I'm going on the NBC News NOW morning show in 90 minutes to talk World Cup ticket prices. 8:25 a.m. Eastern, you can watch it at www.nbcnews.com/watch

A couple of #dataViz -rich pieces (no paywall) from @nbcnews.com : 1. Massive leadership vacuum weakens U.S. diplomacy in the face of global crises www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat... 2. How much does it cost to go to a World Cup game? We did the math. www.nbcnews.com/sports/socce...

I put together this visualization of my playlists by song release years, across all the summer and winter playlists I've made over the last 10-15 years, you can see it at joemurph.com/playlists/ (and, if you haven't, please do listen to my latest summer playlist at joemurph.com/summer )

I put together this visualization of my playlists by song release years, across all the summer and winter playlists I've made over the last 10-15 years, you can see it at joemurph.com/playlists/ (and, if you haven't, please do listen to my latest summer playlist at joemurph.com/summer )

Lots of great #dataViz in this piece from Jiachuan and the newest member of the @NBCNews.com Data / Graphics team, Javier Zarracina: www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...

Someone's selling their (originally $5,875) World Cup finals ticket for $11,499,998.85. It's in the rafters. Beside the obvious, there's a question why FIFA built / contracted out a resale site that allows for such ridiculous ticket prices. fwc26-resale-usd.tickets.fifa.com/secure/selec...

Fake academic journals are publishing AI-generated papers under real professors’ names [paywall] www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...

Saw Belle and Sebastian play a rooftop venue on a rainy Saturday evening, no umbrellas allowed, I wore two pairs of socks and my feet still got wet, I need a new raincoat but they played my favorite songs (The Boy with the Arab Strap song is just so very good) and were a delight to endure. #rainchat

Here's a worthwhile Sunday #dataViz read: "I made this data visualization (data viz) about a coffee maker computer by hand, using rulers, pencils, ink, and a lettering kit. Along with my flubs, flukes, and acclimation with tools - it took me 50 hours to make." www.dougmacdowell.com/50-hours-to-...

It’s the day before Memorial Day weekend and that means it’s Joe Finished His Summer Playlist And Is Sharing It With You In The Hopes You Play It day. Let me convince you (link in reply). This year’s playlist is 91 songs, with artists representing nearly 30 countries and all inhabited continents.

I've probably said this here before, but the @xkcd.com about map projections is just so good, I love it, it's the best. xkcd.com/977/

I 3D-printed a Cheysson-style map of France showing the modal number of salutatory cheek-kisses in each department. It took ages. 3dartmaps.etsy.com/listing/4490...

Just finished my SUMMER 2026 playlist, it's a 395 minute-long vibe and it goes up Friday on Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, Amazon Music and Tidal. If you want to be the first to know, put your email in here: joemurph.com/playlists/

NEW: 7 years ago, on this day, Joe Biden predicted a Republican “epiphany” where the party abandons Trump after 2020. Many primary voters bought into it. But the prophecy failed. Now Democrats are moving on to a more combative style of politics. www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

Millions of Americans are paid through government programs to care for disabled family members. Now that lifeline is under attack on multiple fronts: Trump’s $1 trillion Medicaid cuts, strained state budgets & growing attacks from the right framing the programs as wasteful. My story on the fallout

Just explained to a high schooler the process that went into building the map in this article www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic... and man, it's a ridiculous amount of detail and work that goes into projects like that. Truly ridiculous Jiachuan and I were able to knock that out in a day. #dataViz

The Salt Lake Tribune is ending its long-running paywall tomorrow (Thursday) www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...

I wrote this new data-driven piece on gas prices, and it gets at what effect gas taxes (state and federal) have on what you pay for a gallon. [no paywall] www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...

"Under President Donald Trump’s 'big, beautiful bill,' food stamp applicants are fighting to prove eligibility and facing questions about birthday gifts sent over Zelle." by @spettypi.bsky.social for @nbcnews.com [no paywall] www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

"Trump administration officials have repeatedly touted the affordability of its new dietary guidelines. But following them on a budget requires a lot of time and labor. Can you follow a ‘MAHA’ diet for $15 per day? We did the math." [paywall] www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

I got a blurb with a little data story I loved finding in this morning’s @nbcnews.com email newsletter (web version here, no paywall www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... )

The federal Department of Justice has filed lawsuits against dozens of states in an effort to obtain state voter registration data. @garygrumbach.bsky.social for @nbcnews.com [no paywall] www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

I put new and old Census Bureau data together in this interactive that lets you see how popular your first (and last) name is, and how that's changed since 1990. www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...

It's always exciting when one of our graphics makes it up on NBC Nightly News.

We've got a new visual on @nbcnews.com gas price tracker that shows how much, in dollars, average gas prices have changed on the county level. The Midwest has been hit the hardest, while Georgia is enjoying some of the lowest price increases in the U.S. www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...

If you're a reporter or editor and aren't familiar with tickler files, these types of files will better your work and improve the stories you're able to land. I wrote up tickler files here: joemurph.com/article/deta...

This is wild. Someone made a terminal-based interface / dashboard that visualizes NASA data – wildfires, ISS, other weather events. github.com/irahulstomar...

The @nbcnews.com gas price tracker now includes a spiffy county-level map of gas prices. www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...

The NBC News Data / Graphics team is hiring a school-year intern for the 2026-2027 school year! • Part-time • On location at 30 Rock • Must be a student Details: gist.github.com/freejoe76/56... Our work: www.nbcnews.com/datagraphics Application: jobs.smartrecruiters.com/NBCUniversal...

DOJ sells seashells by the seashore case to a federal grand jury in North Carolina.

NEW: More than $2 billion in bets have been wagered globally related to the Iran war on Polymarket — the world’s largest prediction market — an NBC News analysis revealed. [paywall] www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Happy birthday & R.I.P., I.M. Pei

Once again asking people not to post about poll results without links to the surveys, and not to repost anything that cites poll results without links to the surveys. This is not (primarily) about credit, it's a data credibility check.

the fencing visualization system i worked on with rhizomatiks is coming to los angeles this weekend 🤗

President Donald Trump’s job approval rating has sunk to a new low as Americans express growing concerns about rising costs and the war with Iran. ARTICLE: www.nbcnews.com/politics/don... POLL TRACKER: www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...

I helped assemble the data behind this story for @NBCNews.com: Nearly 20 House Democrats are facing primary challengers who raised at least $200,000 in the first three months of the year, according to new campaign finance reports. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Got an OOO reply from AAA

“A federal judge on Thursday issued a new order halting construction of President Donald Trump's much-touted new White House ballroom, finding the administration was using fancy footwork to try to sidestep his previous ruling.” [no paywall] www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

A shocking new poll result: Many Americans somehow don't have a favorite dinosaur. And only 6% give the correct answer (triceratops). Check out YouGov's new polling on Americans and dinosaurs: yougovamerica.substack.com/p/whats-your...

There's one particularly squishy, bullshit data point I've been wanting to write / debunk for months and I just found it repeated in a guest essay in the New York Times' op-ed section...

A few photos from the Artemis mission [no paywall] www.nbcnews.com/science/spac...

Here’s @spettypi.bsky.social with a piece of analysis looking at what else could be done with the billions the U.S. spent on the war in Iran www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Happy 50th anniversary to “All the President’s Men” — a film that owes its existence to Redford, who bought the film rights, developed the script and cajoled a reluctant Woodward & Bernstein. I thought it was “a great character study,” he said later. But, for months, “they didn’t return my calls.”

Love that feeling when you figure out the right word to cut through the jargon and describe something as it really is.

There's a new tracker on @NBCNews.com: We're following U.S. gas prices, nationwide and per-state. www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...

BREAKING: President Trump agrees to a two-week ceasefire if Iran commits to the "complete, immediate and safe" opening of the Strait of Hormuz.

The latest data in the @NBCNews.com grocery price tracker, current through the week ending March 21, shows prices that have yet to budge in the wake of the war in Iran. www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...

You can pre-order a copy of the 2nd edition of "Data + Journalism: A Story-Driven Approach to Data Storytelling" It's out in August, just in time for Fall semester. It features new AI tools, exercises and much more ... www.routledge.com/Data--Journa...

Since we first reported this story in January, Rep. Jim Clyburn (85 years old) has announced he's running for re-election, and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (88) has decided to not run. This story is updated with the latest. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Still counting a whole lot of measles cases here in the U.S. www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...