The Policyviz Podcast

International speaker, Adobe Creative Residency alumna, and award-winning infographic designer, Jessica Bellamy, graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Louisville (UofL) with degrees in Drawing (BFA), Graphic Design (BFA), Pan African Studies (BA), and a minor in Communication. As... The post Episode #148: Jessica Bellamy appeared first on PolicyViz.

Lazaro Gamio is a deputy managing editor at Axios, where he oversees a group of visual journalists that make charts, maps, interactive graphics and editorial illustrations. He previously worked at the Washington Post as an assignment editor on the graphics... The post Episode #147: Lazaro Gamio appeared first on PolicyViz.

Alyssa Fowers is a Ph.D. student at the University of Miami where she studies research methods, applied statistics, and data visualization. She writes about graphs (and sometimes swords) at Data & Dragons. Before returning to graduate school, she worked in...The post Episode #146: Alyssa Fowers appeared first on PolicyViz.

RJ Andrews is a data storyteller. He is the author of the new book Info We Trust, a lavish adventure exploring how to inspire the world with data. RJ blends creative arts and data science to inform. As an independent creative... The post Episode #145: RJ Andrews appeared first on PolicyViz.

Happy New Year, everyone! And welcome back to the PolicyViz Podcast! I hope you had a happy and safe holiday season. I’ve got a great lineup of guests coming your way, so stay tuned to hear discussions with authors, designers,... The post Episode #144: Neil Richards appeared first on PolicyViz.

Another year has passed and a lot has happened in the data visualization world. For this final episode of the PolicyViz Podcast for 2018, I’m reposting the year in review episode from Data Stories, in which I joined hosts Enrico... The post Episode #142: Year in Review appeared first on PolicyViz.

On this week’s episode of the PolicyViz Podcast, I’m excited to welcome Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein, authors of the new book, Data Feminsim. The book is currently open for public review and comment, so you can head over to the... The post Episode #142: Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein appeared first on PolicyViz.

On this week’s episode of the show, I chat with Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic from Storytelling with Data to talk about the recent Tapestry Conference held in Miami, FL. A day-and-a-half of great talks and great people, Tapestry is a small... The post Episode #141: Tapestry Roundup with Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic appeared first on PolicyViz.

Scott Berinato is is the author of Good Charts: The HBR Guide to Making Smarter, More Persuasive Data Visualizations. Even though he’s a writer, he’s also a self-described “dataviz geek” who loves the challenge of finding visual solutions to communications and... The post Episode #140: Scott Berinato appeared first on PolicyViz.

Michael Brenner is a designer and educator. He is currently Head of Design at DATA4CHAN.GE, which is a non-for-profit organization that helps civil society organizations create data driven advocacy campaigns. Before this he was Design Director at Beyond Words Studio.... The post Episode #139: Michael Brenner appeared first on PolicyViz.

Minhaz Kazi is a Developer Advocate for Google Data Studio. A business intelligence veteran, Minhaz is always exploring new ways for developers to collect, analyze, and visualize data. He is available for long discussions on circular reference errors, benefits of pie...The post Episode #138: Minhaz Kazi appeared first on PolicyViz.

I spent the weekend-before-last in Potsdam, Germany attending the Information Plus Conference. In its second iteration (the first was in Vancouver in 2016), Info+ brings together designers, academics, and practitioners to discuss the current state of data visualization work and... The post Episode #137: Information+ Conference appeared first on PolicyViz.

Welcome back to the PolicyViz Podcast! I’m just back from Germany attending the Information+ Conference in Potsdam and am excited for this week’s episode. This week, I chat with Britt Rusert, one of the editors of the new book, W. E.... The post Episode #136:  W.E.B. Du Bois’s Data Portraits appeared first on PolicyViz.

Kerri Ruttenberg is a partner at Jones Day and the Head of Litigation for the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. She has tried cases in state and federal courts around the country, representing clients in a broad range of cases including... The post Episode #135: Kerri Ruttenberg appeared first on PolicyViz.

Welcome back to the show. On this week’s episode, I sit down with the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, Kevin Hassett. Prior to his current stint at the CEA, Kevin was at the American Enterprise Institute. He was... The post Episode #134: Kevin Hassett appeared first on PolicyViz.

Welcome back to the PolicyViz Podcast! After a lovely summer break, I’m back with new episodes focusing on data, data visualization, and presentation skills. I’m slowing things down a bit this year and going to an every-other-week format. Still on... The post Episode #133: Hilary Mason appeared first on PolicyViz.

On today’s show, I’m very happy to welcome best selling author and speaker, Carmine Gallo. Carmine is the bestselling author of Talk Like TED, The Storyteller’s Secret, and most recently, Five Stars: The Communication Secrets to Get from Good to Great. He is... The post Episode #132: Carmine Gallo appeared first on PolicyViz.

Dan Roam is the author of five international bestselling books on business-visualization which have been translated into 31 languages. “The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems with Pictures” was named by Fast Company, The London Times, and BusinessWeek as ‘Creativity Book... The post Episode #131: Dan Roam appeared first on PolicyViz.

Michael Cristiani passed away at the end of May of this year. Michael was a well-known and well-loved member of the Tableau community. I didn’t know him well–I only met him in person once. But we communicated via Twitter and... The post Episode #130: A Tribute to Michael Cristiani appeared first on PolicyViz.

David Johnson is the Deputy Director of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics at the University of Michigan. Prior to that position, Dr. Johnson was the Chief Economist at the Bureau of Economic Analysis. He also served as the chief of the... The post Episode #129: David Johnson appeared first on PolicyViz.