Learning Connecting with the Dots
Jake Harris on data visualization, empathy, and representing people with dots
Project How (and Why) We Made Twitter Reverb
- By Simon Rogers
- Emma Alterman, Scott Benish, James Buckhouse, Dino Citraro, Brett Johnson, Kim Rees, Simon Rogers, Earl Swigert
- Periscopic, Twitter
Twitter’s Simon Rogers introduces Reverb and walks through his team’s design and development work with Periscopic.
Learning What If the Data Visualization Is Actually People?
Sarah Slobin discovers that all the facts and numbers didn’t add up to the humans in her story.
Project Meet Bloomberg’s Dataview
One of our most recent works, “How Americans Die,” is an instance of what we call a “dataview.” The impetus behind dataview was a hope to provide clear and concise storytelling, while giving the supporting data more prominence and explorability.
Learning How and Why Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration Rocks
Wes Lindamood explains the magic of working together from the start with a UX-driven process
Project Model Analysis
The New York Times’ Erik Hinton breaks down a Fashion Week colorbar special feature with bonus fancy math.
Learning Creating Games for Journalism
- By Sisi Wei
- Gabriel Dance, Aron Pilhofer, Al Shaw, Amanda Zamora
- American Public Media, ProPublica, The New York Times
Sisi Wei makes the case for newsgames and shows you how it’s done
Learning Creating The Grid: a Story of Prototyping
Joey Marburger on the prototype process behind creating the Washington Post’s interactive, The Grid
Learning Visual Literacy in an Age of Data
Shazna Nessa explains visual literacy and why it’s critical for data visualizers to take it seriously.
Learning Men’s NCAA Interactive: Redesigning Bracket Slightly Easier than Winning It
Sean McDade reinvents the wheel with the Associated Press Final Four Interactive.
Learning Design Principles for News Apps & Graphics
Lena Groeger‘s lowdown on how to apply classic design principles to your newfangled interactive graphics and apps.
