News
In conjunction with Google Trends, AXOIS is tracking the issues people care about in your district. This newly launched dashboard will be updated regularly through midterms. The project participants included: Read more “Midterm Elections 2022: Issues that Matter to Americans”
Awards & Honors
A three-way collaborative team between IDSC Director of Visualization, Data Communication, and Information Design, Alberto Cairo (providing art-direction, project-management, etc.), El Universal (the main partner), and Google (who provided data, funding, and some Machine Learning expertise) has won one of the most prestigious award in the field of data journalism: the Sigma Award for their project “Zones of Silence.” Read more “Zones of Silence wins Data Journalism Award”
News - Archived
Consumers flock to Google to learn about health conditions like cancer, heart disease and diabetes. In recent years, the search engine has been looking for ways to put its growing volume of health data to use. Google’s News Lab, which is designed to help journalists and researchers use Google tools for storytelling and understanding data, introduced a new tool this week specifically focused on health care and disease. Read more “Google is Putting its Massive Amount of Health and Disease Data to Use”
News - Archived
Google News Lab is inviting artists and designers to dig into its massive trove of data about what the world Googles. Data journalists work at the crossroads of reportage and visual creativity. They tell stories by shaping information like journalists do, but they communicate through visceral and compelling visuals. The same can be said of data artists, who emphasize the illustrative qualities of visualization over facts and numbers—but who communicate stories in much the same way. Read more “What Happens When Google Turns Artists Loose On Its Search Data”
Community Outreach - Archived
Join us for a networking event with the speakers from our 2nd VizUM Annual Symposium Fernanda Viegas PhD and Martin Wattenberg PhD of Google’s “Big Picture” data visualization group, plus UM faculty in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). Successful women from different backgrounds will be a part of this event, and can questions about your career goals. Read more “Women in Tech Careers Mentoring Lunch 11/12/2015”