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