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Health Care Reporting: A Month of Resources and Work

Hi folks! For this installment, I’m writing to you from Porto, Portugal, where I’m attending the Data Visualization Society’s Outlier…

7 min readMay 4, 2023

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A choropleth map showing the distance to the nearest abortion clinic from every county in the United States. States where residents have the travel the farthest include Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Kansas. States on both the east and west coasts have the best access.

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Emilia Ruzicka

NICAR Recap and Data Physicalization (in the wild!)

Welcome back! After a packed month of traveling for both business and pleasure, I’m grateful to be in my home city of D.C. for a few weeks.

7 min readMar 25, 2023

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NICAR Recap and Data Physicalization (in the wild!)

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Emilia Ruzicka

(Re) Introduction to Creative Data-Focused Blogging

Hi there! My name is Emilia Ruzicka — I’m a nonbinary data journalist, designer, producer, and storyteller living in Washington, D.C…

6 min readMar 2, 2023

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A pixelated landscape of flowers and a sky built from the data extracted from Bob Ross’ paintings

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All in a Day’s Work: Part 3 of a Yearlong Personal Data Project

This is the third installment of a yearlong data visualization journey. If you want to read the second part before jumping in, here’s the…

6 min readMay 4, 2021

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Moving Right Along: Part 2 of a Yearlong Personal Data Project

Hi there — welcome to the second installment of my yearlong personal data collection project! Over the course of the last four weeks, I’ve…

6 min readMar 30, 2021

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A grid of triangles with symbols indicating the pace of the day at specific times

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Food for Thought: Part 1 of a Yearlong Personal Data Project

I’m a student, data journalist, and designer with a love for all things data viz. In accordance with annual…

7 min readFeb 15, 2021

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Mapping ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’

Following Milo’s iconic journey through the Lands Beyond

8 min readSep 2, 2020

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Mapping ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’

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Socializing in a World of Social Distance: A COVID-19 Data Journey

Using data visualization to tell the story of one author’s daily communication habits in quarantine

9 min readJul 1, 2020

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Socializing in a World of Social Distance: A COVID-19 Data Journey

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Racial Bias in Code and Data: An Interview with Alex Garcia

An interview with one of the 2019 NICAR lightning presenters about racial bias in code and data journalism

12 min readFeb 25, 2020

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Racial Bias in Code and Data: An Interview with Alex Garcia

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5 Lessons on Data Visualization From a Data Physicalization Failure

Or, the unforeseen outcomes of a group class project

6 min readJan 23, 2020

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Emilia Ruzicka

Emilia Ruzicka

Data journalist, designer, producer. Media, culture, and tech grad student. Always interested in new projects and conversation. See more at emiliaruzicka.com

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