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 Juli 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 Juni 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 Maj 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 Apr 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 Apr 26min
DJP LIVE! with ProPublica’s data team
The Data Journalism Podcast went live at the NICAR conference! On March 7, Simon, Scott and Alberto spoke with the team behind ProPublica’s Meyer Award-winning series, “Life of the Mother.” Reporter A...
1 Apr 49min
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 Mars 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 Jan 23min
