Bill Shander, founder of a visualization company Beehive Media, says a lot of companies don’t need data visualization for marketing and communications. “Organizations selling ideas rather than ...

There’s always something going on in the field of data visualization, but until recently it was only something that people in the field noticed. To the outside world, beyond perhaps an occasional ...

I love business data. There, I’ve admitted it. Market research is an interesting industry. We help businesses lower the risk involved in difficult decisions by providing context through custom and ...

Effective data visualizations display complex information in a way that's easy to understand. Here's what goes into creating a good one. Data visualization has grown more complex as the number of data ...

In 2012, Hurricane Sandy rocked the East Coast in a way the region was largely unprepared for. While the Gulf states have had plans in place for withstanding hurricanes, the northeast dedicated ...

Effective data visualization is about more than designing an eye-catching graphic. It's about telling a clear and accurate story that draws readers in via powerful choices of shapes and colors. These ...

“The Buffalization Data Visualization Challenge was my favorite event I participated in last year and winning it added great value to my resume.” -Niranjan Cholendiran, Master of Science in Data ...

When Stephen Goldsmith was deputy mayor of New York City in 2010 and 2011, the city was working on processes to make data available to the public. “We have now gone from fulfilling that transparency ...

“Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Bitsy Bentley, Director of Data ...