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Author: Danica Jefferies

Danica Jefferies is a staff writer on the data visualization team at StoryBench. She is a first-year graduate journalism student at Northeastern University, but previously studied biostatistics and media studies at the University of Virginia. Danica is passionate about the intersections of data literacy, news coverage and how people perceive the world around them through stories.

Nadieh Bremer on thinking outside the (x,y) axes

When data visualization is taught in the classroom, basic bar charts or scatter plots with trend lines are commonly used. But Nadieh Bremer, a freelance data visualization designer operating under […]

February 11, 2022February 11, 2022 Danica Jefferies Behind the scenes, Insights

Mapping disinformation and igniting insight with Media Cloud’s Emily Boardman Ndulue

Editor’s note: Danica Jefferies is a graduate assistant for the Co-Lab for Data Impact and works with Emily Ndulue. Emily Boardman Ndulue recently arrived at Northeastern University, but she has […]

February 4, 2022February 4, 2022 Danica Jefferies Insights

How FiveThirtyEight’s Julia Wolfe addresses data literacy

As the demand for a statistically literate workforce grows, the ability to produce data-driven stories increasingly provides journalists with distinctive and cutting edge career paths. Effective visualizations are crucial for […]

October 27, 2021October 27, 2021 Danica Jefferies Interviews
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