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Nightingale - HomeNightingale is the journal of the Data Visualization Society (DVS). We support all aspects of dataviz education, literacy, history and design. Get involved!Nightingale - Home Skip to content Menu Nightingale The Journal of the Data Visualization Society DVS LinkedIn Twitter Instagram Home Featured White Paper Interactive Topics in Dataviz Business Intelligence Data Art Data Humanism Data Journalism Data Literacy Data Science Design Historic Dataviz How To Charts Code Kids Dataviz Map Tools Community 3 Questions Career DVS News Good Morning Data Horror Stories Outlier Reviews About Our Team Sponsorship Submit an Article PURCHASE Home Alex Kolokolov & Natalia Kiseleva Christine and the Magic Charts: A Data Visualization Book for Kids “Daddy, what’s your job?”“Mom, what are those pretty pictures? I want to make some too!” The idea Anyone who loves their job has probably wanted.. Isobel Parkes The Back of the Painting: On Structure, Integrity, and Data Visualisation In the early 1420s, Fra Angelico, a Dominican friar and painter, completed his first large-scale work for the newly built monastery at San Domenico. The.. Jonas Oesch Why Visual Journalism Is So Slow Ever wondered what consumes a visual journalist’s day? I tracked every hour of a typical project to uncover the biggest time drains and share insights.. Ruishan Wu, Zezhong Wang, Haidan Liu, Krithika Balasubramanyam, Kanak Gautam, Aham Gupta, Shannon McAllister & Sheelagh Carpendale Exploring Data Detective Practices as a Class Activity We reflect on our experiences arising from a recent computer science graduate class about data feminism, during which we explored the idea of being data.. Jason Forrest LA on the Move: Data Vandals Bring Wildlife and Humans Together at Union Station The relationship between nature and the city is often framed as a tension – wilderness versus concrete, animals versus humans. But what if we looked at Los Angeles differently? What if we saw the city as a shared habitat where humans and wildlife navigate the same streets, highways, and neighborhoods together? Latest articles T Alberto CairoMarch 3, 2026 The Collaborative Blueprint: The Open Visualization Academy as a Community of Learning and Friendship Let’s get the basics out of the way quickly: if you’re a regular reader of Nightingale, you’ve likely heard about the recent launch of my.. T Nightingale EditorsMarch 2, 2026 Teo Popescu Named New Managing Editor of Nightingale Beginning March 1, 2026, Teo Popescu steps into the role of Managing Editor for Nightingale. Succeeding Will Careri, Teo is honored to take up the.. T Isobel ParkesFebruary 17, 2026 The Back of the Painting: On Structure, Integrity, and Data Visualisation In the early 1420s, Fra Angelico, a Dominican friar and painter, completed his first large-scale work for the newly built monastery at San Domenico. The.. Nightingale Magazine Purchase Nightingale Magazine now! Nightingale Magazine is a collectible community celebration. Our print magazine showcases some of the most compelling data visualization projects and stories from around the world. PURCHASE C Alex Kolokolov & Natalia KiselevaJanuary 22, 2026 Christine and the Magic Charts: A Data Visualization Book for Kids “Daddy, what’s your job?”“Mom, what are those pretty pictures? I want to make some too!” The idea Anyone who loves their job has probably wanted.. R Emilia RuzickaJanuary 15, 2026 REVIEW: Connecting the Dots by Milan Janosov In our increasingly interconnected world, Connecting the Dots: How data, networks, and algorithms shape our world by Milan Janosov could not be any more poignant... I Erica GunnJanuary 14, 2026 Info+ Info+ is a long-standing data vis conference, held biannually in rotating locations. This year, it was hosted at Northeastern University in Boston (my alma mater),.. R Nicole MarkJanuary 13, 2026 REVIEW: Everyday Data Visualization: A Refreshing Return to Fundamentals A Zen Buddhist teacher, Suzuki Roshi, famously said, “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” The implication.. D Rhea ShuklaJanuary 8, 2026 Designing Mars: Transforming Scientific Data Into Human Understanding Mars is easy to measure but hard to understand. Numbers can describe it, but they don’t bring it closer. My mars data visualization project began.. A Valerie CasalinoDecember 17, 2025 Analytics Products Will Never Be Truly Human-Centered Until the Workplaces Behind Them Are I’ve been really excited to see a shift in analytics and business intelligence around more integration of human-centred design, ethics, and accessibility. I learn something.. F Andrew PetersDecember 2, 2025 From Metrics to Mood: The Emotional Story in A HYROX Race In the world of sports performance, data is everywhere. Watches track heart rates, apps monitor recovery, and race platforms log every split and second. But.. I Callie DeanNovember 19, 2025 In the Shadow of Edmund Halley: Solar Eclipses, Citizen Science, and Qualitative Dataviz On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse crossed North America from the Pacific Coast of Mexico to the island of Newfoundland, off the eastern.. M Erica GunnNovember 17, 2025 Mapping Change: How One Design Studio Navigated 20 Years at the Forefront of a Changing Industry Applied Works is a London-based design studio celebrating their 20th anniversary. I sat down recently with founders Joe Sharpe and Paul Kettle to discuss their.. D Daria KoshkinaNovember 6, 2025 Data Visualization & Affective Computing. Design That Manipulates Emotions or Design That Helps Reflect on Emotions? What are emotions and how design is connected Emotions are complex. They are not feelings nor are they desires. I’ll define emotions as a biopsychological.. F Isobel ParkesNovember 4, 2025 From Pixels to Parks: The Intersection of Data Visualisation and Urban Greening Italian designer, Bruno Munari, famously argued that “Art shall not be separated from life: things that are good to look at, and bad to be.. L Jason ForrestOctober 27, 2025 LA on the Move: Data Vandals Bring Wildlife and Humans Together at Union Station The relationship between nature and the city is often framed as a tension - wilderness versus concrete, animals versus humans. But what if we looked at Los Angeles differently? What if we saw the city as a shared habitat where humans and wildlife navigate the same streets, highways, and neighborhoods together? From our sponsors Never miss a thing with our biweekly newsletter! Stay up to date with article recaps, updates on magazine production, writing prompts, and more. Sign up through your DVS member profile. SIGN UP Get our print magazine Purchase single copies or a subscription to Nightingale magazine while supplies last. PURCHASE Write for Nightingale! Check out our submission guidelines for a comprehensive list of everything you need to know to begin to (or continue to) write for Nightingale. SEE OUR SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Some of our favorite articles: W Main Category Topics in Dataviz What Makes A Data Visualisation Elegant? On a dedicated channel, #dvs-topics-in-data-viz, in the Data Visualization Society Slack, our members discuss questions and issues pertinent to the field of data visualization. Discussion.. A Main Category Topics in Dataviz Asterisk Nation: One Tribe’s Challenge to Find Data About its Population The Yurok Tribe in far northern California needs to address a condition plaguing numerous rural communities in the United States: addiction and substance misuse. Across.. S Main Category Topics in Dataviz Six Ways to Bring Empathy into your Data One of the big challenges in visualizing data, and quantitative research in general, is helping readers connect with the content. Connecting directly with people and.. V Main Category Topics in Dataviz Visualizing Small Victories Everyone loves a trophy! Okay, it’s not that simple. Still, we humans love to mark milestones and accomplishments. Trophies are tangible reminders of those fleeting moments of victory... I Main Category Topics in Dataviz Indelible Impressions: Why You Won’t Forget the Map Room Project In my quest to improve data fluency among those who think of themselves as non-data people, I am always on the lookout for physical manifestations.. W Main Category Design What Board Games Teach Us About Data Visualization Recently I visited the biggest trade fair for board games in the world. The Internationale Spieltage (Spiel) takes place annually in my current hometown of Essen in.. T Main Category Topics in Dataviz The Soul of Data: Data Physicalizations on Fabric When my area went into lockdown in March of 2020, initial case counts were relatively low in my state, even as the coasts were plunged into.. D Main Category Topics in Dataviz Did Data Visualization Erase the Woman from Women’s Work? As the world changed over the past two years, more and more of my friends took to handcrafts like quilting and knitting as a counterbalance.. Spotlight on community: D Nina KochOctober 8, 2025 Datavis as a Community Experience: How to (Not) Create a Datavis in a Group Do you know individuals who seem to focus on one thing for their whole life? I’m on the opposite side of the scale. Inspired by.. B Emilia RuzickaSeptember 23, 2025 Behind the Scenes: Dashboards That Deliver Andy Cotgreave, Amanda Makulec, Jeffrey Shaffer, and Steve Wexler have a new book coming out on September 23, 2025—Dashboards That Deliver: How to Design, Develop,.. R Erica GunnSeptember 17, 2025 Review of Stakeholder Whispering by Bill Shander Full disclosure: Bill and I met through the DVS, and have known one another for years. I received an advance copy of his book. I.. H Paul TsagaroulisAugust 13, 2025 How Data Visualization Became My Career Catalyst How mastering data storytelling can transform your career As an industrial-organizational psychologist, I started my career with a clear plan. Study workplace behavior. Research. Consult... Celebrating the dataviz of W.E.B. Du Bois: W Main Category Topics in Dataviz W. E. B. Du Bois’ staggering Data Visualizations are as powerful today as they were in 1900 (Part 1) One of the most powerful examples of data visualization was made 118 years ago by an all-black team led by W.E.B. Du Bois only 37.. D Main Category Historic Dataviz Data Journalism in the study of W.E.B. Du Bois’s “The Negro Problem” (Part 2) One of the most powerful examples of data visualization was made 118 years ago by an all-black team led by W.E.B. Du Bois only 37.. E Main Category Topics in Dataviz Exploring the Craft and Design of W.E.B. 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Washington, prominent black.. E Ruishan Wu, Zezhong Wang, Haidan Liu, Krithika Balasubramanyam, Kanak Gautam, Aham Gupta, Shannon McAllister & Sheelagh CarpendaleOctober 24, 2025 Exploring Data Detective Practices as a Class Activity We reflect on our experiences arising from a recent computer science graduate class about data feminism, during which we explored the idea of being data.. B Sachi MahajanOctober 14, 2025 Breaking Stereotypes in Women’s Football It was 2015, a year that has been etched into my memory. Barcelona had just conquered football, sweeping La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and.. R Emilia RuzickaSeptember 22, 2025 Review: Dashboards That Deliver Dashboards That Deliver: How to Design, Develop, and Deploy Dashboards That Work, the upcoming book by Andy Cotgreave, Amanda Makulec, Jeffrey Shaffer, and Steve Wexler,.. L Alyxander BurnsSeptember 18, 2025 Learning to Read Academic Papers by Making Data Comics Learning to read academic papers is a considerable challenge for many college students. Take, for instance, the task of reading a research paper for an.. W Nina ErreyAugust 28, 2025 Why audience age matters: The Influence of Audience Age on Engagement with Interactive Narrative Visualization Interactive data-driven stories are an increasingly common way to communicate complex information—climate change, election outcomes, etc. Often, however, they are built for a broad audience... W Jonas OeschAugust 27, 2025 Why Visual Journalism Is So Slow Ever wondered what consumes a visual journalist’s day? I tracked every hour of a typical project to uncover the biggest time drains and share insights.. W Shreya JaiswalAugust 26, 2025 What your New York Neighborhood Says About You (Backed by Data) Cross between New York City neighborhoods and you’ll be transported. Parents crowd Park Slope’s stroller-lined streets, where the child-to-adult ratio is rising–defying citywide trends in.. R Neil RichardsAugust 20, 2025 REVIEW: Become a Great Data Storyteller by Angelica Lo Duca I (NR) had a great discussion with Angelica Lo Duca (ALD) where we discussed her latest book: Become a Great Data Storyteller. Angelica’s book is.. P Elena TratsevskayaAugust 6, 2025 Plastic Portrait: Visualizing Technical Skills Through Cable Ties I’ve always been interested in the aesthetic side of dashboards beyond what the tools offer—importing custom backgrounds and graphic elements created outside of BI software... W Bahareh Zahirodini & Moinak BhaduriAugust 5, 2025 Winds of Change and How They Sway Fatalist Fractalists We don’t know whether you have noticed, but there are many phrases we casually let loose that cry out for visualisation. Or, at least, an.. D Gulrez KhanJuly 30, 2025 Data Doesn’t Have to Start with Spreadsheets. It Can Start with a Sneeze. I was invited to an elementary school in the Bay Area to introduce kids to the wonderful world of data. A decade ago, I wouldn’t.. T Giuseppe SollazzoJuly 29, 2025 The Bus Station That Didn’t Exist, and Other Data Epiphanies “Data is multidisciplinary” is my mantra—it’s 2025, and I’ve now worked 20 years in every possible flavour of data—data visualization, open data advocacy, data pipelines.. F Main Category Design Flower Visualizations and the Uncertainty of New Parenthood Developing understanding through visualizing newborn data Expecting parents are inundated with information about newborn health and all of the potential maladies that can befall them... B Main Category Topics in Dataviz BattleGraphs: Forge, Fortify, and Fight in the Network Arena Constructive visualization enables users to create personalized data representations and facilitates early insight generation and sensemaking. Based on NODKANT, a toolkit for creating physical network.. M Main Category Data Art MyMatrescenceProject: Using “Data-Less” Data Visualisation to Explore My Experience of Motherhood I don’t observe, collect, or draw, but the language of data visualisation is still helping me make sense of becoming a mother. Before becoming a.. L Main Category Topics in Dataviz Leveraging Popular Board Games to Teach Data Visualization Through Play What if your favorite board games didn’t just entertain you but also taught you how to interpret scatter plots, recognize chart types, and sharpen your.. S Main Category Topics in Dataviz Statistical Graphics and Comics: Parallel Histories of Visual Storytelling What do data visualization and comics have in common? One of these is used to communicate in science and journalism, and the other appears in.. C Main Category Data Art Creating Data Art with GenAI: Diffusive Alpine Metamorphosis Living in Switzerland, I cherish time spent in nature. The majestic Alps, winding rivers, and serene lakes are perfect places for me to find rest.. A Main Category Data Humanism A Garden of Sleep: Tracking the Emotional Distance Between Two Bedtimes For the past six months, my husband and I haven’t gone to sleep at the same time. We both work full-time and raise two young.. “ Main Category Topics in Dataviz “Can We Have That?”: The Consequences of Under-Scoping Your Data Projects In the ever-evolving field of data visualization, no-code/low-code tools like Tableau and Power BI have become indispensable for quickly transforming data into accessible, actionable insights... R Main Category Reviews REVIEW: Be Data Literate (Second Edition) by Jordan Morrow The first edition of “Be Data Literate” by Jordan Morrow was published in 2021, and this second edition, hot on its heels, has been updated.. 4 Main Category Topics in Dataviz 4 Months, 2 Programs, 6 Advisers: How I Pivoted Careers through Communal Learning When I decided to pivot my career, I quickly ruled out going back to school. Not just because it would be expensive, but because I’ve.. F Main Category Topics in Dataviz From Homemaker to Data Storyteller: Lessons from a Local Analytics Class Recently, I concluded a 6-weeks intensive Data Analytics Course in our local community. I vividly remember how participants responded when I asked each to introduce.. D Main Category Data Humanism Datafying Mixed Social Identities: Nonbinarity as the Complementary of Intersectionality Capturing mixed social identities through categorical data presents significant challenges. 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GET HIRED W Main Category Design What Can Business Dashboard Designers Learn from the Information Is Beautiful Awards? Why do I still love the field of data visualisation after 20 years? It’s the levers that exist between form and function, beauty and insight,.. D Main Category Data Journalism Data About America’s Communities Are In Jeopardy, and Lives May Hang in the Balance Over the years, I’ve worked with counties across California focused on combating drug overdose in their communities. My goal is to help local organizations leverage.. Dataviz Horror Stories D Main Category Community Dataviz Horror Stories: Shirley Wu Have you ever made an embarrassing mistake in a data visualization? Did you utterly fail to meet your client’s or boss’s vision? Did you proudly.. H Main Category Community Histórias Aterradoras em Visualização de Dados: Jorge Camões Read this article in English here. Alguma vez cometeu um erro constrangedor numa visualização de dados? 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D Main Category Topics in Dataviz Drawagram: A Game-Based Learning Approach to Teach Time-based Data Visualization Drawagram is a card game based on creativity and interaction that explores the fundamental ideas behind the development of simple time-based data visualizations. Players create.. S Main Category Topics in Dataviz Senses & Sentiment: When data is too emotional for the screen After doing data visualization work for eleven years, in 2021 I decided to go back to school to gain the skills and tools for creating.. T Main Category Data Journalism The Art of the Trump Tracker: How Data Viz Can Combat News Fatigue Since coming into office for his second term, President Donald Trump has issued more than 124 executive orders—with nearly as many lawsuits filed in response... D Main Category Topics in Dataviz Do students around the world think they know more than they do? Analyzing PISA data to uncover patterns of overclaiming in mathematics. CategoriesTopics in DatavizTagsData HumanismData VisualizationInteractives T Main Category Data Journalism The Endless Stories in Baby Name Data Throughout my time as a student I was used to being known with a last initial. My first name Emma has consistently ranked in the.. T Main Category Topics in Dataviz The “Dashboard” is Broken The value of dashboards has eroded. When executives hear the word “dashboard” today, they envision standard charts in BI platforms—obligatory elements for meetings rather than.. NIGHTINGALE MAGAZINE Purchase Nightingale Magazine now! Nightingale Magazine is a collectible community celebration. Our print magazine showcases some of the most compelling data visualization projects and stories from around the world. PURCHASE Advertise in Nightingale Advertising in Nightingale is the best way to get your message to thousands of dataviz professionals every day. We offer sponsorship packages for digital, print, or a combination of both. 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