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Since the Data Visualization Society (DVS) was founded, its membership has grown far more quickly than could have been anticipated.| Nightingale
Historically, I’ve been great at buying books to stage my shelves, but less good at reading them.| Nightingale
This post is a review of From Data to Stories, a book from Richie Lionell and Ramya Mylavarapu of Gramener, described on its front page as, “an end to...| Nightingale
Last month, the inaugural Encode conference took place in London.| Nightingale
Viz For Social Good began as a passion project (like many a great endeavour) from our founder Chloe Tseng in 2016.| Nightingale
We caught up with Ben Jones, the founder and CEO of Data Literacy, and spoke to him about his recent book, Avoiding Data Pitfalls.| Nightingale
Welcome to Draw Along Dataviz! This article is part of The Kids’ Table section on kids dataviz.| Nightingale
Recently, it has been HOT in Austin, Texas, with highs getting close to 110 degrees Fahrenheit.| Nightingale
Daphne Draws Data by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic introduces young readers to the world of data visualization, math, and creativity through a fun, visual...| Nightingale
Hone your data visualization skills in this collaborative board game. Can you rescue the magical creatures before their powers are lost forever?| Nightingale
“And the T-Rex was SO big!” squealed my best friend Emily, who was sitting next to me on the bus ride to Kindergarten.| Nightingale
As I was heading out to the mosque for the evening prayer, I heard a soft voice from the kitchen—"Abbu, wait! I'll join you.| Nightingale
"Abbu, I'll make a graph of all the chocolates you eat while I'm asleep and will send it to your team," my daughter Pariza complained, after finding yet...| Nightingale
For many of us, the pandemic has merged the two worlds of “home” and “office.| Nightingale
When the COVID-19 pandemic first shut down in-person learning, we knew education wouldn’t be the same.| Nightingale
It all started when my nine-year-old son brought home his grade four math homework.| Nightingale
बस हवा से भरे गुब्बारे हैं ये सुई चुभा दो तो फट.| Nightingale
It was 2015, a year that has been etched into my memory. Barcelona had just conquered football, sweeping La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and.. The post Breaking Stereotypes in Women’s Football appeared first on Nightingale.| | Nightingale | Nightingale
Do you know individuals who seem to focus on one thing for their whole life? I’m on the opposite side of the scale.| Nightingale
Data Vandals created a dataviz kiosk with the students of the VisCom department at the Kunstuniversität Linz, Austria, for the school’s 50th anniversary.| Nightingale
These Nightingale articles contain hands-on coding advice, including programming language use and practitioner considerations.| Nightingale
Monroe Nathan Work shed light on Black living conditions in the early 20th century using data and charts. Here's how he exposed educational inequalities.| Nightingale
Jason Forrest is a data visualization designer and writer living in New York City. He is the director of the Data Visualization Lab for McKinsey and Company. In addition to being on the board of directors of the Data Visualization Society, he is also the editor-in-chief of Nightingale: The Journal of the Data Visualization Society. He writes about the intersection of culture and information design and is currently working on a book about pictorial statistics.| Nightingale
Those who know me will see that I love documenting every step of my data visualization process.| Nightingale
Moinak Bhaduri (mbhaduri@bentley.edu) is currently a tenure-line Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Bentley University in Massachusetts. His faculty page is https://faculty.bentley.edu/profile/mbhaduri Rooted in applied probability, he studies spatio-temporal Poisson processes and others such as the self-exciting Hawkes or log-Gaussian Cox processes that are natural generalisations. His primary interests include developing change-detection algorithms in systems mo...| Nightingale
Binbin (Alice) Zhang (alicezhang@falcon.bentley.edu) is currently a candidate for MBA (Business Analytics Minor) at Bentley University in Massachusetts. Her research interests are in understanding the intricate dynamics of gender differences in social behaviors and tendencies. She aims to explore the underlying causes and manifestations of gender-based prejudices and their far-reaching consequences. Alice and her team were recently placed third, ahead of 170 teams from other US universities a...| Nightingale
Nightingale is the journal of the Data Visualization Society (DVS). We support all aspects of dataviz education, literacy, history and design. Get involved!| Nightingale
Andy Cotgreave, Amanda Makulec, Jeffrey Shaffer, and Steve Wexler have a new book coming out on September 23, 2025—Dashboards That Deliver: How to Design, Develop,.. The post Behind the Scenes: Dashboards That Deliver appeared first on Nightingale.| | Nightingale | Nightingale
Dashboards That Deliver: How to Design, Develop, and Deploy Dashboards That Work, the upcoming book by Andy Cotgreave, Amanda Makulec, Jeffrey Shaffer, and Steve Wexler,.. The post Review: Dashboards That Deliver appeared first on Nightingale.| | Nightingale | Nightingale
Learning to read academic papers is a considerable challenge for many college students.| Nightingale
Full disclosure: Bill and I met through the DVS, and have known one another for years. I received an advance copy of his book| Nightingale
Ready to dig into a good book? This iteration of the Data Is Plural Visualization Challenge features the Project Dialogism Novel Corpus.| Nightingale
I was on holiday recently in the Welsh border town of Hay on Wye, when I came across a book that instantly caught my attention.| Nightingale
The S-H-O-W conference instilled a vision for growth and impact of data visualization. Here are some key takeaways from student attendees.| Nightingale
DVS's 2023 Outlier Conference was held in Porto, Portugal, and virtually in early May. Here's what a few attendees say about the experience.| Nightingale
The Eyeo festival has always held an interesting place in the community as, I’m told, it never really focused on any specific subject matter.| Nightingale
The book explores the world of tactile and hand-made data exhibits. It showcases inspiring physicalization projects and offers tips and tools to try your own.| Nightingale
Interactive data-driven stories are an increasingly common way to communicate complex information—climate change, election outcomes, etc. Often, however, they are built for a broad audience... The post Why audience age matters: The Influence of Audience Age on Engagement with Interactive Narrative Visualization appeared first on Nightingale.| | Nightingale | Nightingale
Ever wondered what consumes a visual journalist’s day? I tracked every hour of a typical project to uncover the biggest time drains and share insights.. The post Why Visual Journalism Is So Slow appeared first on Nightingale.| | Nightingale | Nightingale
Cross between New York City neighborhoods and you’ll be transported. Parents crowd Park Slope’s stroller-lined streets, where the child-to-adult ratio is rising–defying citywide trends in.. The post What your New York Neighborhood Says About You (Backed by Data) appeared first on Nightingale.| | Nightingale | Nightingale
I (NR) had a great discussion with Angelica Lo Duca (ALD) where we discussed her latest book: Become a Great Data Storyteller.| Nightingale
How mastering data storytelling can transform your careerAs an industrial-organizational psychologist, I started my career with a clear plan. Study workplace behavior. Research. Consult. Maybe.. The post How Data Visualization Became My Career Catalyst appeared first on Nightingale.| | Nightingale | Nightingale
I’ve always been interested in the aesthetic side of dashboards beyond what the tools offer—importing custom backgrounds and graphic elements created outside of BI software.The.. The post Plastic Portrait: Visualizing Technical Skills Through Cable Ties appeared first on Nightingale.| | Nightingale | Nightingale
We don't know whether you have noticed, but there are many phrases we casually let loose that cry out for visualisation.| Nightingale
I was invited to an elementary school in the Bay Area to introduce kids to the wonderful world of data.| Nightingale
Nightingale articles that relate to the broad field of data science, often referencing techniques or steps in data collection, transformation, and analysis.| Nightingale
Nightingale content dedicated to business intelligence topics like dashboard design, data collection, data analytics, etc.| Nightingale
This book left me inspired to make better presentations, offering resources to deliver engaging slideshows with data-based information.| Nightingale
Color expert Kate Strachnyi shares the top tips from her new book—a reference tool for both beginners and experts, alike.| Nightingale
Nightingale content that includes creative pieces and hands-on activities, designed especially for kids, to provide fun and engaging learning opportunities.| Nightingale
Business leaders once championed dashboards as windows into organizational performance, but they became too familiar, too technical, and the value diminished.| Nightingale
Convincing senior executives to jump on the data visualization bandwagon isn't as complicated as you think: here are five tips to get senior...| Nightingale
My experience with the DVS Mentorship Program gave me technical and practical skills to carry forward.| Nightingale
The DVS mentorship program was as much an emotional experience as it was an educational one. Here are key lessons I learned along the way.| Nightingale
The first edition of “Be Data Literate” by Jordan Morrow was published in 2021, and this second edition, hot on its heels, has been updated for 2024 to...| Nightingale
Recently, I concluded a 6-weeks intensive Data Analytics Course in our local community.| Nightingale
From descriptive to prescriptive: How AI in data visualization is evolving from plotting the “What” to telling the “Why”.| Nightingale
Once upon a time—or perhaps just last month—Issue 5 of Nightingale landed in the hands of readers around the world.| Nightingale
The Data Visualization Society’s Mentorship Program has been instrumental in shaping the paths of aspiring individuals in our community.| Nightingale
This article originally appeared in Issue 5 of Nightingale magazine.| Nightingale
In May 2022, the U. hit the grim milestone of 1 million COVID deaths| Nightingale
Axios launched in 2017 as a news organisation with the mission ‘Smart Brevity,’ emphasizing the power of saying more with less.| Nightingale
The class allowed students to see data as not just a result of gathering facts from the world, but as a tool to make meaning of reality.| Nightingale
Recent dataviz research shows how the most popular tropes in political data journalism can distort the democratic process.| Nightingale
I was excited to read and review Questions in Dataviz by Neil Richards, because I love the idea of data visualization design driven by questions.| Nightingale
Following up on his first book, which considered data from the individual level, Jordan Morrow’s Be Data Driven looks at harnessing the power of data...| Nightingale
If you ever wondered how to make a visualization or a dashboard that’s beautiful and functional at the same time, then read on.| Nightingale
A few months ago I had the pleasure of sitting down with Ciera Martinez to discuss the founding of the project, Data Science by Design, and what they've...| Nightingale
An interview with children's author Lalena Fisher, whose latest book introduces kids to charts and diagrams that tell a story of friendship.| Nightingale
It’s Monday morning, and the team is in a rush. Everyone scrambles to pull numbers from slow-loading tables published on the Tableau Server| Nightingale
Kat Greenbrook is a data storyteller from Aotearoa, New Zealand.| Nightingale
The book "Drawing Data with Kids" makes data visualization accessible, low-tech, and something the whole family can do—no screens required.| Nightingale
This is the fourth installment of a yearlong data visualization journey.| Nightingale
This is the third installment of a year-long data visualization journey.| Nightingale
The 'Gale has been a staple of information sharing and communication for Nightingale readers since 2021.| Nightingale
This article will mark my last one as the Editor-in-Chief of Nightingale. It's time for me to pass the torch to our editorial team and reveal my master plan!| Nightingale
Now that I have your attention, let me ask you three simple yes-or-no questions.| Nightingale
Nightingale articles about data visualization-related work spanning in-house, freelance, and aspiring practitioners in public, private, academic, and non-profit sectors.| Nightingale
Friendship can feel effortless as a child. Yet as we step into adulthood, human connection becomes more difficult| Nightingale
Christopher Laubenthal focuses on better data use with visualizations in an organizational setting. He has experience in both for-profit and not-for-profit sectors where he increases literacy, grows culture, and builds data visualizations. Christopher is the Data Design Manager at The DeBruce Foundation, a national foundation whose mission is to expand pathways to economic growth and opportunity. Current projects include his public viz and The DeBruce Foundation’s Career Explorer Tools.| Nightingale
The start to 2025 saw the induction of four new Data Visualization Society board members.| Nightingale
The multi-disciplinary nature of the data visualization profession presents opportunities for fruitful collaboration while also leading to points of...| Nightingale
We have all been on the receiving end of bad presentations.| Nightingale
Thomas C. Redman's book provides strategic advice to corporate leadership about how to engage all workers in the data process.| Nightingale
Joshua works on the Urban Innovation team at the National League of Cities (NLC) where he leads the organization's data visualization portfolio. He specializes in leveraging data to inform local policymaking and in amplifying best practices through data storytelling. Based in Cincinnati OH, he is an electric bike enthusiast and passionate advocate for active transportation.| Nightingale
More than anything, preparing to get work, and then getting the work, is a process. Understanding the system will help you navigate the ambiguity and help you (try to) remain calm. Let's look at an average hiring process so that we can customize our approach for each step.| Nightingale
The Error Message Longing or “How we should always treasure our mistakes" The conversation was loud and happy, scattered with high-pitched laughs that...| Nightingale
Stumbling into a small peer support community I arrived at Outlier 2021 eager to learn and explore.| Nightingale
The Data Garden Project started as a small group of creative learners. Now, it’s growing into a global community.| Nightingale
Integrating data visualization into non-profit work is both a strategic advantage and an easy pitfall.| Nightingale
Throughout my career, I've oscillated between working solo on data visualization projects and being a part of larger teams tasked with creating compelling...| Nightingale
Nightingale articles that discuss data literacy or graphicacy, including techniques and considerations for becoming more fluent in data.| Nightingale
