The Principles of Good Data Visualization

Amanda Shendruk is an award-winning visual journalist who's spent 15 years making charts for the Washington Post, Quartz and The Guardian, and now writes the data newsletter Not Ship. Francis asks her to teach him the craft, how she decides what to label, and why she still doesn't trust AI with a chart. Read the newsletter: https://www.creatorspotlight.com/profiles __ open.video lets you host your videos on your own domain, under your own brand — so you control the channel, the data, and the direct connection to your viewers. Try it out at https://open.video __ Amanda Shendruk - Newsletter: https://www.not-ship.com/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashendruk - Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ashendruk.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-shendruk-04052646/ __ Timestamps 00:00 Introducing Amanda Shendruk 01:52 Making your graphics legible at a glance 10:18 Universal rules of data visualization 18:10 Finding trustworthy data sources 27:08 Tools for research and data viz 32:24 Good and bad data visualization 37:48 The real world effect of good data journalism