Jonathan Corum

my desk at the NYT in 2006

20 years ago today I started work at the NY Times. I’d studied design and typography, but everything else was a crash course: journalism, cartography, CMYK printing, editing, etc.

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in the NYTimes app, there’s a map link (“Tracking the Spread”) at the top of nearly every measles article, or a search for “measles” will bring up the main Measles Outbreak page

11.04.2025 19:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Tracking U.S. Measles Outbreaks (Gift Article) As new cases are reported, our maps show the spread of the virus.

National outbreak map? We have one, with a new detail map for Ohio: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

11.04.2025 19:26 — 👍 17    🔁 9    💬 2    📌 1

One of my early talks around 2010 used unladen swallows as an example, but it was met with blank looks — none of the students had heard about the movie. Had to retire those slides!

25.03.2025 15:51 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Blue Ghost’s Long Day on the Moon The sun has set on the Blue Ghost spacecraft, ending a successful mission to the moon.

A Lunar Lander’s Busy Day: Eclipse Photos and Rock Collecting

21.03.2025 19:43 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

1st day of (Northern Hemisphere) spring, so time to re-re-re-post the best #dataviz I’ve ever done. 365 images of the terminator taken at exactly 6:00 a.m. over the course of a year. Originally made for the NASA Earth Observatory: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/52248...

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Viewed from above the solar system, the seven other planets will fall within Earth’s line of sight at sunset, and will not be obscured by the sun.

The current planetary alignment is more of a loose parade (the planets are spread across about 120 degrees of sky). But now is a great time to enjoy bright Jupiter, Mars, and Venus; with a little effort, you can spot naked-eye Saturn & Mercury too. 🔭🧪

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/s...

27.02.2025 16:49 — 👍 231    🔁 66    💬 7    📌 3

Thank you, this kind of data is often timed around federal calendars or deadlines, so it could take a while to register a noticeable $ change

14.12.2024 20:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Lake Vanda, Antarctica

We landed near the edge of Lake Vanda in 2016 — it's super saline liquid under the thick ice, and there are photos of a “Lake Vanda Swim Club” from the 1980s

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