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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · Jun 19

So many!
1. @yan-holtz.bsky.social: www.yan-holtz.com
2. @puntofisso.bsky.social: puntofisso.net/newsletter/
3. @visualisingdata.com: visualisingdata.com/newsletter/
4. @infowetrust.com: www.chartography.net
5. @ebertini.bsky.social: filwd.substack.com
6. @parabole.bsky.social: www.theplot.media

The Plot | Evelina Parrou | Substack

The newsletter that will help you become a better data storyteller. In your inbox every other Thursday at 3pm CET. Click to read The Plot, by Evelina Parrou, a Substack publication with thousands of s...

www.theplot.media

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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thank you, Dominik!

Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · Jun 18

Thanks, Ben – means a lot coming from you! I definitely had you in mind when I wrote about "all the other people giving back to the community". Thanks for all the work you do!

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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · Jun 18

Ha, I can picture that very well. So nice of you! Thanks, Neil; it's much appreciated!

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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · Jun 18

Thanks for the kind words, Frank – but more importantly, thanks for all the work *you* do for the community! As *the* accessibility advocate in the scene, with all the great articles, talks, and workshops you share, I wouldn’t have been surprised if you’d ended up with that award. Very soon, I hope!

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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · Jun 18

Wow! It's a great honor to receive this Information is Beautiful Award.

Thanks to @datawrapper.de for letting me inspire people. And thanks to everyone else who's contributing to the lovely #dataviz community!

Find all #IIBAwards winners here: www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/news/680-ann...

Picture of me and the text "Impactful Community Leader, Lisa Charlotte Muth, Datawrapper" below and the text "Information is Beautiful Awards 2024 Winner" in a badge.

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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · Jun 16

📊 There are *so* many chart types out there. Which one should you use for what kind of data and goal?

I tried to answer the question in a new blog post (and poster!): www.datawrapper.de/blog/chart-t...

A poster showing icons for 40 different visualization types, categorized by goal – e.g. "showing shares" or "showing flows" or "showing developments over time".

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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · May 29

I just added lots of new content to my website! lisacharlottemuth.com

→ #dataviz projects & articles I've worked on at @datawrapper.de in the past years
→ a new "Events" page with information about the Data Vis Meetup, the Data Vis Book Club, and the Unwrapped conference
→ an updated About me page

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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · May 15

Thanks for doing and sharing your research – fascinating! I really like the split continents map; haven't see this before.

Other mobile-friendly map approaches I know are
→ splitting a map in the middle (www.nytimes.com/interactive/...)
→ rotating the map (www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/pol...)

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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · Mar 2

I talk about more (data-vis-focused) tools and methods for finding a good categorical color palette here:
www.datawrapper.de/blog/create-...

How to find & create good color palettes | Datawrapper Blog

Tools and approaches for finding, coming up with, and extending a color palette.

www.datawrapper.de

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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · Mar 2

🌈 Jan's tool looks amazing to find a #dataviz palette!

A similar tool is the Python Color Palette Finder by @yan-holtz.bsky.social: python-graph-gallery.com/color-palett...

What I like about Jan's tool is that I can browse palettes *by chart type* – so smart. (This, and the German name.)

Jan Simson @simson.io · Jan 30

Looking for the right color palette for your next data visualization? Then check out this little helper app I built, where you can quickly browse through 2.4k different color palettes: simson.io/regenbogen/ 🌈

Source code at: github.com/jansim/regen...

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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · Feb 18

Yay, another small multiple chart type in Datawrapper! It's been lots of fun to play around with it so far:

Datawrapper @datawrapper.de · Feb 18

🎉🎉 🎉 You can now create small multiple column charts in Datawrapper – for both time series and categorical data! Highlight individual columns, display values on all of them, add annotations, overlays, range highlights, and more: https://blog.datawrapper.de/small-multiple-column-charts/

Small multiple column chart showing UK Government spending as shares of GDP between 1970 and 2020 in the Health, Education, and Defence category. It shows, for example, that health spending in 2020/21 was £179 billion higher than pre-pandemic plans, and that education spending as a share of GDP peaked in 2009 and has declined since.

Small multiple column chart of the population of the world's largest cities, 1950-2035. It shows that Delhi, Dhaka and Mumbai grow the most, while Tokyo peaked at around 2020. Paris was once the biggest city, but not anymore – it grew the most between 1851 to 1856 (by over 20%).

Small multiple column chart of countries with higher and lower education spending than the world average. Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and others spend more, while Ireland, Italy, China, India, Russia, and others spend less than the world average.

Small multiple column chart showing that German Baby Boomers use Facebook the most – 57% of them use it. 50% use YouTube; 32% use Instagram; 18% use Pinterest.

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Chaney Swiney @chaneyswiney.com · Dec 5

A favorite recent project: Peakscapes. I love the layered looks you get in the #mountains, and I always want to be able to name everything in view. These designs provide a cleaner, more idealized view of the landscape than a photo can.

Are they #maps? Or geographic art? I'm not sure.

Image of the Black Mountains in North Carolina, cast in a gradient reminiscent of sunset hues: orange at the top to dark purple at the bottom. Summits are labeled with their names and elevations.

Image of Half Dome and its surroundings in Yosemite National Park, cast in a gradient of yellowish blue. Summits are labeled with their names and elevations.

Image of the Front Range in Rocky Mountain National Park, cast in a gradient of yellow to red. Summits are labeled with their names and elevations.

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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · Dec 4

Thanks for attending and commenting, Sonja, and thanks to all the other panelists! Definitely a fun and interesting conversation.

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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · Nov 28

I only ordered it (roughly) by start date of the first seasons, but that bit about Sherlock could be true! I remember loving that show from the first season and being confused by the long waiting times. I wasn't used to it at all (yet!).

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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · Nov 28

Thank you, Morgan! Super happy to hear that the grid did for you what I wanted it to do.

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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · Nov 28

Oh yeah, definitely. I read somewhere that because viewers don't remember the plot or even the big cliffhanger in the season finale after waiting for years, they can be less motivated to watch the next season. I can see that!

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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · Nov 28

Thanks, Pierre!

Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · Nov 28

It was fun putting this together! Have a look and let me know what you think:

Datawrapper @datawrapper.de · Nov 28

Fargo, Severance, Black Mirror, Atlanta, Master of None, Euphoria – they all left their fans waiting for three years or more between seasons. In fact, we're waiting longer than ever for TV shows to return, as @lisacmuth.bsky.social shows in her Weekly Chart: blog.datawrapper.de/waittime-for...

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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · Nov 28

Danke dir! Die Bezeichnungen sind auf jeden Fall sehr unglücklich, weil Hautfarbe so wenig mit race zu tun hat! Aber solange sich niemand dadurch diskriminiert fühlt und wir keine besseren haben, kann und sollte man sie in der Kommunikation im amerikanischen Raum schon verwenden.

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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · Nov 5

→ NZZ 🇨🇭: www.nzz.ch/internationa...
→ La Repubblica 🇮🇹: www.repubblica.it/esteri/2024/...

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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · Nov 5

→ The Economist: www.economist.com/interactive/...
→ CBC 🇨🇦: newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/us...

News sites in other countries:
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→ Le Monde 🇫🇷: www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeur...
→ ZEIT ONLINE 🇩🇪: www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
→ Aftenposten 🇳🇴: www.aftenposten.no/verden/i/63z...

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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · Nov 5

→ Financial Times: ig.ft.com/us-elections...
→ Reuters: www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...
→ Al Jazeera: www.aljazeera.com/us-election-...
→ The Times 🇬🇧: www.thetimes.com/world/us-wor...
→ The Telegraph 🇬🇧: www.telegraph.co.uk/us-election/...

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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · Nov 5

→ NBC News: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
→ Fox News TV: www.foxnews.com/elections
→ CNN: edition.cnn.com/election/202...
→ ABC News: abcnews.go.com/Elections/20...

Other English-speaking news sites
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→ The Guardian 🇬🇧: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · Nov 5

→ The Wall Street Journal: www.wsj.com/election/202...
→ Bloomberg: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
→ USAToday: eu.usatoday.com/elections/re...
→ POLITICO: www.politico.com/2024-electio...
→ Axios: www.axios.com/visuals/elec...
→ PBS: www.pbs.org/newshour/ele...
→ NPR: apps.npr.org/2024-electio...

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