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Homepage Open in app Sign in Get started Insight and opinion on international news, politics, business, finance, science, technology, books and arts About Inside Correspondents’ Notebooks Great Lives Follow Following Measuring the true toll of the pandemic Measuring the true toll of the pandemic How measures excess deaths caused by covid-19 James Tozer Apr 24 Why you sometimes need to break the rules in data viz Why you sometimes need to break the rules in data viz Best practices help us to avoid common pitfalls in data visualisation — but we shouldn’t follow them blindly Rosamund Pearce Feb 28 Charting new territory Charting new territory How designs charts for Instagram Helen Atkinson Jan 31 Introducing Checks and Balance”, our podcast on US politics and the 2020 election Introducing Checks and Balance”, our podcast on US politics and the 2020 election ’s US editor on how we’re covering this year’s race for the White House Jan 24 Forecasting Britain’s election in real-time Forecasting Britain’s election in real-time How is projecting results live on election night G. Elliott Morris Dec 12, 2019 How I (sort of) interviewed an artificial intelligence How I (sort of) interviewed an artificial intelligence At we are best known for producing a weekly newspaper, but we also publish an annual every November, looking forward to the… Tom Standage Dec 9, 2019 A year in Graphic detail A year in Graphic detail An analysis of data-journalism team’s first year in print Alex Selby-Boothroyd Nov 1, 2019 Plotting the Brexit conundrum Plotting the Brexit conundrum When two-dimensional scatters aren’t sufficient turn to the ternary chart James Fransham Sep 26, 2019 Lessons from ’s essay contest on climate change Lessons from ’s essay contest on climate change We can’t tell you how to stop climate change, but we can tell you how to write a good essay Sep 25, 2019 Would Donald Trump be president if all Americans actually voted? Would Donald Trump be president if all Americans actually voted? How ’s data team answered this surprisingly hard question G. Elliott Morris Jul 4, 2019 About Latest Stories Archive About Medium Terms...