Category Archives: Guardian Datablog

The BBC-o-Gram

March 1, 2010

The BBC-o-Gram

Recent controversy about the budget of the BBC here in the UK made me curious about its spending. Here’s the BBC-o-Gram, a visualization I created for the Guardian Datablog, exploring the costs of running one of the biggest broadcasters in the world.

See the visual. Explore the data.

Do they provide good value?


source: The BBC Annual Report (PDF)
data: in this Google spreadsheet
research: David McCandless, James Key
additional design: Joe Swainson

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The Billion Pound o Gram

November 27, 2009

My latest visual piece for The Guardian, The Billion Pound O Gram, is a British cousin of The Billion Dollar Gram. It reveals the scale of the budget deficit in the centre of the British economy. SPOILER: It’s a big one..

Link to the Guardian piece.

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Afghanistan: The Information Is Not Beautiful

November 13, 2009

Afghanistan: Information Is Not Beautiful
I took a visual look at the casualty figures coming out of the Afghanistan war for The Guardian. It’s part of my effort to understand what’s going on there. It’s not easy reading. But I think it helps to give some context. See what you think.

You can explore the data and sources in this spreadsheet.

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