Neil Halloran

@neilhalloran

Creator of The Fallen of WWII and The Shadow Peace. Data visualization + documentary filmmaking. Films free to watch at . Dad.

Philadelphia, PA
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    Oct 3

    I'm smitten to be on the talking about data storytelling, emotion, empathy, taste w

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  2. Oct 23

    Wow. Thank you ! The Shadow Peace has made the short list. Public voting is now open. So honored!

    Neil Halloran's "The Shadow Peace-The Nuclear Threat" is a finalist for the Information is Beautiful Awards.
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  3. Oct 19

    Just discovered the amazing heartbreaking map Those Who Did Not Cross by , h/t

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  4. Oct 18

    Ignoring second line of chart title is bliss. Article on big chocolate science by h/t

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  5. Oct 17
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    By shying from wide-audience storytelling, the data community accepts a broader demotion too: to an introverted role in democracy. 29/29

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  6. Oct 17
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    We are just figuring out how to do this. How to give data the leading role. Anecdotes can't be only source of poignancy. 28/28

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  7. Oct 17
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    For society's key challenges - e.g. global warming, healthcare, violence, wealth distribution - numbers need to drive the story. 27/29

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  8. Oct 17
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    It's accepting a demotion. Data without story is an embedded chart, supporting evidence, a figure A, framed by others. 26/29

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  9. Oct 17
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    Not telling stories means u forfeit job to somebody else: article author, presenter, red/blue feed fueled by told-you-so anger. 25/29

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  10. Oct 17
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    To me, the dataviz community's reoccurring attack on storytelling is not an attack, but a surrender. And a scoff at audiences. 24/29

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  11. Oct 17
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    It's uncomfortable to accept that good storytelling is often the secret sauce for making information interesting. 23/29

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  12. Oct 17
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    It's uncomfortable to define success in audience . Social media is cruel. Making "effective" charts seen by few is more predictable. 22/29

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  13. Oct 17
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    ...so you have to lure them, hold their attention amidst the madness. It's not marketing's job as afterthought. It's yours from onset. 21/29

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  14. Oct 17
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    It's uncomfortable to address that general audiences are not being paid to look at your charts as part of their job description... 20/29

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  15. Oct 17
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    I so miss . I'm sad that never made another piece like gun deaths. Strangely under-repeated successes. 19/29

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  16. Oct 17
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    Or that we are drawn to emotionally poignant experiences. Me, I want data to move me, make my eyes swell. Do you? 18/29

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  17. Oct 17
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    It's uncomfortable that we are all highly emotional creatures, who bring emotion to data and feel emotions when we look at data. 17/29

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    It's uncomfortable that "literacy" is not going to magically bring audiences to your level. You must meet them on their terms. 16/29

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    Or work to decipher signal from noise on their own, w/o handholding. Or work to give self-tours of interactivity (on their phones). 15/29

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    It's uncomfortable that general audiences don't want to work to understand a challenging chart, however brilliant it is. 14/29

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  21. Oct 17
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    Perhaps I'm naive to think data storytelling can have a revolutionary social impact. If it can, it must be real-audience-centric. 13/29

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