The Moksha Roundup
Issue #48, January 10 - 16, 2023
Welcome to this week’s Moksha Roundup! This small newsletter is a weekly roundup of the latest and greatest in the data visualization/design/visual storytelling world. Every week, we compile our favorite projects from journalists, storytellers, and technologists and share them with you.
In this issue, we share great visual storytelling pieces from Liam Quigley, Moody’s, and USGS. If you’re not subscribed already and want to see more in the future, sign up below:
01. NYC Slice
By Liam Quigley
Liam Quigley has logged the 464 slices of NYC pizza he has eaten since 2014, and has put together this site as a fun exploration of his pizza-eating habits.
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This special report by Moody’s Investors Service contains a series of interactive, scroll-linked data visualizations documenting the impact of natural disasters on the insurance industry.
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By USGS
Althea Archer has put together this blog post detailing the development of a new map of snow cover in the US, using data from the USGS. The post explains her process and also includes the code needed to reproduce the “snowflake” map.
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For Axios, Erin Davis has put together a beautiful map of precipitation in California, showing the impact of the recent storms.
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By Washington Post
The Washington Post has put together this fun game to help people understand the problem of space debris. It’s also preceded by a scrollytelling piece that visualizes debris orbiting the globe.
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