The PolicyViz Podcast

Dr. Cedric Scherer is a graduate computational ecologist with a passion for design. In 2020, he combined his expertise in analyzing and visualizing large data sets in R with his passion to become a freelance data visualization specialist.  Cédric has... The post Episode #212: Dr. Cedric Scherer appeared first on PolicyViz .

Jock D. Mackinlay is the first Technical Fellow at Tableau Software. He believes that well-designed software can help a wide-range of individuals and organizations work effectively with data, which will improve the world. He is an expert in visual analytics and human-computer... The post Episode #211: Jock D. Mackinlay appeared first on PolicyViz .

Dr. Tyler Morgan-Wall visits the PolicyViz Podcast to talk about 3D and animated 3D in data visualization.  The post Episode #210: Dr. Tyler Morgan-Wall appeared first on PolicyViz .

Ken and Kevin Flerlage visit the PolicyViz Podcast to discuss Tableau and some of the challenges and successes they've had, and how you can go about using the free materials on their website. The post Episode #209: The Flerlage Twins appeared first on PolicyViz .

This episode of the podcast wraps up 2021. I’ll return in January with all new episodes from the world of data visualization and presentation skills. I hope you have a healthy and happy new year! Frank Elavsky is a software... The post Episode #208: Frank Elavsky appeared first on PolicyViz .

Tom works at RStudio, and is obviously very active in the R community. He runs the TidyTuesday project and developed the Grammar of Tables package in the R programming language.  The post Episode #207: Tom Mock appeared first on PolicyViz .

Zen Faulkes, author of Better Posters visits PolicyViz Podcast to talk about creating an infographic or presentation slides or data visualization. Even though it's specific to this one part of data communication, I think there's a lot going on here that a lot of us can learn about data communication. So we talk about Zen's background, coming into this poster area. He talked about his interest in d...

In this week’s episode of the podcast, I’m playing the recording from the opening moderated panel discussion between myself, Jen Christiansen, and Steve Franconeri at the 2021 VisComm workshop at the IEEEVIS conference. We (the workshop organizers) asked Jen and... The post Episode #205: Steve Franconeri and Jen Christiansen a VisComm Workshop appeared first on PolicyViz .

Rebecca Pazos is a mum of one and a senior data journalist with The Straits Times for six years. Recently, she completed her Masters in visual tools with the University of Girona. She is dedicated to telling compassionate, human-centered data... The post Episode #204: Rebecca Pazos appeared first on PolicyViz .

https://policyviz.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PolicyViz_EpisodeNo203.mp3 The post Episode #203: Alli Torban appeared first on PolicyViz .

Lindsay Betzendahl is a Tableau Zen Master and Tableau Public Ambassador, join us for her visit The PolicyViz Podcast. The post Episode #202: Lindsay Betzendahl appeared first on PolicyViz .

Leland Wilkinson is Chief Scientist at H2O and Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois Chicago visits The PolicyViz Podcast to discuss The Grammar of Graphics, coding, and much much more. The post Episode #201: Leland Wilkinson appeared first on PolicyViz .

In the 200th episode of the PolicyViz Podcast, we discuss the recent Do No Harm Guide about taking a racially equitable lens with your data. The post Episode #200: Do No Harm Guide appeared first on PolicyViz .

Associate professor in the School of Computing at the University of Utah and a faculty member in the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute visits the PolicyViz Podcast to talk about the Visualization Design Lab. The post Episode # 199: Miriah Meyer appeared first on PolicyViz .

Author and speaker Scott Berkun visits the PolicyViz Podcast to talk about his new book How Design Makes The World. The post Episode # 198: Scott Berkun appeared first on PolicyViz .

Data journalist Casey Miller visits the PolicyViz Podcast to talk about her work at the Los Angeles Times. The post Episode #197: Casey Miller appeared first on PolicyViz .

Francis Gagnon, founder of the information design firm Voila:, visits the podcast to talk about building his own information design company. The post Episode #196: Francis Gagnon appeared first on PolicyViz .

Data Sketches authors Shirley Wu and Nadieh Bremer visit the PolicyViz Podcast to talk about their work, their process, and the future of dataviz. The post Episode #195: Nadieh Bremer & Shirley Wu appeared first on PolicyViz .

New York Times graphics editor Charlie Smart visits the podcast to talk about his work creating the NYT Covid dashboard and more. The post Episode #194: Charlie Smart appeared first on PolicyViz .

Kaz Sakamoto teaches Urban Planning and GIS techniques at Columbia University. He visits the podcast to talk about his work and teaching. The post Episode #193: Kaz Sakamoto appeared first on PolicyViz .

Eva Murray visits the podcast to talk about her work and her new book, Empowered by Data The post Episode #192: Eva Murray appeared first on PolicyViz .

Sarah Williams from MIT, and author of the new book Data Action, visits the PolicyViz Podcast. The post Episode #191: Sarah Williams appeared first on PolicyViz .

Rhea Boyd is a pediatrician, public health advocate, and scholar who writes and teaches on the relationship between structural racism, inequity and health. She visits the podcast to talk about her work and how she writes for different audiences. The post Episode #190: Rhea Boyd appeared first on PolicyViz .

Artist, coder, and researcher Mimi Onuoha visits the podcast to talk about her work, her process, and how we should think about missing data. The post Episode #189: Mimi Onuoha appeared first on PolicyViz .

Chantilly Jaggernauth, Tableau Zen Master and founder of the nonprofit Millennials and Data group visits the PolicyViz Podcast to talk about her work and process. The post Episode #188: Chantilly Jaggernauth appeared first on PolicyViz .