The PolicyViz Podcast

Cambria Brown is a Performance Management and Data Specialist with the Office of Planning, Partnerships and Improvement at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. She specializes in performance management, data visualization and data dashboard development for divisions and... The post Episode #99: Cambria Brown appeared first on PolicyViz.

Mark Monmonier is a Distinguished Professor of Geography at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. In the data visualization field, he is probably best known for his fantastic book, How to Lie with Maps. Professor Monmonier’s research focuses on the history... The post Episode #98: Mark Monmonier appeared first on PolicyViz.

Working together,  Tom Weatherburn and William Davis run the mapTO website a project where they make maps of Toronto and the surrounding areas. I found their project on rescaling the Toronto subway system to actual geography really intriguing, so I invited them to come... The post Episode #97: Tom Weatherburn and William Davis appeared first on PolicyViz.

Neil Halloran is one of those people who, in my mind, is pushing the data visualization field in different directions. In his two data-driven documentaries, The Fallen and The Shadow Peace, Neil uses different ways of showing data to convey... The post Episode #96: Neil Halloran appeared first on PolicyViz.

Hi everyone, welcome back! I’m excited to have Jen Golbeck on this week’s episode. Jen is a world leader in social media research and science communication. She is a pioneer in the field of social data analytics, discovering people’s hidden... The post Episode #95: Jen Golbeck appeared first on PolicyViz.

Welcome back to the show! To get you ready for the September 23rd National Day of Civic Hacking, I’m very happy to have Lilian Coral on this week’s episode. At the time of this interview in late August, Lilian was... The post Episode #94: Lilian Coral appeared first on PolicyViz.

Welcome back to the PolicyViz Podcast! I’m back! After a few weeks off this summer to enjoy the nice weather and time with the family, I’m excited to be back with a whole new slate of guests. Over the next... The post Episode #93: Robert Kosara appeared first on PolicyViz.

Hi everyone, welcome back to the show! This will be the last episode for the summer. I’m going to take a break from podcasting for the next two months, do some writing, relaxing, and traveling, and gear up for a... The post Episode #92: Catherine Madden appeared first on PolicyViz.

Welcome back to this week’s show! This week, I speak with Shomik Sarkar, who is currently a data scientist at the Democratic National Committee and was Director of Reporting for Hillary Clinton’s campaign for president. Shomik and I talk about how... The post Episode #91: Shomik Sarkar appeared first on PolicyViz.

I hope you’ve enjoyed the last few episodes of the podcast. Continuing a theme that has been present in the last few episodes, on this week’s show I welcome Javier Zarracina from Vox and Anna Flagg from the Marshall Project... The post Episode #90: Javier Zarracina and Anna Flagg appeared first on PolicyViz.