2026-03-27 17:45:29
A large portion of rural hospitals operate at a loss, which causes problems for millions of Americans who need healthcare the most. For Reuters, Sarah Slobin shows the challenging dynamics of rural hospitals with a series of charts and maps.
Nearly 90% of the land in the United States is rural and about one in five people, or some 60 million, live throughout it according to the U.S. Census. Data also show rural residents are older, have worse health outcomes and less health care access than their urban counterparts.
Tags: healthcare, Reuters, rural, Sarah Slobin
2026-03-26 21:07:03
It seems like people don’t stick with the same job for as long as they used to, but maybe that’s not the case.
2026-03-26 21:06:34
Every month, I collect tools, data, and resources to work with and learn from. Here is what happened in March.
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2026-03-26 01:41:11
For the New York Times, Lazaro Gamio, Blacki Migliozzi, and River Akira Davis use a Sankey diagram to show the breakdown of oil and gas that flows through the Strait of Hormuz.
The layout for the story works well. It starts with the origin countries, sized by the percentage of energy through the strait. A pause in the middle at the strait shows the full amount, which then splits into where the oil exports to. Red text notes disruptions.
Tags: imports, New York Times, oil, Strait of Hormuz
2026-03-25 17:55:58
Getting pregnant and having a child is typically described as an effortless process where you try and then you succeed. However, the process is often not so direct. For the Pudding, Lam Thuy Vo, with help from Jan Diehm and Michelle Pera-McGhee, and illustrations by Rose Wong, describes the journey of infertility and IVF.
You are able to move through from the point of view of parent or child. Switch back and forth or go all the way with each separately.
Tags: children, infertility, Lam Thuy Vo, Pudding
2026-03-24 17:34:56
Lazaro Gamio and Josh Holder for the New York Times break down energy imports by country and the percentage that comes from the Middle East.
It seems likely that these percentages will swing one way or another in the near future, but variable width bar charts are my statistical chart weakness. Total energy, in dollars, is on the y-axis, and the share of that from the Middle East, by percentage, is on the x-axis. There are a set of four charts for Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas, with consistent scales across the set.
Tags: imports, New York Times, oil
