescu Named New Managing Editor of Nightingale
Teo Popescu will become the new Managing Editor of Nightingale, the data visualization magazine, as of March 2026.
different takeaway, different graph
One chart for all rarely works: how the same data tells clearer stories with different charts.
The Back of the Painting: On Structure, Integrity, and Data Visualisation
Essay on structure and integrity in data visualization, inspired by the artisanal approach of Fra Angelico.
what is a choropleth map?
Guide to choropleth maps: what they are, how to read them, when to use them and common mistakes.
move beyond busy bullets
Improve busy lists by restructuring content instead of editing it for better readability.
Christine and the Magic Charts: A Data Visualization Book for Kids
A data visualization book for kids: Christine and the Magic Charts makes charts accessible to young readers.
explaining your job is a data storytelling opportunity
Explaining your job is an opportunity for data storytelling: three techniques to explain what you do.
REVIEW: Connecting the Dots by Milan Janosov
Book review: Connecting the Dots by Milan Janosov about how data, networks and algorithms shape our world.
Info+
Report from Info+, a biennial data visualization conference, held this year at Northeastern University in Boston.
REVIEW: Everyday Data Visualization: A Refreshing Return to Fundamentals
Book review: Everyday Data Visualization offers a refreshing return to the fundamentals of data visualization.
we’re hiring: join the storytelling with data team
Storytelling with Data expands the team: vacancy for the SWD team with a focus on data communication.
Designing Mars: Transforming Scientific Data Into Human Understanding
Turning Mars data into understandable visualizations: how scientific numbers become human understanding.
don’t let your axis scales distort the story
How wrong axis scales distort data stories: Alternatives to logarithmic scales in data visualization.
looking ahead with intention
New Year's resolutions for data communication: setting intentions and developing skills with Storytelling with Data.
at year’s end, a fermata
Year-end reflection of Storytelling with Data: gratitude for challenges, connections and progress.
Analytics Products Will Never Be Truly Human-Centered Until the Workplaces Behind Them Are
Analytics products only become truly people-oriented when the workplaces behind them are: ethics and accessibility.
interesting data is probably wrong
Surprising data is often just wrong: a lesson in Twyman's Law and the importance of data validation.
From Metrics to Mood: The Emotional Story in A HYROX Race
From metrics to emotion: the emotional story behind a HYROX race told through data visualization.
In the Shadow of Edmund Halley: Solar Eclipses, Citizen Science, and Qualitative Dataviz
Solar eclipses, citizen science, and qualitative data visualization: in the footsteps of Edmund Halley.
Mapping Change: How One Design Studio Navigated 20 Years at the Forefront of a Changing Industry
Applied Works celebrates 20 years: how a London design studio stayed at the top of data visualization for two decades.
mind the gap: how to represent partial data
How to present incomplete data: context and design to avoid confusion about incomplete reporting periods.
celebrating a decade of storytelling with data
Storytelling with Data celebrates ten years: anniversary edition of the book with updated examples and new insights.
when bars win—and when lines do
When do you use bar graphs and when do you use line graphs? Two makeovers that show how design choices sharpen your message.
when decluttering isn’t enough
Cleaning up visualizations is step one, but not enough: further refinement reveals the real story behind your data.
calling all superfans…
Superfan program for the 10th anniversary edition of Storytelling with Data: participate and earn exclusive perks.
the audience will tell you
Your audience determines how you show data: this core principle applied in a makeover from the SWD book.
what happened when my dad picked up “before & after”
Personal story about how a non-reader gained surprising insights from data visualization through the SWD book.
limit the minutes and let the slides slide
Fewer slides does not mean shorter presentations: limit the time rather than the number of slides to avoid confusion.
dashboards that deliver: a special #SWDchallenge
SWD challenge: rework an old dashboard that needs updating, inspired by Dashboards That Deliver.
knowing is one thing, doing is another
From busy slide to convincing data story: the SWD process applied in a practical makeover with a discount on the course.