The PolicyViz Podcast

Welcome back to this week’s episode of The PolicyViz Podcast. I’m pleased to welcome Anna Flagg from the Marshall Project this week. Anna and I met at the Malofiej Infographic World Summit in March. With 899 online entries to judge,... The post Episode #85: Anna Flagg appeared first on PolicyViz.

Do you like transportation? Do you like data about transportation? Then you’re going to love this week’s episode of The PolicyViz Podcast! On this week’s show, I’m very happy to be joined by Dan Morgan, the Chief Data Officer at the Department of... The post Episode #84: Dan Morgan appeared first on PolicyViz.

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... The post Episode #83: Chad Skelton appeared first on PolicyViz.

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.... The post Episode #82: Rune Madsen appeared first on PolicyViz.

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... The post Episode #81: Scott Schwertly appeared first on PolicyViz.

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... The post Episode #80: Alvin Chang appeared first on PolicyViz.

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... The post Episode #79: Jan Willem Tulp appeared first on PolicyViz.

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... The post Episode #78: Meredith Lee appeared first on PolicyViz.

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... The post Episode #77: John Yorke appeared first on PolicyViz.

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... The post Episode #76: Sarah Kalicin appeared first on PolicyViz.