Leonardo Nicoletti.

Data, code, and visual storytelling for tech and public accountability.

Leonardo's work has been cited by lawmakers, news outlets, private companies and academic research


Inside the Data Centers That Train A.I. and Drain the Electrical Grid

The New Yorker
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October, 2025

Artificial Intelligence’s Insatiable Thirst for Power

Penn Mutual Asset Management
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October, 2025

A data center that doesn’t even exist can raise your electricity bill

Vox
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October, 2025

Is AI really making electricity bills higher? Here’s what the experts say

NOWCAST WGAL News 8
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October, 2025

Is AI really making electricity bills higher? Here’s what the experts say

CNN
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October, 2025

Electricity bills are expected to go up this winter: Find out how much

abc NEWS
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October, 2025

We're all going to be paying AI's Godzilla-sized power bills

The Register
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October, 2025

The Electric Bill Is Too Damn High, and Both Sides Agree: It’s the Local Data Center’s Fault

Gizmodo
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October, 2025

State lawmakers stand between ratepayers and data center costs

LATITUDE MEDIA
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October, 2025

The sleeper issue that could play a huge role in Virginia and New Jersey — and the midterms

NBC NEWS
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October, 2025

Nuclear Is Here To Save AI. But What About Your Energy Bills?

The Daily Upside
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October, 2025

AI Data Centers Are Skyrocketing Regular People’s Energy Bills

Futurism
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October, 2025

AI Data Centers Are Becoming Dangers to the Public Good

ExtremeTech
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October, 2025

If There's Been A Spike In Your Power Bill, AI Data Centers Could Be To Blame — Even If You Don’t Live Nearby

AFROTECH
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October, 2025

AI demand driving up energy costs for everyday Americans, Bloomberg News finds

CBS NEWS
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October, 2025

Americans face $7.3 billion added to electricity costs as AI data centers drive historic energy surge

Cryptolitan
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October, 2025

The AI Data Center Boom Is Driving Up Electricity Costs, Research Shows

CNET
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September, 2025

AI data center boom sends some wholesale electricity prices soaring up to 267% in five years, says report — as global rollout of AI factories continues apace

tom's HARDWARE
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September, 2025

Bloomberg Finds AI Data Centers Fueling America’s Energy Bill Crisis

BIGDATAWIRE
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September, 2025

267%

Sherwood News
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September, 2025

‘Roadmap for corruption’: Trump dive into cryptocurrency raises ethics alarm

The Guardian
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May, 2025

Trump may have skirted the law addressing his crypto investors using the presidential seal

AOL
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May, 2025

Trump’s Crypto Grift Is the Latest Corruption Mike Johnson Says He’s Too ‘Busy’ to Care About

Rolling Stone
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May, 2025

‘America is not for sale:’ Protesters mob Trump golf course guests ahead of exclusive crypto dinner

Independent
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May, 2025

At Trump's $148 million meme coin dinner, 'the food sucked' and security was lax, attendee says

CNBC
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May, 2025

Trump hosts top memecoin holders at private crypto dinner with secret guest list

New York Post
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May, 2025

Trump invokes a new presidential rule: ‘Personal time’ — and the mocking begins immediately

nj.com
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May, 2025

Top $TRUMP holders head to crypto dinner with president that Democrats call 'orgy of corruption'

CNBC
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May, 2025

Trump’s 4,000 meme-coins-per-plate crypto dinner is an American embarrassment

careerofbusiness.com
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May, 2025

Trump meme coin dinner likely to include mostly non-Americans based on top $TRUMP holders

CNBC
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May, 2025

As competition to be a top $TRUMP holder ends, the meme coin launches loyalty program, reward points

Sherwood News
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May, 2025

Top buyers of Trump-sponsored crypto win exclusive dinner with president

The Guardian
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May, 2025

Here’s Who Is Going to Donald Trump’s Meme Coin Dinner

New York Magazine
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May, 2025

The Corruption of US Foreign Policy

US Senate
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May, 2025

Chris Murphy Slams Trump Over Corruption & Foreign Gifts

Pod Save America
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May, 2025

Auction to Dine With Trump Creates Foreign Influence Opportunity

The New York Times
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May, 2025

Trump meme coins raise money. They also buy access.

The Christian Science Monitor
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May, 2025

AI data center growth deepens water security concerns in high-stress states - report

Data Center Dynamics
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May, 2025

The Trump Family Crypto Business

The Wall Street Journal
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May, 2025

AI Data Centers Boom is Draining Water From Drought-Prone Areas – Sustainability Tipping Point?

Tech Republic
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May, 2025

Slotkin co-sponsors bill targeting Trump’s crypto coin, cites risks of foreign influence

Michigan Advance
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May, 2025

With crypto, Democrats finally put up a fight

The Washington Post
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May, 2025

AI’s Data Growth Drains Water Supplies, as 70% More Centers Emerge

Digital Information World
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May, 2025

Analysis: Big Tech is building thirsty AI data centers in highly “water stressed” areas

Sherwood News
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May, 2025

Trump Coin Eyes 10% Gains Following $14.8M Spike in Foreign Purchases

Coin Chapter
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May, 2025

Trump memecoin: possible foreign investors and political implications

The Cryptonomist
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May, 2025

Bloomberg: TRUMP coin is dominated by foreign buyers, and dinner promotions have raised regulatory questions

PANews
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May, 2025

Trump Memecoin May 22 Dinner to Include Foreign Nationals

The Crypto Times
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May, 2025

Foreign $TRUMP holders top list eligible for “exclusive VIP reception” with Trump

Sherwood News
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May, 2025

Trump memecoin dinner attendees could include foreign nationals — Report

Coin Telegraph
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May, 2025

Foreign Access Raises Flags Over Trump Memecoin Dinner Eligibility

Coin Chapter
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May, 2025

Foreigners Are Funneling Millions Into Trump’s Shady Meme Coin

The New Republic
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May, 2025

Foreign Interests Appear to Be Pouring Millions Into Trump’s Meme Coin

Rolling Stone
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May, 2025

AI data centers reportedly cause power problems in residential areas — decreased power quality in homes near data centers causes reduced lifespan for electrical appliances

MSN
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December, 2024

AI data centers are making your electricity supply worse and could damage your home, new study says

Business Insider
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December, 2024

AI data centers could be ‘distorting’ the US power grid

Techcrunch
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December, 2024

Getting Started with AI-Enhanced Teaching: A Practical Guide for Instructors

Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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December, 2024

What is AI Bias

IBM
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December, 2024

My Favorite Tools: Sigma Award-Winning Data Journalist Leonardo Nicoletti

Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN)
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October, 2024

Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework: Generative Artificial Intelligence Profile

National Institute of Standards in Technology (NIST)
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July, 2024

Tips for the use of generative AI in research and education

EPFL
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June, 2024

Understanding Generative Artificial Intelligence's Implications on Gender Using a Value Chain Approach and a UNGP lens

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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June, 2024

What are the key weaknesses of Generative AI?

More Than Digital
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June, 2024

Generative AI at Melbourne Polytechnic

Melbourne Politechnic
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June, 2024

Request for Comments on Draft Documents Responsive to NIST’s Assignments Under Executive Order 14110 (Sections 4.1, 4.5, and 11)

Electronic Privacy Information Center
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June, 2024

AI brings soaring emissions for Google and Microsoft, a major contributor to climate change

National Public Radio
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June, 2024

Responsible Generative AI

University of Michigan
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May, 2024

AI for Good Global Summit

AI for Good
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May, 2024

Unfair Competition in the Creative Industries: The Impact of AI Scraping

Tenessee Journal of Law and Policy
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May, 2024

ACLU California Action Comment on Executive Order N-12-23 regarding Generative Artificial Intelligence, Part 3(b)

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
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May, 2024

Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI

Penguin Publishing Group
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April, 2024

Ethics and Costs of Generative AI

Amherst College Library
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April, 2024

Tackling AI Hyping

AI and Ethics
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April, 2024

Advancing a More Global Agenda for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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April, 2024

The Legal Imitation Game: Generative AI’s Incompatibility with Clinical Legal Education

Foldham Law Review
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April, 2024

A Gender Perspective on AI Risks to National Security

Our Secure Future
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March, 2024

Racial bias in OpenAI GPT resume rankings

FLOWINGDATA
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March, 2024

Data Journalism Top 10

Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN)
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March, 2024

4 ways AI is contributing to bias in the workplace

ZDNET
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March, 2024

The Crunch: cherry tree blooms, the cost of booze and AI bias

The Guardian
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March, 2024

Generative AI and K-12 Education: An MIT Perspective

Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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March, 2024

Generating Harms

Electronic Privacy Information Center
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March, 2024

The harms of terminology: why we should reject so-called “frontier AI”

AI and Ethics
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March, 2024

Placing Gender Equality at the Heart of the Global Digital Compact

UN Women
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March, 2024

Insurance Law and AI

Cambridge University Press
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March, 2024

Visual Literacy: AI-generated images

Melbourne Politechnic
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March, 2024

Rendering misrepresentation: Diversity failures in AI image generation

The Brookings Institution
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February, 2024

Helping students understand the biases in generative AI

The University of Kansas
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February, 2024

Exploring the Impact of AI on Black Americans

Stanford University Human Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
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February, 2024

Comment to National Institute of Standards in Technology (NIST)

The Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP)
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February, 2024

The AI governance policy engineering managers needed yesterday

LeadDev
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February, 2024

Whitepaper On The Security Implications of Generative-AI

ERANEOS
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February, 2024

State of The Industry 2023

Unstereotype Alliance Secretariat at UN Women
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February, 2024

Policy on Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence

Sonoran University of Health Sciences
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January, 2024

Harnessing the Power of AI

Chase India
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January, 2024

The benefits and risks for insurers of using generative AI

The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance
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January, 2024

Best Data Visualization Projects of 2023

FLOWINGDATA
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December, 2023

Taxonomy of Human Rights Risks Connected to Generative AI

United Nations Human Rights (UNHR)
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November, 2023

Future Risks ofFrontier AI

United Kingdom Government Office for Science
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October, 2023

What Should City of Boston Mayor Wu Do About Generative AI?

SSRN
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October, 2023

SILICON SHADOWS: VENTURE CAPITAL, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THE LACK OF DUE DILIGENCE

Amnesty International
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August, 2023

Generative Artificial Intelligence in Finance: Risk Considerations

International Monetary Fund (IMG)
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August, 2023

Black Artists Say A.I. Shows Bias, With Algorithms Erasing Their History

The New York Times
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July, 2023

Calling Out the Racial and Gender Bias in Generative AI

Bloomberg TV
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June, 2023

How AI Is Amplifying Extreme Racial, Gender Stereotypes

Bloomberg TV
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June, 2023

Generative AI exaggerates stereotypes

FLOWINGDATA
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June, 2023

Generative AI tool Stable Diffusion amplifies race, gender stereotypes

New York Post
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June, 2023

Calling Out the Racial and Gender Bias in Generative AI

The Global Herald
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June, 2023

Yet Another AI Blind Spot: Biased Images

The Big Take
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June, 2023

Stable Diffusion has a big bias problem.

The Verge
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June, 2023

AI Has Some Serious Racial Profiling Issues

Bloomberg Quicktake
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June, 2023

Data Journalism Top 10: AI Bias, Targeted Ad Labeling, Remote Work Trends, and KoreaÕs Space Industry

Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN)
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June, 2023

Is AI more biased than humans?

Marketplace Tech
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June, 2023

Sustainable Development Report 2023

United Nations Sustainable Development Network
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June, 2023

Bloomberg exposes racial and gender bias in AI model

Rows & Columns
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June, 2023

Decoding the Discussion: In the Senate AI Hearing, Uncertainty Speaks Louder than Consensus

Skynet Today
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June, 2023

Data Vis Dispatch, March 7

Datawrapper
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March, 2023

Elon MuskÕs Private Jet Flew Enough in 2022 to Circle the Globe a Dozen Times

Robb Report
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March, 2023

How Fentanyl Brought on the Opioid Crisis's Deadliest Phase

Bloomberg Quicktake
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December, 2022

Top Websites for Urban Planning - 2022

Planetizen
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December, 2022

ÀEs Pamplona una ciudad de 15 minutos?

null
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December, 2022

EditorÕs Pick: Top 10 Data Journalism Projects from 2022

Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN)
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December, 2022

The best data journalism stories of 2022

DataJournalism.com
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December, 2022

Fentanyl Deaths Are Overwhelming Cities

The Big Take
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December, 2022

How AI can help analyze women's representation in the news

International Journalists' Network
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November, 2022

Coolest New Data Graphics to Not Miss Out On - DataViz Weekly

AnyChart
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November, 2022

Data Journalism Top 10: Police Shootings, COVID Billionaires, Climate Budget Tetris, Halloween Blizzard

Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN)
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November, 2022

CITYACCESSMAP: Affrontare le Disugualianze Urbane con Dati Open Source

Maker Faire Rome
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November, 2022

ÀCuanto tiempo se hace caminando a una escuela o a un hospital en Puebla?

El Universal Puebla
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November, 2022

Cordoba se sitœa muy por debajo de la media de ciudades con servicios a menos de 15 minutos a pie

Cordobahoy
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November, 2022

Urban social disparities are being addressed by a new city access map

International Connected Autonomous Vehicle Cluster (ICAV)
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October, 2022

Map: Detroit Service Accessibility

DetroitGraphy
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October, 2022

Find and explore 15-minute cities

Precaliga
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October, 2022

Living Cities: Urban trees Ñ Safer streets for kids Ñ LondonÕs green jobs push

POLITICO
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October, 2022

Building Smart Tools for Sustainable Cities: UNITAC Hamburg Projects

United Nations Innovation Technology Accelerator for Cities (UNITAC)
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October, 2022

Interactive map shows inequality of facilities in Dutch cities

Stadzaken
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October, 2022

Online map shows density of urban facilities

Tagesspiegel Background
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October, 2022

A new city access map aims to solve social differences in urban areas

Innovation Origins
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October, 2022

CityAccessMap: Addressing urban inequalities with open-source data

Delft University of Technology
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October, 2022

Bloomberg hires two data visualization reporters

Talking Biz News
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August, 2022

There is more to women than their ability to make more humans

The Calgary Herald
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May, 2022

The Moksha Roundup

Moksha Data Studio
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April, 2022

The need to represent: How AI can help counter gender disparity in the news

London School of Economics (LSE)
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March, 2022

How to Use Data and AI to Analyse Women's Representation in the News

PolisLSE
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March, 2022

Data Visualization Weekly

AnyChart
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February, 2022

Data Journalism Top 10: Misrepresenting Women, Bubble Tea, and IndiaÕs Nightingale

Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN)
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February, 2022

Gen.T: Data Science and Urban Development With Leonardo Nicoletti #21

Gen.T: A Spotlight For Bright Young People
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October, 2021

How to bring about affordable housing and the inclusive city?

International Federation for Housing and Planning (IFHP)
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August, 2020

Cities like Vancouver need to do more to protect their trees

The Globe and Mail
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October, 2019

High-density neighbourhoods leave room for trees, says Metro Vancouver

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
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September, 2019

Paving paradise: Low-density housing linked to tree loss, rise in impervious surfaces in Metro Vancouver

The Georgia Straight
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September, 2019