Category: Behind the scenes
How Nature magazine visualized 150 years of scientific discovery
In honor of the 150th anniversary of the seminal scientific journal Nature, the publication spent months producing a special “cover” for the 21st century. Through a colorful interactive tool, a […]
How interactive, visual storytelling helps readers better retain information
Earlier this year, you may have seen the Washington Post’s wildly popular coronavirus simulator explaining how pandemics spread exponentially. But have you played the Financial Times’ Uber Game? What about […]
How Kate Sosin told the story of transgender individuals in California prisons
How often do transgender people get the opportunity to tell their own stories at major media outlets? According to Kate Sosin, LGBTQ+ Reporter for The 19th, organizations with a particular focus […]
How the Boston Globe’s Mark Shanahan made a podcast about his battle with prostate cancer
In a recently published six-part podcast series, Mr. 80 Percent, Boston Globe entertainment writer Mark Shanahan went into granular, personal detail about his treatment journey with a disease that affects […]
How Stuff.co.nz told the story of New Zealand’s coronavirus lockdown
Felippe Rodrigues creates data visualizations for stuff.co.nz, New Zealand’s largest online news publisher. One of his recent pieces, “The story of New Zealand’s COVID lockdown, in graphs,” uses smoothly animated […]
How the Allen Coral Atlas is mapping and monitoring coral reefs worldwide
Although coral reefs occupy less than one percent of the ocean floor, their importance extends well beyond their size. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimates that 500 million people […]
How The New York Times visualized racist historical redlining and urban heat
In late August, The New York Times published “How Decades of Racist Housing Policy Left Neighborhoods Sweltering,” a visual reckoning on historical redlining, persistent racial inequality and who feels increased […]
How The New York Times is tracking Covid-19 cases in the U.S.
Published June 30, 2020. The New York Times’ map of U.S. cases of Covid-19 is a living webpage that changes with the numbers and relies on a team of over […]
How Circle of Blue investigated freshwater issues in Texas
While 70% of our planet’s surface is covered in water, only 3% of it is fresh water – and most of that is packed away in glaciers and polar ice […]
How NASA’s Earth Matters blog sparks conversations with satellite images
Exploring NASA’s Earth Matters blog is like walking into a candy store. The various categories featured on the blog include photographs of Earth by astronauts, news and research roundups, and […]
How FlowingData’s Nathan Yau thinks about data stories
Nathan Yau, the founder of the website FlowingData, has been creating and discussing data visualization projects since 2007. Browsing through the site reveals no single theme; instead, there is a […]
How The New York Times produced a visual explainer of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus
The novel coronavirus is much more than a sphere wrapped in spike proteins. Back in April, The New York Times published a visual explainer of the proteins and genome of […]
How The New York Times visualized trends in white extremist attacks
In April 2019, The New York Times published an interactive article on white extremist killings from New Zealand to Norway to the United States. Using maps and a timeline to plot […]
How Gimlet’s Science Vs podcast produced a season on Covid-19
Science Vs host Wendy Zukerman begins every coronavirus episode with the reassurance that she’ll bring some clarity through science. In tackling Covid-19 for its eighth season, the popular science podcast […]
How Radiolab produced “Gonads,” a podcast series on human reproduction
Listening to Radiolab’s “Gonads” series is a lot like hearing a science documentary about human reproduction and having an epic narrative play out in your mind’s eye. The podcast series, […]