Charts can be social artifacts that communicate more than just data

The degree to which someone trusts the information depicted in a chart can depend on their assumptions about who made the ...
The Economist

Off the Charts newsletter: Why Python is the best coding language for data journalism

This article is adapted from an edition of our Off the Charts newsletter originally published in October 2021. Off the Charts is a weekly, subscriber-only guide to The Economist’s award-winning data ...
The Conversation

Here’s why you should (almost) never use a pie chart for your data

Adrian Barnett is a member of the Statistical Society of Australia. Victor Oguoma is a member of the Statistical Society of Australia. Our lives are becoming increasingly data driven. Our phones ...
The Washington Post

The Washington Post introduces “How To Read This Chart,” a new data visualization newsletter

The Washington Post today introduced its latest data-centric feature, “How To Read This Chart,” a newsletter that dives into the data behind the week’s news. Each Saturday at 10 a.m. ET, National ...
Politifact

Chart comparing 2020 US death toll with previous years is flawed, uses incomplete data

A chart that compares annual U.S. death tolls using CDC data is incomplete. It doesn’t accurately represent the number of deaths in the country in 2020. The health agency has reported that an ...