AJ LabsHow AJLabs uses data to tell stories.Visualising 1.2 million votes at the UN since 1946Oct 1, 2019Oct 1, 2019
AJ LabsHow and why we made our first audio data visualisationThis week marks the four-year anniversary of the Saudi-led air raids on Yemen. Since the start of the aerial campaign on March 26, 2015…Mar 27, 20191Mar 27, 20191
AJ LabsWhat type of news consumer are you? What we learned.At the end of each year, the team at AJ Labs puts together Al Jazeera’s year-ender project. The goal of this project is to provide a new…Dec 23, 2018Dec 23, 2018
AJ LabsDo you really know the price of milk?Most people don’t know the prices of everyday items. Well, at least that was our main assumption when producing an interactive data-driven…Oct 22, 2018Oct 22, 2018
AJ LabsUnderstanding the cartogram map of PakistanLooking at a map of Pakistan, you might think that the largest province, Balochistan, would have a lot of the country’s voting power.Jul 22, 2018Jul 22, 2018
AJ LabsWe went through 14 years worth of Google searches on Israel and Palestine. Here’s what we found.This year marks 70 years since the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians from their homes and the subsequent establishment of the…May 9, 2018May 9, 2018
AJ LabsHow we used gamification to conduct audience research.At the end of 2017, Al Jazeera a published a news quiz to mark the end of a momentous year. However, rather than just create a standard…Jan 16, 20181Jan 16, 20181
AJ LabsWe’ve analysed 6,500 images that appeared on our homepage and here is what we’ve learnedChoosing the right image to tell your story is just as important as a good news headline. As 2017 came to a close we decided to collect all…Jan 7, 20181Jan 7, 20181
AJ LabsTen of our favourite projects of 2017 — and the technologies we used to build them1.Temples of Cambodia — An interactive VR tour. https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2017/cambodia-temples/index.htmlDec 31, 20171Dec 31, 20171
AJ LabsWe grew monthly Facebook video views 500% to 100M in six months. Here’s what we learned.Lessons learned and what happens next.Apr 8, 20174Apr 8, 20174