NEWS

Exploring Data Detective Practices as a Class Activity

October 24, 2025

We reflect on our experiences arising from a recent computer science graduate class about data feminism, during which we explored the idea of being…

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Breaking Stereotypes in Women’s Football

October 14, 2025

It was 2015, a year that has been etched into my memory. Barcelona had just conquered football, sweeping La Liga, the Copa del Rey,…

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Datavis as a Community Experience: How to (Not) Create a Datavis in a Group

October 8, 2025

Do you know individuals who seem to focus on one thing for their whole life? I’m on the opposite side of the scale. Inspired…

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Apply to join the DVS Board

September 25, 2025

Applications for half of the seats on our 12-person board are now open for two-year terms that span from 2026 to 2027. Read more…

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Behind the Scenes: Dashboards That Deliver

September 23, 2025

Andy Cotgreave, Amanda Makulec, Jeffrey Shaffer, and Steve Wexler have a new book coming out on September 23, 2025—Dashboards That Deliver: How to Design,…

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Review: Dashboards That Deliver

September 22, 2025

Dashboards That Deliver: How to Design, Develop, and Deploy Dashboards That Work, the upcoming book by Andy Cotgreave, Amanda Makulec, Jeffrey Shaffer, and Steve…

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Learning to Read Academic Papers by Making Data Comics

September 18, 2025

Learning to read academic papers is a considerable challenge for many college students. Take, for instance, the task of reading a research paper for…

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Review of Stakeholder Whispering by Bill Shander

September 17, 2025

Full disclosure: Bill and I met through the DVS, and have known one another for years. I received an advance copy of his book.…

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Future Fridays, October 2025: Experimenting with AI-assisted creative coding for climate data visualisation

September 9, 2025

We’re excited to continue our partnership with infogr8, the data design company for social good, to offer DVS members a chance to collaborate on…

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Why audience age matters: The Influence of Audience Age on Engagement with Interactive Narrative Visualization

August 28, 2025

Interactive data-driven stories are an increasingly common way to communicate complex information—climate change, election outcomes, etc. Often, however, they are built for a broad…

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