
Mapping International Conflict with Claire Boccon-Gibod
Claire Boccon-Gibod is senior data visualization designer at the International Crisis Group (ICG). ICG’s latest explainer, “The Fight for Sittwe,” maps the current conflict in Myanmar. Claire joins Sc...
29 Heinä 25min

Data Stories Are Human Stories with Doug Smith
Doug Smith is a reporter at the Los Angeles Times who’s been with the paper for over 50 years. He was also the database editor there from 2004 to 2015. We sat down with him at NICAR to talk about what...
24 Kesä 38min

Showing Your Work with Ben Welsh
Ben Welsh is the news applications editor at Reuters. He joins the hosts to discuss his and Scott’s recent article, “Journalism lost its culture of sharing: Here’s how we rebuild it.” They share the w...
27 Touko 32min

Documenting a Transit Nightmare with Greg Morton
Greg Morton is the data editor for The Baltimore Banner. His story, “Transit nightmare: Thousands of Baltimore kids can’t get to school on time” won first place at the 2025 Philip Meyer Awards. We sat...
30 Huhti 26min

What We Ask Google
Our very own Simon Rogers is coming out with a book on May 5th! It’s called “What We Ask Google: A Surprisingly Hopeful History of Humankind.” Scott and Alberto got a chance to ask him all about the r...
16 Huhti 26min

Data for Everyone: The Open Visualization Academy
The Open Visualization Academy is a new open-access education project, spearheaded by our very own Alberto Cairo! It launched last month, and two of the other instructors, Hannah Dormido and Frank Ela...
17 Maalis 41min

Data journalism in the face of ICE and subzero temperatures in MN
MaryJo Webster is data editor at the Minnesota Star Tribune. She joins Alberto, Scott and Simon to talk about her team’s ongoing coverage of federal immigration troops deployed in Minnesota. They disc...
29 Tammi 23min



















