Episode 33: Conversation with Marie Segger (The Economist)
In this episode, data journalist Marie Segger talks to us about launching The Economist's "Off the Charts" data newsletter. We also hear about her career path into data journalism and her advice for generating data story ideas.
10 Aug 202126min
Episode 32: Conversation with Eva Constantaras and Anastasia Valeeva
In this episode, data journalist Eva Constantaras and open data researcher Anastasia Valeeva talk to us about the power of building a data hypothesis for telling stories about forgotten communities. The conversation also draws on the pair's vast experience of teaching data journalism around the world.
27 Jul 202140min
Episode 31: Conversation with Dr. Melvin Sanicas
Vaccinologist Dr Melvin Sanicas speaks to us about the current state of the global vaccine rollout. He explains how different vaccines are working to protect populations exposed to the delta and delta plus variants. We also hear about the latest research in regards to mixing vaccines to fight against growing variants. Finally, he explains how boosters work and why they especially matter for the immunocompromised.
14 Jul 202130min
Episode 30: Conversation with Ben Jones (Data Literacy)
Our latest Conversations with Data podcast features Ben Jones, the CEO of Data Literacy, a company whose mission is to teach you to speak the language of data. In this episode, he speaks to us about how data journalism can be used to close the data literacy gap. He also talks to us about his new book, "Learning to See Data: How to Interpret the Visual Language of Charts".
23 Jun 202135min
Episode 29: Conversation with Maarten Lambrechts
Our latest Conversations with Data podcast features Maarten Lambrechts, a freelance data visualisation consultant based in Belgium. In this episode, he talks to us about how he helps organisations like the World Bank communicate their numbers by evaluating, designing and developing static and interactive visualisations. He also explains how he developed his coding and design skills for a career in data storytelling.
26 Mai 202129min
Episode 28: Conversation with Jan Diehm (The Pudding)
Our latest Conversations with Data podcast features Jan Diehm from The Pudding. As a senior journalist engineer, she explains her creative process for generating visual story ideas and what coding languages she uses to design visual essays.
12 Mai 202127min
Episode 27: Conversation with Prof Deborah Stone (Brandeis University)
Our latest Conversations with Data podcast features Professor Deborah Stone of Brandeis University. She speaks to us about her latest book "Counting: How We Use Numbers to Decide What Matters". She also talks to us about how policymaking is shaped by the worship of numbers and why we should be sceptical of "quantitative imperialism".
28 Apr 202142min
Episode 26: Conversation with Lisa Charlotte Rost (Datawrapper)
Our latest Conversations with Data podcast features Lisa Charlotte Rost. As a data visualisation designer and blogger for Datawrapper, she talks to us about the DataVis Book Club she organises and how data visualisation has grown since COVID-19.
14 Apr 202125min
