The PolicyViz Podcast

Jock D. Mackinlay is the first Technical Fellow at Tableau Software. He believes that well-designed software can help a wide-range of individuals and organizations work effectively with data, which will improve the world. He is an expert in visual analytics and human-computer... The post Episode #211: Jock D. Mackinlay [https://policyviz.com/podcast/episode-211-jock-d-mackinlay/] appeared first on PolicyViz [https://policyviz.com/].

Dr. Cedric Scherer is a graduate computational ecologist with a passion for design. In 2020, he combined his expertise in analyzing and visualizing large data sets in R with his passion to become a freelance data visualization specialist.  Cédric has... The post Episode #212: Dr. Cedric Scherer [https://policyviz.com/podcast/episode-212-dr-cedric-scherer/] appeared first on PolicyViz [https://policyviz.com/].

On this week's episode, I chat with the four founding members of the new data visualization mentorship community, Elevate Your DataViz. The post Episode #213: Elevate Your DataViz Team [https://policyviz.com/podcast/episode-213-elevate-your-dataviz-team/] appeared first on PolicyViz [https://policyviz.com/].

Karla Starr is a columnist for Medium and write the newsletter The Starr Report on Substack. She has appeared on NPR and CBS Sunday Morning and has written for The Atlantic, Slate, Popular Science, and The Guardian. She won an award for the Best Science/Health story from the Society of... The post Episode #214: Karla Starr [https://policyviz.com/podcast/episode-214-karla-starr/] appeared first on PolicyViz [https://policyviz.com].

Philip Bump is a correspondent for The Washington Post based in New York. He largely focuses on the numbers behind politics and he is the author of the weekly newsletter, How To Read This Chart [https://wapo.st/3m3QTiy]. In this week's episode of the show, Philip and I talk about his work at the Post, and dealing with all of the haters. We also talk about his work using data in the media and starting his new newsletter.  Be sure to check out my new Winno community [https://winno...

Dr. Claire McKay Bowen is a principal research associate in the Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population and leads the Statistical Methods Group at the Urban Institute [https://www.urban.org/]. Her research focuses on developing and assessing the quality of differentially private data synthesis methods and science communication. She holds a BS in mathematics and physics from Idaho State University and an MS and PhD in statistics from the University of Notre Dame...

Julie Terberg is the founder of Terberg Design, a creative studio focused on crafting presentations that better communicate with audiences. With decades of experience in the presentation industry, Julie has trusted partnerships with other presentation professionals and valued clients around the world.  Since 2005, she has been recognized as a Microsoft PowerPoint MVP for her contributions to the presentation community...

Michael Friendly is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, a Professor of Psychology, founding Chair of the graduate program in Quantitative Methods [http://www.psych.yorku.ca/quantmethods/] at York University, and an Associate Coordinator with the Statistical Consulting Service [http://www.isr.yorku.ca/scs/]. He received his doctorate in Psychology from Princeton University, specializing in Psychometrics and Cognitive Psychology...

Duncan Clark is a co-founder of the data and storytelling tool Flourish, which is now part of the Canva family. By background a data-driven author, journalist and publisher. In this week's episode of the podcast, I talk to Duncan about the Flourish team and how they keep up with current trends, what the Canva acquisition means, and what the future looks like. Episode Notes Duncan Clark | Website [http://duncanclark.net/] | Twitter [https://twitter.com/theduncanclark?lang=en] Canva [https://www...

Aliza Aufrichtig is a graphics and multimedia editor at The New York Times. In addition to covering the coronavirus and elections, she designs and develops stories that demand a bespoke form, often with audio and video. She's created and maintains several popular websites and tools: Discover Quickly, [https://discoverquickly.com/] a way to find new music very, very fast; an e-bike finder for New York City [https://www.i-want-to-ride-an-electric-citi...