The PolicyViz Podcast

Welcome back to the show! There are lots of decisions to be made when it comes to creating a data visualization. And when you pull multiple visualizations together into one view, the decisions compound. That’s why on this week’s show,... The post Episode #88: The Big Book of Dashboards appeared first on PolicyViz .

Welcome back to the PolicyViz Podcast. This week, I’m pleased to welcome Elijah Meeks to the show to talk about his work as a Senior Data Visualization Engineer at Netflix and the state of data visualization jobs. Elijah sparked a... The post Episode #87: Elijah Meeks appeared first on PolicyViz .

Welcome back to the PolicyViz Podcast! On this week’s episode, I’m very pleased to be joined by Mona Chalabi from the Guardian. Mona, if you don’t already know, is involved in a number of exciting projects at the Guardian and... The post Episode #86: Mona Chalabi appeared first on PolicyViz .

Welcome back to this week’s episode of The PolicyViz Podcast. I’m pleased to welcome Anna Flagg from the Marshall Project this week. Anna and I met at the Malofiej Infographic World Summit in March. With 899 online entries to judge,... The post Episode #85: Anna Flagg appeared first on PolicyViz .

Do you like transportation? Do you like data about transportation? Then you’re going to love this week’s episode of The PolicyViz Podcast! On this week’s show, I’m very happy to be joined by Dan Morgan, the Chief Data Officer at the Department of... The post Episode #84: Dan Morgan appeared first on PolicyViz .

Many people agreed with my basic argument during last month’s Month of Story. One person, however, had a slightly different take on how we tell stories with data and what that concept means as it is applied to data. Chad Skelton, formerly... The post Episode #83: Chad Skelton appeared first on PolicyViz .

The “open” movement consists of different product types–we all know about open data and open source code, for example. But more and more, we’re seeing open book writing. Last year, Hadley Wickham wrote his book on R in an open platform.... The post Episode #82: Rune Madsen appeared first on PolicyViz .

This podcast episode wraps up my Month of Story (and the end of my lost voice!). Over the past month, I’ve done a number of presentations and blog writing about stories, and I’ve talked to some incredible journalists and data... The post Episode #81: Scott Schwertly appeared first on PolicyViz .

I’m currently in Pamplona, Spain enjoying what is turning out to be a very rewarding and tiring week at the Malofiej Infographic World Summit (follow #malofiej25 on Twitter, if you like). If I can find the time, I’ll try to conduct... The post Episode #80: Alvin Chang appeared first on PolicyViz .

My “Month of Story” continues! And I’ve finally started publishing some blog posts on the issue, so check out the PolicyViz blog all this week. On the podcast, the Month of Story continues this week with Jan Willem Tulp. Jan... The post Episode #79: Jan Willem Tulp appeared first on PolicyViz .

As the “Month of Story” continues, I head out west this week to talk with the Executive Director of the West Big Data Hub, Meredith Lee. Meredith was a Science and Technology Fellow here in DC, worked at the Department... The post Episode #78: Meredith Lee appeared first on PolicyViz .

I’m calling March the “Month of Story.” Kicking off with the Tapestry Conference in St. Augustine, Florida, the Socrata Connect conference in Washington, DC on March 7, and ending with the Malofiej Infographic World Summit in Pamplona, Spain, I’m focusing on... The post Episode #77: John Yorke appeared first on PolicyViz .

Welcome back to the show! This week, I chat with Sarah Kalicin, Senior Statistician at Intel about how to get an organization to leverage their data to improve their work, analysis, and communication. We talk about all things organizational this... The post Episode #76: Sarah Kalicin appeared first on PolicyViz .

Welcome back to the PolicyViz Podcast! As I’m sure you’re aware, data visualization tools are a regular source of discussion: Which tools to use? Which one is best? Which one allows me to do this or that or the other?... The post Episode #75: David Bauer appeared first on PolicyViz .

Welcome back to The PolicyViz Podcast! On this week’s episode, I chat with Feng-yuan Liu and Shangqian Lee from GovTech Singapore. GovTech is responsible for using technology and data to help transform the public sector in Singapore. Their role includes deploying... The post Episode #74: GovTech Singapore appeared first on PolicyViz .

On this week’s episode of the show, I’m excited to chat with Xan Gregg, Data Visualization Development Director for JMP at SAS (see below). Xan regularly creates visualizations and makeovers for all sorts of interesting topics, as well as, of... The post Episode #73: Xan Gregg appeared first on PolicyViz .

Hi everyone, welcome back to the PolicyViz Podcast! This week, I’m pleased to chat with data journalist, designer, and (new) visualization consultant, Maarten Lambrechts. Maarten has built a ton of great projects and analysis, so we dive into his process, his... The post Episode #72: Maarten Lambrechts appeared first on PolicyViz .

Hi everyone! Welcome back to the PolicyViz Podcast! On this week’s episode, I’m excited to welcome my Urban Institute colleague Tracy Gordon to the show. Tracy is a senior fellow with the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, where she researches and writes... The post Episode #71: Tracy Gordon appeared first on PolicyViz .

Welcome back to the PolicyViz Podcast! On this week’s episode, I’m excited to welcome Simon Rogers to the show. Simon is a data journalist, writer, and speaker and has worked at the Guardian in the UK, Twitter, and is now a... The post Episode #70: Simon Rogers appeared first on PolicyViz .

Hi everyone! Happy New Year and welcome back to the PolicyViz Podcast! I hope you had a relaxing holiday season. To kick off 2017, I’m excited to welcome Hadley Wickham to the show to talk about his work with the... The post Episode #69: Hadley Wickham appeared first on PolicyViz .

Welcome to the final episode of The PolicyViz Podcast of 2016! Across 39 episodes this year, we’ve covered open data, data visualization, data workflow issues, presentation skills and design, and more! Thank you for tuning in each week! Your support... The post Episode #68: Randy Olson appeared first on PolicyViz .

Thanks for tuning in to this week’s episode of The PolicyViz Podcast! This week, I talk with Wilson Andrews, Graphics Editor at the New York Times. In the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, Wilson and I talk about polling,... The post Episode #67: Wilson Andrews appeared first on PolicyViz .

Welcome back to The PolicyViz Podcast! I’m back after a couple of weeks off–first, taking a break for the Thanksgiving holiday, and then to iron out some bugs with the new PolicyViz website. On this week’s show, I chat with... The post Episode #66: Randy Krum appeared first on PolicyViz .

Welcome back to the show! I’m super excited to chat with Nadieh Bremer on this week’s show. Nadieh is an astronomer by training who came to love data visualization. (Does anyone come to data visualization directly??). Her projects include web-based interactive... The post Episode #65: Nadieh Bremer appeared first on PolicyViz .

On this week’s episode of The PolicyViz Podcast, I chat with Kim Rees, who is Co-founder and Head of Visualization at the data visualization firm Periscopic. You may know Kim from her great work at Periscopic, her talk at the... The post Episode #64: Kim Rees appeared first on PolicyViz .