Essays on data graphics and data storytelling, covering map design, the physical craft of cartography, and the history behind notable maps. Each issue builds a personal argument from specific examples such as scroll maps, museum entrances and the role of friction in design.
Website: https://www.chartography.net
Junk Charts critiques data visualizations and statistical claims, using frameworks like the Trifecta Checkup to examine charts, data and the questions behind them. Recent issues cover a reproduction of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine trial analyses, a critique of a subway-stop closure analysis, and a flawed bar chart of top acquisitions.
Re:connaissance publishes essays and reports on data, design and visual representation, covering topics such as AI incident databases, the visual design of euro banknotes and nuclear waste warning signs. Readers get researched, personal analysis of how states and institutions shape visual culture.
Saloni Dattani writes about medical progress, science funding and metascience, with long evidence-based essays and practical guides such as one on data visualization. Readers get historical context on medical breakthroughs and a critique of hype-driven science journalism.
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