As a new year begins, we reflect on the state of data journalism. We discuss our dataviz favorites from 2025 and what Alberto, Scott and I are working on in 2026. What will happen in data visualisation and journalism this year?
Work mentioned in the episode:
- Computation + Journalism conference
- ”Organ Transplant System ‘in Chaos’ as Waiting Lists Are Ignored”
- ”The Legislative Network Behind State Trans Laws”
- Copy, Paste, Legislate project
- ”The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison”
- ”Buildings wrapped in solid gasoline”
- Scott’s Nieman prediction
- Empire of AI by Karen Hao
- The AI Con by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna
- Predatory Data by Anita Say Chan
- Disabling Intelligences by Rua M. Williams
- AI Engineering by Chip Huyen
- What We Ask Google by Simon Rogers (!!)
- Open Visualization Academy
- CUNY AI Journalism Builders Lab
The music this episode, made with TwoTone, represents Google searches for “data storytelling” overtaking those for “data journalism.” The Data Journalism Podcast is produced by Ozzy Llinas Goodman.
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Simon Rogers 
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