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Emily Barone
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Writer. Editor. Analyst. Data lover.
Founder, The Data Desk
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#30DayChartChallenge #Day11 Topic: Stripes
Stand clear of the closing doors, please—and enjoy this #animated #dataviz of #NYC #subway trains passing thru Times Sq. on a typical weekday. 13 lines. 2 directions. 4,000 stops.

🙏 @msjonesnyc.bsky.social for design help & drums!

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April 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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#30DayChartChallenge #Day9
Topic: Diverging
I explored memory in 2 parts. First, I shaded events by the US population that lived through them. Then I considered my own memory, focusing on events that are not anchored by my lived experience—or by my history classes.

#TheDataDesk #msjonesnyc #history
A list of historical events from 1925 to 2025 in gray text on a black background. As the list goes back in time, the gray text gets darker and harder to read against the black. This represents the diminishing number of people who remember events from their lived experience. At the top, 100% of the population remembers Trump's second presidency, but at the bottom, less than 1% of the population was alive during the Scopes Trial in 1925 (about teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. A list of historical events from 1925 to 2025 in gray text on a black background. Events around the late 1980s and early 90s are a darker shade of gray, making them more difficult to read on the black. This is a metaphor for the events for which I was too young to remember yet too old for them to appear in my history lessons. As a result, these are not committed to my memory by either my lived experience, nor by my classroom education. For instance, I was too young to really internalize the significance of events like the Berlin Wall falling; at the same time, outdated classroom textbooks presented maps with the former USSR for a number a years after the Soviet Union.
April 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Here's #Day4 of the #30DayChartChallenge. Topic: Big or Small

As you can see, it's the small things that get to me.

Thanks to @msjonesnyc.bsky.social for being a good sport when I said, "This is gonna be a weird one, and also, there's no actual data."

#TheDataDesk #msjonesnyc #dataless #dataviz
An infographic entitled "What concerns me." On the left side is a series of circles representing "objects of worry." The circles are sized big to small, representing their physical size. The biggest one is "Rogue asteroids" and the smallest is "CO2 molecules." On the right side are corresponding circles showing relative levels of anxiety. The "Rogue asteroids" connect to the smallest circle (representing least anxiety) and the "CO2 molecules" connect to the largest circle (most anxiety). The idea is that some very big-sized things induce less anxiety than tiny things. From top to bottom, the list of worrying items is: Rogue asteroids, the power grid, my old car, dishes in the sink, a lone termite, microplastics, and CO2 molecules.
April 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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It's #Day2 of the #30DayChartChallenge. Topic: Slope!
Ski season is winding down in the northern hemisphere. Climate change threatens to wind it down for good.

@msjonesnyc.bsky.social and I added a little whimsy to an otherwise sobering trend line.

#TheDataDesk #msjonesnyc #dataviz #climatechange
A scatter plot showing ground snow levels in Vail, Colorado, between 2007 and 2025. Each point on the plot represents snow level readings at 10,300 feet on the first day of each month from January to May. The trend line indicates a decline over that period. There's a little silhouette of a downhill skier on that trend line.
April 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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We're told to stay away from religion & politics, so what better way to kick off the #30DayChartChallenge than looking at both?
Day 1: #Fractions
Huge thanks to the talented Heather Jones @msjonesnyc.bsky.social for lending her design chops!

#dataviz #PieChartsAreNotEvil #TheDataDesk
Two pie charts showing the religious makeup of those who lean Democrat and those who lean Republican. Christians account for about three-quarters of Republicans and about half of Democrats. 35% of Republicans are evangelical compared to only 12% of Democrats. On the other hand, 18% of Democrats are atheist or agnostic, compared to only 5% of Republicans. Mainline Protestants and non-Christian faiths (Jews, Muslims, Hinus, and Buddhists) have roughly the same share in both parties, as do Catholics, who account for about 20% of each party.
April 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM