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Journocoders @journocoders.bsky.social · 12h

Tonight we’re learning how to track boats and see the seas using @globalfishingwatch.org!

Marie Segger @mariesegger.bsky.social · 14h

We have quietly launched Off the Charts, our @economist.com data newsletter, on Substack.

You can subscribe to the newsletter for FREE (paid subscribers also receive access to our newsletter archive & two of our data-driven pieces each week)

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The Economist: Off the Charts | Substack

The Economist’s data and visual journalists share the tools, techniques and ideas behind their award-winning stories. Click to read The Economist: Off the Charts, a Substack publication.

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Marie Segger @mariesegger.bsky.social · 13d

A brand new look at our journalism @economist.com www.economist.com/comingsoon

The Economist Insider launches soon

A new premium video experience from The Economist, coming on October 9th

www.economist.com

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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 14d

Off the Charts, The Economist's weekly data-journalism newsletter, is now on Substack! It's free to subscribe and you'll receive a steady supply of tips, tricks and behind-the-scenes tales from our award-winning data team 🧵
theeconomistoffthecharts.substack.com

The Economist: Off the Charts | Substack

The Economist’s data and visual journalists share the tools, techniques and ideas behind their award-winning stories. Click to read The Economist: Off the Charts, a Substack publication.

theeconomistoffthecharts.substack.com

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Erwan Rivault @erwanrivault.com · 22d

Today's chartle game is almost exactly like 📈

chartle @chartle.cc · 22d

Which country has the highest number of patent applications per million people worldwide?

Do you think you can solve it? Have a try at chartle.cc

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The Economist @economist.com · Aug 13

We are seeking a motivated and dynamic graduate or graphic designer to join our video team as a junior motion-graphics designer. Apply by September 1st

Wanted: a junior motion-graphics designer for our video department

Join The Economist

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Marie Segger @mariesegger.bsky.social · Aug 6

A great opportunity for anyone who wants to learn the basics of data journalism #ddj

Journocoders @journocoders.bsky.social · Aug 5

Registrations are now open for August. Come along and learn about the art of data journalism! 🎨 We're covering all the basic skills you need to find and tell stories with data lu.ma/nr7euafr

Journocoders: The art of data journalism · Luma

This month we'll be learning 'the art of data journalism', an introduction covering all the basic skills you need to find and tell stories with data. We'll be…

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Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · Jul 9

A question for naval/subsea experts: at what resolution does bathymetric data become sensitive in terms of offering military value?

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Sondre Ulvund Solstad @sondreus.bsky.social · Jun 18

To track the Israel-Iran war, @economist.com, I think uniquely, monitors 208 strategic sites in Iran for abnormal thermal activity. It can be hard to know how much maps of confirmed strikes may miss. We find broad overlap, but not perfect. www.economist.com/interactive/...

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Vinjeru Mkandawire @vinjeru.bsky.social · Jun 8

My cover story this week is on a fascinating global shift: the diminishing preference for baby boys around the world - and the first inklings of a bias towards girls. I'd love for you to read it.

www.economist.com/briefing/202...

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Alison Holder @alieholder.bsky.social · Apr 24

💌 Our Equal Measures 2030 April newsletter is out including:

✨ Announcing our 2025 Storytelling with Gender Data Fellows
✨ Reflecting on CSW69 and Beijing+30

Give it a read here: tinyurl.com/38m52srk

💌 Subscribe to keep up to date with EM2030: tinyurl.com/5n6j3zd8

#GenderEquality #Data

Newsletter: Reflecting on CSW69 and the future of data-driven advocacy

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Marie Segger @mariesegger.bsky.social · Apr 24

I love the idea of the storytelling with gender data fellowship! Looking forward to seeing what the fellows get up to📈

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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · Apr 24

Striking chart and quite a stat:

"Since January 20th [Trump] has churned out 4,149 words a week...If he keeps it up, his total oeuvre as president will surpass Marcel Proust's 1.3m-word “Remembrance of Things Past” in early 2028."

www.economist.com/united-state...

Chart from The Economist showing the word counts of social media posts by Trump and Vance since the inauguration

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · Mar 20

Roses are red
Violets are blue

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Lizzy Peet @lizzypeet.bsky.social · Mar 11

Britain has been quietly making significant progress in women's representation across business and politics.
Data for all 29 OECD countries in our annual glass-ceiling index 👇
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

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Marie Segger @mariesegger.bsky.social · Mar 11

We used ChatGPT a year ago, @alexselbyb.bsky.social wrote about it in our data newsletter: view.e.economist.com?qs=6596a8f68...

Clearly we should give it another shot!

The Economist

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Marie Segger @mariesegger.bsky.social · Mar 6

I'd also be interested in knowing which tool you used, @scientificdiscovery.dev. So far my experiences with generated alt text for charts have not been great, but if you can build upon them to arrive at this, they clearly have come a long way since I last tried!

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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · Feb 27

I wrote about the latest Democracy index from EIU. 2024 was a great year for polling-booth manufacturers, but less so for global democracy

www.economist.com/interactive/...

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Daniel Drepper @danieldrepper.bsky.social · Feb 25

Zwei Tage vor der der Wahl haben Friedrich Merz und die Union eine Anfrage gestellt, die man in dieser Form sonst nur von der AfD kannte. In 551 (!) Fragen stellen sie die Gemeinnützigkeit zahlreicher NGOs in Frage, darunter auch des @netzwerkrecherche.org. dserver.bundestag.de/btd/20/150/2...

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Owen Winter @owenwntr.bsky.social · Feb 14

How are Germans planning to vote? I took a look, with five charts and a bunch of data 🇩🇪📈

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Anne-Sophie Pereira De Sá @curiousdata.bsky.social · Feb 15

Thanks (or no thanks?) to @alexselbyb.bsky.social for mentioning this 'spot the wrong colour' game in the latest @economist.com 'Off the charts' #dataviz newsletter sent by @mariesegger.bsky.social.
My Saturday morning productivity? Nonexistent! 😂

Color Find - Test Your Color Perception

Challenge yourself with this addictive color perception game. Find the different colored square, compete on the leaderboard, and see how far you can go!

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Vendeline von Bredow @vendeline.bsky.social · Feb 10

My article, just out, on what German business leaders are expecting from the new government--and why they feel with they are standing with their backs to the wall
www.economist.com/business/202...

German business is being suffocated by high costs and red tape

Many bosses doubt that the upcoming election will change that

www.economist.com

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Marie Segger @mariesegger.bsky.social · Feb 7

A lovely walk down the visual memory lane yesterday at @visualisingdata.com’s very entertaining book launch. He highlighted a different standout chart for every year of the last two decades or so📈📊📉🗺️

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Owen Winter @owenwntr.bsky.social · Feb 4

Did some Hansard crunching for Catherine Nixey's entertaining piece on Parliamentary debate: www.economist.com/britain/2025...

"Parliament’s benches are less a place to go to pose questions than to pose for clips on X. This House seems to believe old-fashioned debating is a waste of time."

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Jonathan Sachse @jsachse.bsky.social · Feb 3

Diese Visualisierung im SPIEGEL-Parteispenden-Tracker zeigt sehr deutlich, wie Vermögende versuchen, auf den Ausgang der Bundestagswahl Einfluss zu nehmen und die Dimension der aktuellen Großspenden an die AfD.

Großspenden an Bundestagsparteien von über 35.000 Euro visualisiert.

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