How Do You Use Art in Journalism?

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A lot of what you've done has been to bring people in through the visual art piece of it. One way to demystify stuff is to keep it really simple or to find the way to say it simply. But then it seems like another way is to change the form or change how people experience it. How do you use art in this? Yeah, I feel like, so one of the things that I learned quite quickly in journalism is this idea of a bounce rate.

Whenever we have a question – about ourselves or the world around us – it can be helpful to visualize our answer in order to really understand it. But how do you conceptualize something as big as inequality, as complex as grief, or as silly as your probability of correctly guessing today’s Wordle? For data journalist Mona Chalabi, the answer is through data – and drawing. You’ve probably seen Mona’s illustrations on the internet. She’s known for interpreting data in a way that makes you GET it. In today’s episode, she explains how anyone could use analysis to answer their most personal questions – from whether or not to have a breakup to how many friends you should have. For the text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts