The PolicyViz Podcast

Many people agreed with my basic argument during last month’s Month of Story. One person, however, had a slightly different take on how we tell stories with data and what that concept means as it is applied to data. Chad Skelton, formerly...

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The “open” movement consists of different product types–we all know about open data and open source code, for example. But more and more, we’re seeing open book writing. Last year, Hadley Wickham wrote his book on R in an open platform....

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This podcast episode wraps up my Month of Story (and the end of my lost voice!). Over the past month, I’ve done a number of presentations and blog writing about stories, and I’ve talked to some incredible journalists and data...

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I’m currently in Pamplona, Spain enjoying what is turning out to be a very rewarding and tiring week at the Malofiej Infographic World Summit (follow #malofiej25 on Twitter, if you like). If I can find the time, I’ll try to conduct...

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My “Month of Story” continues! And I’ve finally started publishing some blog posts on the issue, so check out the PolicyViz blog all this week. On the podcast, the Month of Story continues this week with Jan Willem Tulp. Jan...

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As the “Month of Story” continues, I head out west this week to talk with the Executive Director of the West Big Data Hub, Meredith Lee. Meredith was a Science and Technology Fellow here in DC, worked at the Department...

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I’m calling March the “Month of Story.” Kicking off with the Tapestry Conference in St. Augustine, Florida, the Socrata Connect conference in Washington, DC on March 7, and ending with the Malofiej Infographic World Summit in Pamplona, Spain, I’m focusing on...

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Welcome back to the show! This week, I chat with Sarah Kalicin, Senior Statistician at Intel about how to get an organization to leverage their data to improve their work, analysis, and communication. We talk about all things organizational this...

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Welcome back to the PolicyViz Podcast! As I’m sure you’re aware, data visualization tools are a regular source of discussion: Which tools to use? Which one is best? Which one allows me to do this or that or the other?...

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Welcome back to The PolicyViz Podcast! On this week’s episode, I chat with Feng-yuan Liu and Shangqian Lee from GovTech Singapore. GovTech is responsible for using technology and data to help transform the public sector in Singapore. Their role includes deploying...

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