The Authors of the Best Dataviz Books
Evelina’s chart of The Authors of the Best Dataviz Books, combines the dataviz community’s published book authors to show which field everyone has come from. A good example of showing how diverse communities can utilize and benefit from data visualization. I made the chart under the Math, Stats, & Engineering section. Do you see other names you know?
Since you're reading this newsletter, you likely work with data visualisation and storytelling. But how did you get here? What's your background?
Probably only a handful of you can say you have a formal education in data visualisation—maybe even a bachelor's or master's degree. Most of us have taken a more winding path of study and work experiences that brought us to where we are today. I worked with data analytics, public speaking, nonprofits, and event management, before all these experiences led me to data storytelling.
At the very beginning of my visualisation journey, I was curious about everyone else’s paths. So I created a chart (very meta, I know!) about the diverse fields that people in our community come from. While it’s somewhat biased—based on published book authors—it gives you an idea of how many different disciplines can lead to dataviz.
Found on The Plot by Evelina Parrou
