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Tag: design

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

“The Immigration Experience” humanizes the history of immigration law. Here’s how.

After the Great Famine, you leave Ireland for America. When anti-Catholic, anti-immigrant sentiment peaks in Boston, do you stay or move to Lowell? Or maybe your parents bring you from […]

November 9, 2018November 9, 2018 Meredith Dietz Behind the scenes, Interviews, Research

SXSW: The danger in designing frictionless experiences like Uber, Hulu and Blue Apron

How many apps do you have on your phone specifically designed to make your life easier? Instead of waiting for the bus that may or may not come, ride-sharing services […]

March 14, 2018March 13, 2018 Adela Locsin Insights, SXSW

How Axios mapped the “fading fortunes” of the Islamic State

Over the past two years, troops controlled by Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, various Kurdish groups, several opposition groups – with support from the U.S. government – as well as forces […]

October 6, 2017October 10, 2017 Nicholas Scherer Behind the scenes, Interviews

How The Boston Globe visualized extreme sports and ramped up excitement for Big Air at Fenway

On February 11 and 12, 2016, Boston hosted “Big Air at Fenway,” a snowboarding and free skiing event held at Fenway Park that featured an array of world class skiers […]

October 3, 2017October 2, 2017 Ethan Schroeder Behind the scenes, Interviews

How The Boston Globe brought Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale’s unique delivery to life

The Red Sox’s acquisition of pitcher Chris Sale in December has proved fruitful: The lefty ace has had, by almost any measure, the most dominant season by a Sox starting […]

September 28, 2017September 28, 2017 Dylan McGuinness Behind the scenes, Interviews

SXSW: Trump vs. the NYT, algorithmic news and other cool things we heard over kickoff weekend

Storybench flew all the way to Austin, Texas to attend South by Southwest, the world-renowned tech-and-innovation conference. Reporters Rachel Grozanick and Felippe Rodrigues, both students in Northeastern’s Media Innovation program, are on […]

March 14, 2017March 12, 2018 Felippe Rodrigues and Rachel Grozanick Insights, SXSW
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