Alberto Cairo
@albertocairo.com
Designer, journalist, and professor.
Author of 'The Art of Insight' (2023) 'How Charts Lie' (2019), 'The Truthful Art' (2016), and 'The Functional Art' (2012). NEW PROJECT: https://openvisualizationacademy.org/
Author of 'The Art of Insight' (2023) 'How Charts Lie' (2019), 'The Truthful Art' (2016), and 'The Functional Art' (2012). NEW PROJECT: https://openvisualizationacademy.org/
Computation+Journalism 2025 is a month away (December 11-12); we're finishing the last details of the symposium: cplusj2025.com Here's the full agenda: cplusj2025.com/agenda/ Join us! You can register here ($150 for professionals, $30 for students): events.miami.edu/event/cplusj...
November 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Computation+Journalism 2025 is a month away (December 11-12); we're finishing the last details of the symposium: cplusj2025.com Here's the full agenda: cplusj2025.com/agenda/ Join us! You can register here ($150 for professionals, $30 for students): events.miami.edu/event/cplusj...
I saw this headline this morning, then noticed the author, and I haven't been able to stop chuckling
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I saw this headline this morning, then noticed the author, and I haven't been able to stop chuckling
I'm reading S.A. Cosby's latest, 'King of Ashes'; this man has a gift for memorable sentences...
November 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I'm reading S.A. Cosby's latest, 'King of Ashes'; this man has a gift for memorable sentences...
The full agenda of the Computation+Journalism Symposium is online! Join us in Miami for two days (December 11-12) of great talks, workshops, panels, and paper presentations: cplusj2025.com/agenda Register here: events.miami.edu/event/cplusj...
October 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The full agenda of the Computation+Journalism Symposium is online! Join us in Miami for two days (December 11-12) of great talks, workshops, panels, and paper presentations: cplusj2025.com/agenda Register here: events.miami.edu/event/cplusj...
Thoughtful essay on the ethics of mapmaking by Sam Dresser psyche.co/ideas/what-m... "While we may frame big moral issues as absolutes, we need to acknowledge that we are constantly negotiating even with them"
September 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Thoughtful essay on the ethics of mapmaking by Sam Dresser psyche.co/ideas/what-m... "While we may frame big moral issues as absolutes, we need to acknowledge that we are constantly negotiating even with them"
This sounds like a video game I'd play: bloody-disgusting.com/video-games/...
September 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
This sounds like a video game I'd play: bloody-disgusting.com/video-games/...
BIG NEWS! We've updated the website of the Open Visualization Academy, where you can see all its contributors: openvisualizationacademy.org
This is the announcement in our newsletter: openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/we-re-back...
#dataViz #infographics #dataJournalism #dataVis 📊
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This is the announcement in our newsletter: openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/we-re-back...
#dataViz #infographics #dataJournalism #dataVis 📊
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September 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
BIG NEWS! We've updated the website of the Open Visualization Academy, where you can see all its contributors: openvisualizationacademy.org
This is the announcement in our newsletter: openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/we-re-back...
#dataViz #infographics #dataJournalism #dataVis 📊
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This is the announcement in our newsletter: openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/we-re-back...
#dataViz #infographics #dataJournalism #dataVis 📊
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Spinoza is always timeless
September 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Spinoza is always timeless
I'm reading my father's latest book (only available in Spanish consorcioeditorial.com/es/articles/...) and it's full of hand-drawn explanatory infographics; I guess that there's something genetic in certain propensities...
September 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I'm reading my father's latest book (only available in Spanish consorcioeditorial.com/es/articles/...) and it's full of hand-drawn explanatory infographics; I guess that there's something genetic in certain propensities...
Here are our Computation+Journalism (Dec. 11-12, Miami) keynote speakers: Homa Hosseinmardi (U.S), Yevheniia Drozdova (Ukraine),S Attila Bátorfy (Hungary)
cplusj2025.com/speakers/ Full schedule coming soon. Register here: events.miami.edu/event/cplusj...
#dataJournalism #dataViz #dataVisualization
cplusj2025.com/speakers/ Full schedule coming soon. Register here: events.miami.edu/event/cplusj...
#dataJournalism #dataViz #dataVisualization
September 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Here are our Computation+Journalism (Dec. 11-12, Miami) keynote speakers: Homa Hosseinmardi (U.S), Yevheniia Drozdova (Ukraine),S Attila Bátorfy (Hungary)
cplusj2025.com/speakers/ Full schedule coming soon. Register here: events.miami.edu/event/cplusj...
#dataJournalism #dataViz #dataVisualization
cplusj2025.com/speakers/ Full schedule coming soon. Register here: events.miami.edu/event/cplusj...
#dataJournalism #dataViz #dataVisualization
The Computation+Journalism Symposium will take place on December 11-12 at the University of Miami. Join us: cplusj2025.com
The deadline to submit a talk, workshop, or panel is September 7th: cplusj2025.com/submissions/
We've already announced several speakers. More coming soon!
The deadline to submit a talk, workshop, or panel is September 7th: cplusj2025.com/submissions/
We've already announced several speakers. More coming soon!
August 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Computation+Journalism Symposium will take place on December 11-12 at the University of Miami. Join us: cplusj2025.com
The deadline to submit a talk, workshop, or panel is September 7th: cplusj2025.com/submissions/
We've already announced several speakers. More coming soon!
The deadline to submit a talk, workshop, or panel is September 7th: cplusj2025.com/submissions/
We've already announced several speakers. More coming soon!
What this article describes is *unequivocally* extortion, so writing “Critics call it...” is disinformation, plain and simple: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...
August 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
What this article describes is *unequivocally* extortion, so writing “Critics call it...” is disinformation, plain and simple: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...
A president with a straightforward autocratic agenda is deploying troops in the nation's capital for no good reason. Our news media has made the deliberate choice to cover this as business as usual while refusing to use plain language to explain how dangerous our current moment is.
August 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A president with a straightforward autocratic agenda is deploying troops in the nation's capital for no good reason. Our news media has made the deliberate choice to cover this as business as usual while refusing to use plain language to explain how dangerous our current moment is.
Big news: The archive of my old weblog, The Functional Art, is back online: www.thefunctionalart.com
The blog won't be updated anymore, though. In the next 2-3 weeks I'll share some news about resuming the newsletter of my upcoming big project: openvisualizationacademy.org
#dataViz #dataVis 📊
The blog won't be updated anymore, though. In the next 2-3 weeks I'll share some news about resuming the newsletter of my upcoming big project: openvisualizationacademy.org
#dataViz #dataVis 📊
August 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Big news: The archive of my old weblog, The Functional Art, is back online: www.thefunctionalart.com
The blog won't be updated anymore, though. In the next 2-3 weeks I'll share some news about resuming the newsletter of my upcoming big project: openvisualizationacademy.org
#dataViz #dataVis 📊
The blog won't be updated anymore, though. In the next 2-3 weeks I'll share some news about resuming the newsletter of my upcoming big project: openvisualizationacademy.org
#dataViz #dataVis 📊
The deadline to propose a session/workshop/panel/paper for the Computation + Journalism symposium cplusj2025.com is Sep. 7 cplusj2025.com/submissions/ If accepted, registration will be waived and we can offer a stipend to help with travel expenses. To submit: cplusj2025.com/submissions/
July 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The deadline to propose a session/workshop/panel/paper for the Computation + Journalism symposium cplusj2025.com is Sep. 7 cplusj2025.com/submissions/ If accepted, registration will be waived and we can offer a stipend to help with travel expenses. To submit: cplusj2025.com/submissions/
I return to horror fiction every Summer; I've read 10+ novels in the past four weeks and, let me tell you, @scumbelievable.bsky.social's 'Cuckoo' is miles above the rest: Mean and impressive: It's really well written and with touches of 'The Thing', the 'Body Snatchers', and other classics
July 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I return to horror fiction every Summer; I've read 10+ novels in the past four weeks and, let me tell you, @scumbelievable.bsky.social's 'Cuckoo' is miles above the rest: Mean and impressive: It's really well written and with touches of 'The Thing', the 'Body Snatchers', and other classics
On December 11-12 we're hosting the Computation +Journalism Symposium 2025 in Miami cplusj2025.com
You can submit a workshop, a talk, a panel, or a short paper (a small stipend to help with travel expenses can be available): cplusj2025.com/submissions/
#dataJournalism #dataVisualization #dataViz 📊
You can submit a workshop, a talk, a panel, or a short paper (a small stipend to help with travel expenses can be available): cplusj2025.com/submissions/
#dataJournalism #dataVisualization #dataViz 📊
July 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
On December 11-12 we're hosting the Computation +Journalism Symposium 2025 in Miami cplusj2025.com
You can submit a workshop, a talk, a panel, or a short paper (a small stipend to help with travel expenses can be available): cplusj2025.com/submissions/
#dataJournalism #dataVisualization #dataViz 📊
You can submit a workshop, a talk, a panel, or a short paper (a small stipend to help with travel expenses can be available): cplusj2025.com/submissions/
#dataJournalism #dataVisualization #dataViz 📊
There's a genre of op-ed in U.S. newspapers that demands from universities to do what they already do: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... This piece is as dishonest as others in the genre. Universities aren't the reason 'civil friendship' is in retreat. Those who want to destroy universities are
June 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
There's a genre of op-ed in U.S. newspapers that demands from universities to do what they already do: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... This piece is as dishonest as others in the genre. Universities aren't the reason 'civil friendship' is in retreat. Those who want to destroy universities are
'Star Wars: Rebellion', a visual and information design wonder, full of cinematic flavor
June 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
'Star Wars: Rebellion', a visual and information design wonder, full of cinematic flavor
For horror fans who can read Spanish (I haven't found an English edition): 'El cielo de la selva' by Elaine Vilar Madruga. Fantastic, atmospheric, allegorical, sometimes stomach-churning writing, and cosmic horror elements.
June 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
For horror fans who can read Spanish (I haven't found an English edition): 'El cielo de la selva' by Elaine Vilar Madruga. Fantastic, atmospheric, allegorical, sometimes stomach-churning writing, and cosmic horror elements.
On Friday I'm giving the keynote at the Outlier conference www.outlierconf.com It's a completely new talk, so I still have a lot to work on. Here's one of they key slides 📊 #dataViz
June 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
On Friday I'm giving the keynote at the Outlier conference www.outlierconf.com It's a completely new talk, so I still have a lot to work on. Here's one of they key slides 📊 #dataViz
That's lovely! Please warn her that there are some misprints on that first edition. The most important one is the diagram explaining the structure of a visualization (see below). She can download all graphics as hi-res PDFs from this link: www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/jkd1e...
June 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
That's lovely! Please warn her that there are some misprints on that first edition. The most important one is the diagram explaining the structure of a visualization (see below). She can download all graphics as hi-res PDFs from this link: www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/jkd1e...
I have a big keynote tomorrow. There'll be Q's about “AI”, so I have a slide explaining what the current hype reminds me of (I'm old, and I've been an early adopter of many new tech; new hype sounds like old hype). This is inspired by @alexhanna.bsky.social & @emilymbender.bsky.social's 'The AI Con'
May 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I have a big keynote tomorrow. There'll be Q's about “AI”, so I have a slide explaining what the current hype reminds me of (I'm old, and I've been an early adopter of many new tech; new hype sounds like old hype). This is inspired by @alexhanna.bsky.social & @emilymbender.bsky.social's 'The AI Con'
For one of my upcoming projects I'm reviewing all intros to information design and visualization I have on my shelves—so many! This one by @juusokoponen.bsky.social and @jhilden.bsky.social is my favorite; it's clear, deep, comprehensive, and elegantly designed www.datavizhandbook.info 📊 #dataViz
April 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
For one of my upcoming projects I'm reviewing all intros to information design and visualization I have on my shelves—so many! This one by @juusokoponen.bsky.social and @jhilden.bsky.social is my favorite; it's clear, deep, comprehensive, and elegantly designed www.datavizhandbook.info 📊 #dataViz