After what looked a really successful event in 2025, VizChitra 2026 - India's premier Data Viz conference - is taking place again in July 2026 and there is just one week left to submit proposals for talks, dialogues, workshops, or exhibitions. Visit vizchitra.com/2026 to find out more!

Attention visual journalists: I’m always open to pitches for @sciam.bsky.social’s Graphic Science column. The column tells concise stories on topics in science via graphics (dataviz, illustrated diagrams, comic-style explainers, etc). It appears in both print & online. DM me for a pitch guide.

First data viz course of the year done and it was brilliant two days in London thanks so much to all who attended and to my lovely venue hosts @ Flourish who are just the best

The Post was foolish enough to unleash a bevy of the world’s most talented multi-disciplinary journalists out there for their competition to scoop up. These are some of the most hard working and skilled people I know. Save this one and reshare it please! 📊

The Washington Post layoff news yesterday had enough comments about its wrong-headedness, no need for more, but my word, other newsrooms need to be racing to put their bids on the table for some of the prime talent now looking for new roles. I mean, Tim Meko, seriously, form a queue!

News: I was cut yesterday in a newsroom-wide layoff affecting 300+ staff at The Washington Post. I spent the last decade leading and building the award-winning Graphics team. I'll miss them. I'm now exploring senior graphics, cartography, or leadership roles. Intros welcome. timmeko.com

Final mention for this new episode, published yesterday, which is all about cartoons. If you're looking to expand your creative mind and consider new ways of thinking about your data viz sensibilities, this is one for you!

Amid the hundreds of colleagues we’ve lost today, I wanted to highlight the BRILLIANT data/graphics folks who any newsroom should be fighting to hire right now—threading here:

I was laid off from the Washington Post today, along with hundreds (!!!) of incredible colleagues. If you need a data journalist, chart designer, or wacky-idea-specialist, give me a shout!

Here's my excellent chat with the lovely Andy at @visualisingdata.com - Complete with visuals of all the work we cover. It's pretty neat! - Do go check it out!

NEW EPISODE! What do cartoons have to do with data viz? More than you might think! I chat with @chazhutton.com to learn about this artform and the critical thinking that shapes this contrasting visual form. visualisingdata.com/2026/02/expl...

Hitting your ears/eyes tomorrow is a new 'Explore Explain' show with the brilliant @chazhutton.com as we reflect on the creative thinking behind and craft of being a cartoonist - and what we in dataviz can learn. One of my favourite episodes, watch out for it launching! visualisingdata.com/podcast/

You should see their Star Wars themed ad

This is a post about animal excrement and the English language. bull$#!% = nonsense/lies chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly horse$#!% = nonsense/lies dog$#!%= low quality ape$#!% = wild bat$#!%= crazy Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).

The Open Visualization Academy (OVA) IS LIVE! openvisualizationacademy.org Thread follows #dataViz #infographics #dataJournalism #dataVisualization

Coming up to 16 years of running my website means 16 years of relentless spurious seo/outreach messaging. One day I might just relent and embark on a content-collab pivot so wildly different from data viz it causes whiplash.

If you're in ~Ireland in late Feb, why not join me and my big smiling head for the first Dublin Dataviz Meetup of the year where I'm so happy to be speaking to the masses for the first time. Come for the talk, stay for the post-match drink and chat. www.meetup.com/dublin-datav...

Latest newsletter almost ready to go but won't be sent until Friday so final chance to swoop up in with a subscription and see a curated collection of 50 excellent data viz things land in your inbox visualisingdata.com/newsletter/

Join us in Bologna, Italy, 4–6 Nov 2026 for Visualising Climate — the first global conference fully dedicated to climate data visualization and its power to transform public understanding of a changing planet. Come see the data. visualisingclimate.org #VisualisingClimate2026 #DataVis #ClimateCrisis

Two new book arrivals landed this morning and even from just 2 data points you can spot a trend: (L) A special '10th anniversary' edition of 'Storytelling with Data' by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic (R) '99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style' by Matt Madden, as recommended to me by @chazhutton.com

Ben does some fantastic visual analysis about every and any sport you can imagine in Plot the Ball - if this is your thing, make subscribing to his weekly newsletter a thing.

Busy couple of weeks! Just finishing my preparation for today's Explore Explain episode recording with @nrennie.bsky.social & @ansgarw.bsky.social as we discuss their amazing work for the #30DayMapChallenge

Happy large boulder the size of a small boulder day for all who celebrate

Looking at the responses under Starmer’s Holocaust Memorial Day tweet (advice, just don’t, don’t) and I have to say this is the most amazing AI generated graph

(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star) Does this look like a big laser to anyone else

Busy couple of weeks! Just finishing my preparation for today's Explore Explain episode recording with @nrennie.bsky.social & @ansgarw.bsky.social as we discuss their amazing work for the #30DayMapChallenge

🎉 We’ve received 709 responses to the 2025 SOTI Survey so far! Take the survey if you create #dataviz in any capacity (hobby, work, school, art), and help us spread the word: www.surveyhero.com/c/soti2025-b...

Snow is nature's urban planner: It can show us what parts of the roadway drivers don't use — and what can be reclaimed for pedestrians. Post your photos and videos of all the #sneckdowns you see and tag us and @mayor.nyc.gov so today's winter wonderland can inspire better streets year-round!

The print edition of @economist.com is weekly—but there's often more than one cover. Different regions, different stories. In 2025, we published 81 in total. Here they all are—and how each one came to be: www.economist.com/interactive/...

A connected ternary plot in the wild!

Class: www.jerthorp.me/learning

I had a paid public speaking gig cancelled last minute last week so I'm feeling a bit up against it at the moment. If you've been thinking about buying data art or taking a course about 🐦 + 📊 or just supporting my work, today is as good of a day as any! Art: www.jerthorp.me/ofafeather

I love weather and I love maps. So when there is an incoming snow storm it is interesting for me to see how different news agencies are mapping the event. Here are examples from @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @cnn.com. Any others you've seen that work well (or don't)? Links threaded below:

Great chart to show shift

This is the second of my upcoming scheduled public events, with a classroom-based Masterclass in London over two full days 5-6 February. visualisingdata.com/2025/11/new-...

NEW! Happy to share news of a scheduled virtual 'Masterclass in Data Visualisation' public training course taking place live/online over 14-16 April, 9am-1pm (UK, BST) each day. Registration open to anyone and everyone now! visualisingdata.com/2026/01/new-...

The resulting image sits in an uneasy space between data representation and physical simulation. It is intentionally unstable—an attempt to make visible not only what has been lost, but the limits of our visual languages when faced with destruction.

One of the best fellas going, so sorry for this awful news

Powerpoint: "You know that slide deck you've decided to redo with limited time available to do it? How about I choose to hang for ages after you try to move any slide, something I've never done before, would that be helpful?"

The trouble with maps: Greenland’s allure for Trump is based on an illusion ft.trib.al/PlSDaQD

Congrats to all (and especially that charming chap in the top right, well in Obinna!)

Important work by @visualisingdata.com sharing his skill on #dataviz. Strongly recommended if of interest and useful to your work.

NEW! Happy to share news of a scheduled virtual 'Masterclass in Data Visualisation' public training course taking place live/online over 14-16 April, 9am-1pm (UK, BST) each day. Registration open to anyone and everyone now! visualisingdata.com/2026/01/new-...

Very late to this but here we go! A collection of our visual and graphics storytelling from 2025. Enjoy 💞

Really looking forward to delivering a talk at the 'Jobs in Analysis 2026' online conference on Thursday 22nd from 10am (UK). If any of you are interested in the world of professional football analysis it'll be a day packed with great presenters (+me) and its only £20! apfa.io/event/jobs-i...

A reminder of my upcoming data viz 'Masterclass' training taking place in London over 5-6 Feb. Just 3 weeks to go, so get registered and start your year in the right way with two packed days of enlightening and nourishing visual knowledge. Any Qs? Get in touch! visualisingdata.com/2025/11/new-...

NEW POST: Last week I had a lovely chat with @georginasturge.bsky.social for an episode of her 'Talk Data To Me' podcast where we discussed all sorts of different matters to do with data viz: past, present and future. visualisingdata.com/2026/01/appe...

Fantastic to have you on the show, Andy! Recommend this as essential listening for anyone curious about impactful ways to visualise data 📊

Plot the Ball is back! 📊🏐✉️ Today, I launched a really exciting new project. Over the last few months, I’ve been working on finding a better way to understand the landscape of international team sport. You can read more about it here: www.plottheball.com/p/what-to-ex...

A reminder of my upcoming data viz 'Masterclass' training taking place in London over 5-6 Feb. Just 3 weeks to go, so get registered and start your year in the right way with two packed days of enlightening and nourishing visual knowledge. Any Qs? Get in touch! visualisingdata.com/2025/11/new-...