Tag: editorial design

  • Italian Election Results

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    Brendan Barry
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    Europe enjoyed some significant political news yesterday. First, Angela Merkel will serve a fourth term as chancellor as the SPD members voted to allow their party to enter into a grand coalition with Merkel’s CDU/CSU party. But the more important story is that of the Italian elections, where the centre-left under Matteo Renzi was attempting…

  • Undersea Mining

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    Brendan Barry
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    Today’s piece isn’t strictly about data visualisation. Instead it’s a nice article from the BBC that explores the nascent industry of undersea mining. What caught my interest was the story of Soviet submarine K-129, which sank mysteriously in the middle of the Pacific. But that isn’t even half the story, so if you are interested…

  • Short and Long Term

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    Brendan Barry
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    One week ago today, President Trump touted soaring stock prices as an indicator of a roaring economy. In truth, stock market prices are not that. They are driven by fundamentals, such as GDP growth, wage increases, and inflation. Furthermore stock prices can be fickle and volatile. Whereas a recession does not begin overnight, the factors…

  • The World Grows On (Part II)

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    Brendan Barry
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    Earlier this month I wrote-up a piece from the Economist that looked at 2018 GDP growth globally. I admitted then—and still do now—that it was an oddly sentimental piece given the frequency with which I made graphics just like that in my designer days of youth and yore. Today, we have the redux, a piece…

  • How to Choose the Match to Broadcast

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    Brendan Barry
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    I was reading the Sunday paper yesterday and whilst I normally skip the sports section, especially during baseball’s offseason, this time a brightly coloured map caught my attention. Of course then I had to read the article, but I am glad that I did. On Sunday the New York Times ran a print piece—I mean…

  • The Demilitarised Zone

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    Brendan Barry
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    Over the weekend, the American and North Korean leaders got into an argument with the North Korean leader calling President Trump old and the American leader calling Kim Jong Un short and fat. High class diplomacy. So what holds the North Korean army, by numbers likely not quality one of the largest armed forces in the…

  • Why So Many Mass Shootings?

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    Brendan Barry
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    Well, the data speaks for itself. I wanted to use this screenshot, however, to show you the story because I think it does a fantastic job. Without having to read the article, the image encapsulates what is to come in the article. That said, there are a few other scatter plots worth checking out if…

  • Rising Rate of US Drug Deaths

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    Brendan Barry
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    While today’s post is not an uplifting story, I did find it remarkable in its presentation. Nothing too fancy or revolutionary to be certain, but remarkable nonetheless. What was it? This morning when I picked up the Times there was a chart in black and red, above the fold, below the cover photo. The story…

  • The US Airline Industry

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    Brendan Barry
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    Yesterday Oscar Munoz, the CEO of United Airlines, testified to Congress about the airline industry. All of this just a few weeks after such a great week of press coverage. Of course, the last few weeks have also been a wee bit busy, so I was unable to post today’s piece. But with Munoz’s testimony…

  • The Russians Are Coming

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    Brendan Barry
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    I mean, they’re already here…we will return to that shortly. I hope you enjoyed your three-day weekend, but this is a busy week, folks. Most importantly we have Thursday’s by-elections in Copeland and Stoke-on-Trent, those are in the UK for my American audience, where we will see just how crazy British politics gets post-Brexit referendum. But…