I spoke this afternoon at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy, about the interactive graphics and data visualizations we produce at The New York Times. Here’s the list of the interactive graphics that I mentioned.
- What Happens in a Nuclear Meltdown
- The operating reactors at Fukushima Daiichi power station automatically shut down during the earthquake. But after cooling failures, two of them went into partial meltdown.
Provide Context
- Satellite Photos - Japan Before and After Tsunami
- Compare satellite images of areas of Japan before and after the disaster.
- Assessing the Radiation Danger, Near and Far
- Assessments of the radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant by the Japanese authorities, the International Atomic Energy Agency and others.
- Map of Radiation Readings Near Fukushima Daiichi
- The Jobless Rate for People Like You - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com
- Not all groups have felt the recession equally.
- Obama’s 2012 Budget Proposal: How It’s Spent - NYTimes.com
- Explore every nook and cranny of President Obama's budget proposal.
Reveal Patterns
- Interactive Map Showing Immigration Data Since 1880
- See how foreign-born groups settled in your area and across the United States from 1880 to 2000.
- The Shifts in the Map - How Obama Won
- Find breaking news, multimedia, reviews & opinion on Washington, business, sports, movies, travel, books, jobs, education, real estate, cars & more.
- The Danger of Digging Deeper
- A project financed by the Energy Department aims to capture geothermal energy from hot bedrock — a process that can cause earthquakes.
Describe Processes
- What Happens in a Nuclear Meltdown
- The operating reactors at Fukushima Daiichi power station automatically shut down during the earthquake. But after cooling failures, two of them went into partial meltdown.
- Dissecting a Dance
- Alastair Macaulay, The Times’s chief dance critic, analyzes Merce Cunningham’s “Biped.”
Explain the Geography
- Map of the Damage From the Japanese Earthquake
- Map and Estimates of the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico - Interactive Map - NYTimes.com
- The spreading slick, day by day, and a chart of how much oil has been spilled.
Report and Research
- Virginia Tech Shooting - New York Times
- A recounting of the events on the day of the deadliest shooting rampage in American history. From official and survivor accounts of the shooting at Virginia Tech.
- Map of Evacuation Zones Around Japan Nuclear Plant - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com
- Map of the evacuations zones recommended by the American Embassy in Tokyo and Japanese officials.
What's the Story?
- How Mariano Rivera Dominates Hitters
- The closer has confounded hitters with mostly one pitch: his signature cutter.
- House Map - Election Results 2010
- House Big Board - Election Results 2010
- Iowa City Water Department Water System - Interactive Database - The New York Times
- House Big Board - Election Results 2010
Sketch with Data
Story+Data > Data
- Preview of Key House Races - Election Results 2010
- Inaugural Words - 1789 to the Present
- Turning a Corner?
- Layers of Ownership
- Inaugural Words - 1789 to the Present
The Information Is What's Important
- New York, NY 10017 Today's Weather Forecast - AccuWeather.com
- weather.ericson.net: New York, NY Weather
- Satellite Photos - Japan Before and After Tsunami
- weather.ericson.net: New York, NY Weather
- Compare satellite images of areas of Japan before and after the disaster.
- Map of Radiation Readings Near Fukushima Daiichi
- Fractions of a Second: An Olympic Musical - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com
Engage the User
- Budget Puzzle: You Fix the Budget
- How Your Views Compare With the Court
- Mapping America — Census Bureau 2005-9 American Community Survey
- How Your Views Compare With the Court
Tools
- Google Fusion Tables Example from The Guardian
- Tableau Public: Power Hitters
- Google Charts from New York State Test Scores - The New York Times
- HTML, CSS and Javascript: 2010 World Cup Rankings
- jQuery: The Write Less, Do More, JavaScript Library
- jQuery UI - Home
- Protovis
- Raphaël—JavaScript Library
- The R Project for Statistical Computing
- Processing.org
- Tableau Public: Power Hitters
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