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title = 'Unemployment Changes Across The Country (NYT Aug 28, 2024) (CoW 240830)'
date = 2024-08-28T08:20:39-05:00
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Critique of the Week... for something that came up today.

Core lesson: think about what a visualization makes easy to see. Different representations make some things easier, and harder.

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This comes from a New York Times story this morning [title](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/08/27/business/economy/jobs-election-county.html). Curiously, this page doesn't show up well in my web browser, the images are from the mobile app (on an iPad).

Here is the "headline" (what appeared in the app that intrigued me):
{{< rimage rsrc="waj-headline.png" >}}

What caught my eye (from a visualization perspective) was how the irregular nature of counties made it difficult for me to really see what was going on.
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title = 'Yeping Axis'
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title = '3 Easy to See'
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