In case you don't see my other blog, the most recent post should have been posted here: The unkind fate of data graphics in the media.
In case you don't see my other blog, the most recent post should have been posted here: The unkind fate of data graphics in the media.
Is data visualization worth paying for? In some quarters, this may be a controversial question. If you are having doubts, just look at some examples of great visualization. This week, the NYT team brings us a wonderful example. The story...
New York Times columnist Floyd Norris published a set of charts purportedly to show that the housing market in the U.S. is on the mend. Not so quick Floyd. His theory - originating from an economist at Hanley Wood, a...
Josh Katz, who did the dialect maps I featured recently, is at it again. He's one of the co-authors of a series of maps (link) published by the New York Times about the fan territorities of major league baseball teams....
Through twitter, Antonio Rinaldi sent the following chart that accompanied a New York Times piece talking about the CPI (inflation index). The article concerns a very important topic--that many middle- to lower-income households have barely any saving after spending on...
Today I look at an unlikely oversight by the New York Times: I think they tried to simplify the scale but ended up making a mess. Tufte preaches getting rid of all unnecessary ink but sometimes, you go overboard. ***...
Reading Alberto Cairo’s fabulous book, The Functional Art, feels like reading my own work. It’s staggering how closely aligned our sensibilities are, notwithstanding our disparate backgrounds, he a data journlist by training, and I a statistician. We probably can finish...
The New York Times graphics team shows us how to do infographics poster the right way. They recently put up a feature showing how the repeal of helmet laws is linked to increasing vehicle fatalities. The graphic is here. One...
Back in 2007, the New York Times graphics team produced a fabulous chart explaining the rise in prices at the pump (link). Let's start with the tab labeled "Regional Price" which contains a well-executed map of the average gas prices...
This is a continuation of my previous post on the map of the age of Brooklyn's buildings, in which I suggested that aggregating the data would bring out the geographical patterns better. For its map illustrating the pattern of insurance...
