Thu, Dec 12 2019

Well, that just flew by. Ten years ago, I was in the throes of writing my dissertation on Presenting Data Effectively, knowing I had focused on a topic that the world was hungry for, even if they didn't know it yet. I had collected enough…

David Napoli Data visualization is a way of living, not a project — continuous learning and growth are at its center.

A group of journalism educators from around the world, all passionate about data journalism, gathered in a sunny classroom of Paris' Dauphine University, keen to find a way forward. Less than half an hour in there was a clear divide, almost…

David Napoli 'Confronting numbers with courage' — lessons here are broadly applicable, to anyone wanting to expand their horizon of analytics capabilities

Philip Guo

September 2019 (perspective of an assistant professor) I make a living teaching university classes, so it's in my self-interest to say that classes are good! But I also understand that nowadays anyone with a computer or phone can, in theory, learn…

David Napoli I was so glad to see the one item I have repeatedly received in feedback from my students — my passion for the subjects I teach is what made the classes such a welcoming and comfortable learning environment for them

December 2019| | Early View, Opinion High rates of infant mortality are well documented in the United States, compared with those of peer nations. Shocking and unacceptable rates of infant mortality among African Americans and Native Americans…

David Napoli Communities of Solution, coming together for a wonderful, powerful cause

I have written a couple articles over the past few months on using R with hockey data (see here and here), but both of those articles were focused on intermediate techniques and presumed beginner knowledge of R. In contrast, this article is for the…

David Napoli Includes all code and exercises in GitHub … tremendous learning resource, even beyond the topic of hockey