Today I'm training a group of journalists that came all the way from South Korea to American University to learn from @ire.org before #IRE26 gets officially underway! I'm honored to be participating in this custom training. Thank you to @aviationqueen.bsky.social for this picture!

For all of the interest in pretending that inequalities are a function of will or that structural racism is in the distant past: 12 million people were born in Jim Crow states before Jim Crow ended — and still live there today. Gift link:

Reposting with hashtags! #NICAR26 #NICAR2026 Check out the start pack at bsky.app/starter-pack...

NICAR is next week already? I just added a bunch more speakers to the starter pack! Should be up-to-date now! Also, check out the NICAR schedule: schedules.ire.org/nicar-2026

I am so looking forward to being around this community of data journalists. If you are a NICAR speaker and I missed you, please DM me so I can add you to this starter pack! go.bsky.app/H7iUZYd

If you've ever found a long-lost page on @archive.org, you know the importance of preserving our digital history. 💻💾⬅️ I'm particularly excited about this training program @ire.org is developing to help preserve news information for the future. If you work in journalism, you should apply!

From ICE raids to protests, journalists are at risk in public these days more than ever. So how should you prepare before a public event? Our panel will offer solid advice on how to stay safe and action to take if you find yourself in danger. Register now for this free #JAWS webinar:

Want to find out what other types of environmental damage can be observed from space? You can learn about the different bands of satellite imagery and what they can reveal here: www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...

Covering a No Kings rally this weekend? Review @rcfp.org's legal guide that explains how to stay safe and avoid arrest while reporting on protests: rcfp.org/resources/po... It's also available as a concise tip-sheet: www.rcfp.org/wp-content/u...

Another presentation done, this time in Athens, Greece, thanks to an invitation from #iMEdDIJF25 and collaboration from @maltepioti.bsky.social Here's the link! kutt.it/satellite-data

🛰️ Há uma percepção entre redações pequenas de que imagens de satélite são limitadas por acordos de exclusividade ou habilidades avançadas de dados. Mas, a instrutora @laurakurtzberg.bsky.social e o repórter @sadbumblebee.buzz compartilham uma realidade bem mais acessível:

My latest piece for @puddingviz.bsky.social: 30 minutes with a stranger

This is Sue’s story. But it could be the story of any of the roughly half a dozen families I spoke to for this investigation. And it’s the story of what failure over three decades means for real people, a mother and son.

I wrote about one of the strangest things that's ever happened to me—and it happened just last week. A story about doomed books, expectations that exceed others' capacities, and the profound intertwingled magic of humanity.

“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ

It was a pleasure presenting at the Society for Environmental Journalists pre-conference workshop: Investigating the Biggest Story on the Planet. Here are my slides for those who are interested! bit.ly/sej-mapping-toolbox

If anyone is looking for the slides from my sessions at #nicar25, please check them out at bit.ly/satellite-pa... and bit.ly/satellite-ha...! And big thanks to @cchurchili.bsky.social and @sadbumblebee.buzz for being on the panel with me.

Come map with us!

On my way to FOIA the info you wouldn't give me

We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.

Applications are due *this Sunday*!! Take your newsroom to the next level with this completely free (in-person or online, up to you) training. It costs nothing to apply! 🎉 This is for newsrooms in the US.

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I'm ready to experience winter! See you there!

**~some news~** I am now a Training Director with Investigative Reporters and Editors! I'm so excited to be joining the IRE training team! Here's a little post about IRE hiring me: www.ire.org/ire-hiring-n... 🎉

Florida International University in sunny Miami is looking for a new full-time faculty member to teach courses about game design and animation. Please share and consider applying! Apply at: go.fiu.edu/games-animation-apply

Hello Bluesky 👋 IRE is a grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of journalism. We provide training, resources and a community of support to journalists around the world. www.ire.org

A few people have asked me to explain how my Every Bird visualizations work. Let's use the *brand spanking new* Central Park edition as an example. This one shows 253,488 observations of 3,505,493 birds from 195 species, all from one year. 🪶📊

I'm very excited to be published (in print !!!) in Nightingale Magazine. Thank you @datavizsociety.bsky.social

I'm sharing some more projects here... next up: Bright Lit Place. I created the website and interactive maps for this award-winning @npr.org / WLRN podcast collaboration, led by journalist Jenny Staletovich. Check out the maps (and the podcast) at brightlitplace.org.

Also some comic/sequential samples of things I did for local collabs - one for @radiatorcomics.bsky.social's Sun & Sand anthology, and another with Malaya Movement FL: www.instagram.com/p/C953jk2AxC...

🏆 Today, the Amazon Underworld project was awarded the 2024 Vladimir Herzog Prize for Amnesty and Human Rights. Amazon Underworld reveals the massive multinational criminal network that snakes through the Amazon rainforest. I'm proud to have made the maps for this project! 💚 🗺️