For those who don’t know, Section 508 is a federal law that requires federal agencies’ electronic products be accessible to people with disabilities. And if you do know about 508 compliance, well, you’re probably looking for a way to make…
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I hope you’ve enjoyed the last few episodes of the podcast. Continuing a theme that has been present in the last few episodes, on this week’s show I welcome Javier Zarracina from Vox and Anna Flagg from the Marshall Project…
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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…
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I’ve just returned from an exhausting and exhilarating week in Pamplona, Spain where I attended the Malofiej World Infographic Summit. Malofiej is one–if not the–premier infographic award competitions in the world. The first few days of the week are set aside…
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This post kicks off a partnership with Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic from Storytelling with Data in which we are interested in exploring how organizations improve the way they communicate data. This is one of the biggest questions Cole and I both…
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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…
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Which country do you think has a higher infant mortality rate: Russia or Malaysia? Sri Lanka or Turkey? The late Hans Rosling used these questions in a 2006 TED talk to demonstrate that Swedish graduate students, who might make poorly…
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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…
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Choosing and implementing color palettes is a difficult task in visualizing data. Color can be used to highlight and draw attention, but also to confuse. It can be used to make things seem drab or to make them “pop”. As…
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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…
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