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The best of last week’s big and small data visualizations
Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
Lisa Charlotte Muth
Welcome to the very first edition of the Data Vis Dispatch! Starting today, we will publish a collection of the best small and large data visualizations (that we find) every week, especially — but not exclusively — from news organizations. We do so to celebrate data journalism, data visualization, simple charts, and elaborate maps. And we also do it to applaud their creators for putting in the extra effort to make their visualizations understandable, truthful, and beautiful.
Recurring themes in this week’s charts and maps include the Euro Cup, ranked-choice voting, extreme weather, and (of course) the changing phases of the pandemic. Let’s get started!
It wouldn’t be 2021 without a few COVID charts to start us off. The first two show cases shifting from the old to the young in both Argentina and Brazil:
If you want to get inspired by more data visualizations: In the past week, the winners of both the Malofiej Awards and the Sigma Awards were announced.
The Sigma Awards were created by some data journalists last year and award the best of worldwide data journalism. Learn about the winners on Twitter or their website.
Help us make this dispatch better! We’d love to hear which newsletters, blogs, or social media accounts we need to follow to learn about interesting projects, especially from less-covered parts of the world (Asia, South America, Africa). Write us at hello@datawrapper.de or leave a comment below.
Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
(@rosemintzers) writes for the blog at Datawrapper. She's here to talk data vis, tell stories, and tweak punctuation. The rest of the time, you can find her exploring new cities and googling the etymology of every word you say. Drop her a line at rose@datawrapper.de.
Lisa Charlotte Muth
(she/her, @lisacmuth, formerly Lisa Charlotte Rost) is responsible for the communication at Datawrapper, especially the blog. She's been writing about data vis for years and is excited to learn and teach.
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