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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
In early September, I had a super fun time at a Meetup with the Denver Data Storytellers at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science! The museum has...| 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
IEEE VIS 2022 happened between October 16th and 22nd in Oklahoma City and I was really happy to have been able to attend in person.| 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
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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. Or, at least, an.. The post Winds of Change and How They Sway Fatalist Fractalists appeared first on Nightingale.| | Nightingale | 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
“Data is multidisciplinary” is my mantra—it’s 2025, and I’ve now worked 20 years in every possible flavour of data—data visualization, open data advocacy, data pipelines.. The post The Bus Station That Didn’t Exist, and Other Data Epiphanies appeared first on Nightingale.| | Nightingale | Nightingale
Developing understanding through visualizing newborn data Expecting parents are inundated with information about newborn health and all of the potential maladies that can befall them... The post Flower Visualizations and the Uncertainty of New Parenthood appeared first on Nightingale.| | Nightingale | Nightingale
Constructive visualization enables users to create personalized data representations and facilitates early insight generation and sensemaking. Based on NODKANT, a toolkit for creating physical network.. The post BattleGraphs: Forge, Fortify, and Fight in the Network Arena appeared first on Nightingale.| | Nightingale | Nightingale
I don’t observe, collect, or draw, but the language of data visualisation is still helping me make sense of becoming a mother.| Nightingale
When I came across I’m not a numbers person and learned about Dr.| 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
Research from the OECD Better Life Index shows that a significant portion of people in OECD countries are not satisfied with their work-life balance and...| Nightingale
Over the course of the mentorship, I iterated on a data visualization project that bridged my two passions: data science and journalism.| 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
Oxford Dictionary defines empathy as “the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.| Nightingale
My transition from art to business analytics wasn't easy. Here's how I managed the transition and thrived.| Nightingale
The Inspiration Geotag or “Why are we unable to find inspiration when we try to locate it?" Sure, I could wait five minutes more, right? I was in no rush...| Nightingale
Credit: Ron Lach // Pexels. com Job descriptions provide insight into a place of employment by how they explain an opportunity| Nightingale
Analogies can effectively explain complex topics in our field. The “fish in the pond" analogy shows ways to make insights more accessible.| Nightingale
These dashboards are taken from over a decade. Each one comes from a time in my life, where I felt my design had to impress others to win trust| Nightingale
What do data visualization and comics have in common? One of these is used to communicate in science and journalism, and the other appears in fine art and...| 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
Over the years, I’ve worked with counties across California focused on combating drug overdose in their communities.| 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
Artificial intelligence (AI) has made significant strides in revolutionizing data visualization.| 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
Can you make an academic paper interactive? Let me walk you through my journey of creating an interactive visualization to illustrate the results of the...| Nightingale
April marked the second anniversary of publishing the interactive data visualization project that changed my career trajectory.| Nightingale
Need a great gift idea? Try making a personalized data viz for that special someone.| Nightingale
The DVS Mentorship Program revolutionized my creative process: learning is iterative, failure is vital, growth comes in many forms, and straight lines are...| Nightingale
I stumbled upon data visualisation art quite by accident early in 2022, at a time when I was at an interesting crossroads in my life.| Nightingale
The Mysterious Affair of Style or "How do you (and should you in fact) find your style in data visualization?" It was the doom scrolling the internet...| Nightingale
False Positives: The Imposter Syndrome in Dataviz or "Is imposter syndrome even curable?" It’s the moment I hate the most.| Nightingale
Our Environment, the newest installment in the Data Science x Design Collective’s series of anthologies, is a delightful collection of essays, zines,...| Nightingale
Author Maarten Boers teaches how to improve visualizations with before-and-after examples, and suggests a better way to show error on charts.| Nightingale
This is the sixth installment of a year-long data visualization journey.| Nightingale
Emilia Ruzicka is a data journalist, designer, producer, and storyteller who specializes in health, science, and technology reporting. They are currently pursuing their M.A. in Media, Culture, and Technology at University of Virginia while continuing to work on freelance projects and write their own blog. Outside of data viz, Emilia loves to visit museums, make art, and talk about the USPS. If you have a project proposal, story tips, or want to find out more, visit emiliaruzicka.com.| Nightingale
