In this post, we’ll highlight a few of our favorite visuals from 2025 and walk through how we made them and what makes them successful.

Data visualizations can significantly affect how people understand and interpret data. But data visualizations can be biased and exclusionary, perpetuating inequity and harmful stereotypes.

In his new book, “How Charts Lie,” Alberto Cairo minces no words when laying out the dangers of poorly designed data visualizations. He identifies five broad categories of chart designs that aren’t ...

Count me among the believers that the present era of growing transparency and access to data is one of the most transformative trends of our time. But as always, the trend may not be as positive as it ...

Geoff McGhee is a journalist and data visualizer at Stanford University’s Bill Lane Center for the American West. Data Points is a new series where we explore the world of data visualization, ...

A good visualization tool can help readers better retain information and more quickly understand complex subjects. In a recent post, IJNet covered three easy data visualization tools for journalists.

Here’s a collection of some of the best data visualizations on global literacy, mortality, birth rates and more that will help put some of the biggest issues surrounding poverty today into perspective ...

The graphics team at Pew Research Center creates hundreds of charts, maps and other data visualizations every year. We depend on these visuals to communicate our research findings clearly and ...