The Policyviz Podcast

In this week’s episode, I chat with Nick Diakopoulos from the University of Maryland at College Park. Nick recently co-hosted an event on algorithmic transparency at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University. Nick and I chat about algorithms... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #8: Nick Diakopoulos appeared first on PolicyViz.

In this week’s episode, I speak with color-guru Rob Simmon from Planet Labs. If you don’t know Rob, you should absolutely read is famous 6-part series on color hosted at the Visual.ly blog. Nowadays, Rob is busy launching satellites and... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #7: Rob Simmon appeared first on PolicyViz.

In the previous episode of the PolicyViz Podcast, I spoke with Maral Pourkazemi about the DeepLab project. That discussion was so interesting, we pulled in instigator Addie Wagenknecht to talk more about the project, its future, and what it means... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #6: DeepLab appeared first on PolicyViz.

There are important and consequential issues to discuss when it comes to technological differences and disparities across different groups such as gender, race, ethnicities, or differences across countries. In this, the fifth episode of The PolicyViz Podcast, I speak with Maral... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #5: Maral Pourkazemi appeared first on PolicyViz.

We’ve seen some big changes in data driven journalism over the past year or so with new media companies like 538, Vox, and the Upshot launching. In this fourth episode of the PolicyViz Podcast, I speak with Ben Casselman, Chief... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #4: Ben Casselman appeared first on PolicyViz.

Thanks so much for tuning into the first two episodes of the PolicyViz Podcast. On this week’s episode, I welcome Eric Klotz, founder of Visualized, to discuss the challenges and excitement around data visualization conferences. Eric and I have been... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #3: Eric Klotz and Visualized appeared first on PolicyViz.

On this week’s episode of The PolicyViz Podcast, I speak with Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec about their current project, Dear Data. If you haven’t seen it, Dear Data is a year-long analog project in which Giorgia and Stephanie collect their... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #2: Dear Data appeared first on PolicyViz.

Welcome to the PolicyViz Podcast! That’s right, I’m moving my random audio blob posts to a more structured podcast. In these podcasts, I will chat with my guests primarily about data visualization, presentation skills, and presentation design. I’m also hoping... The post The PolicyViz Podcast appeared first on PolicyViz.