Nicki Camberg

Lead data and graphics journalist at Chartmetric
As seen at Axios, CNN, The COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic, and other places

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These are some of my favorite data visualizations I've made using Datawrapper, R, Adobe Illustrator, and Figma. Click on the charts to view them in full and see more information! 

I'm a firm believer that charts can be fun! Over the years, this has developed into a bit of a signature style that once was described to me by a coworker as "chart maximalism," which you may see throughout my work :)

From this story: https://www.axios.com/2022/08/28/how-hurricanes-wreck-baby-names
From this story: https://www.axios.com/2022/08/28/how-hurricanes-wreck-baby-names
https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pm-71e43584-8340-4036-97f7-f57968e33fb9.html?chunk=1&utm_term=twsocialshare#story1
https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pm-71e43584-8340-4036-97f7-f57968e33fb9.html?chunk=1&utm_term=twsocialshare#story1
Graphic design done in collaboration with Crasianne Tirado
Graphic design done in collaboration with Crasianne Tirado
https://www.axios.com/2022/09/10/art-museums-women-men-gender-disparity
https://www.axios.com/2022/09/10/art-museums-women-men-gender-disparity
https://www.axios.com/2022/09/10/art-museums-women-men-gender-disparity
https://www.axios.com/2022/09/10/art-museums-women-men-gender-disparity
https://hmc.chartmetric.com/olivia-rodrigo-music-rise-success-guts/
https://hmc.chartmetric.com/olivia-rodrigo-music-rise-success-guts/
https://www.axios.com/marvel-cinematic-universe-diversity
https://www.axios.com/marvel-cinematic-universe-diversity
I made this just for fun! I keep track of all the shows I see in a spreadsheet (which is very on brand for me), and wanted to visualize that somehow! I joined a music company in the summer of 2023 that gave stipends to see shows, so I started to see a lot more as you may notice.
I made this just for fun! I keep track of all the shows I see in a spreadsheet (which is very on brand for me), and wanted to visualize that somehow! I joined a music company in the summer of 2023 that gave stipends to see shows, so I started to see a lot more as you may notice.
From this story: https://www.axios.com/2022/08/19/state-senate-midterms-party-balance
From this story: https://www.axios.com/2022/08/19/state-senate-midterms-party-balance
This interactive map allows Detroit residents to learn more about farmers markets in their city: https://www.axios.com/local/detroit/2022/06/24/map-detroits-farmers-markets
This interactive map allows Detroit residents to learn more about farmers markets in their city: https://www.axios.com/local/detroit/2022/06/24/map-detroits-farmers-markets
I made this timelapse for Axios of the smoke in NYC during the 2023 Canada wildfires (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pm-23053c62-bc08-474b-8019-b5dbc07e6f33.html?chunk=2&utm_term=twsocialshare#story2)
I made this timelapse for Axios of the smoke in NYC during the 2023 Canada wildfires (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pm-23053c62-bc08-474b-8019-b5dbc07e6f33.html?chunk=2&utm_term=twsocialshare#story2)
For my computational journalism class, we were tasked with collecting data on ourselves and them graphing it by hand without coding – this is one of the first times i've made a viz solely in Illustrator/Photoshop/Procreate and I'm really happy with how it turned out! Since I was tracking usage for each hour of the day, I wanted to do something circular and was looking at clocks, but wanted to keep the width continuous across the bars so went for more of a wheel design, with one for AM inspired by the sun and one for PM using more lunar shapes. There are three rings on each circle that correlate to 20 minutes, and every pair of circles represents one day. The grid overall is formatted like a calendar, with the weeks starting on Monday.
For my computational journalism class, we were tasked with collecting data on ourselves and them graphing it by hand without coding – this is one of the first times i've made a viz solely in Illustrator/Photoshop/Procreate and I'm really happy with how it turned out! Since I was tracking usage for each hour of the day, I wanted to do something circular and was looking at clocks, but wanted to keep the width continuous across the bars so went for more of a wheel design, with one for AM inspired by the sun and one for PM using more lunar shapes. There are three rings on each circle that correlate to 20 minutes, and every pair of circles represents one day. The grid overall is formatted like a calendar, with the weeks starting on Monday.
From this story: https://www.axios.com/2022/07/06/diversity-state-supreme-court-data-us
From this story: https://www.axios.com/2022/07/06/diversity-state-supreme-court-data-us
https://www.axios.com/local/detroit/2023/03/14/breaking-down-michigans-right-to-work-law
https://www.axios.com/local/detroit/2023/03/14/breaking-down-michigans-right-to-work-law
MINION CHART MINION CHART MINION CHART MINION CHART (anyways, it was in this story: https://www.axios.com/pro/media-deals/2022/07/05/minions-box-office)
MINION CHART MINION CHART MINION CHART MINION CHART (anyways, it was in this story: https://www.axios.com/pro/media-deals/2022/07/05/minions-box-office)
This was particularly exciting as AOC reposted this to her Instagram story!! From this story: https://www.axios.com/2022/06/24/attacks-violence-abortion-provider-roe-bans
This was particularly exciting as AOC reposted this to her Instagram story!! From this story: https://www.axios.com/2022/06/24/attacks-violence-abortion-provider-roe-bans
From this story: https://www.axios.com/2022/07/11/china-india-world-population-trends
From this story: https://www.axios.com/2022/07/11/china-india-world-population-trends
https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2022/07/08/national-parks-georgia-economic-impact
https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2022/07/08/national-parks-georgia-economic-impact
https://www.axios.com/2022/08/11/lgbtq-multiracial-mental-health-trevor-project
https://www.axios.com/2022/08/11/lgbtq-multiracial-mental-health-trevor-project
https://www.axios.com/local/columbus/2022/08/24/where-kids-help-during-strike-columbus
https://www.axios.com/local/columbus/2022/08/24/where-kids-help-during-strike-columbus
https://www.axios.com/2022/08/17/house-higher-office-elections
https://www.axios.com/2022/08/17/house-higher-office-elections
https://www.axios.com/2022/08/23/parental-leave-paternity-leave-maternity-leave
https://www.axios.com/2022/08/23/parental-leave-paternity-leave-maternity-leave
https://www.axios.com/2022/06/16/journalists-media-trust-survey
https://www.axios.com/2022/06/16/journalists-media-trust-survey
https://www.axios.com/2023/05/02/taiwan-war-us-philippines-japan-korea-australia
https://www.axios.com/2023/05/02/taiwan-war-us-philippines-japan-korea-australia
This was part of my senior thesis on Jewish candidate success in congressional primaries
This was part of my senior thesis on Jewish candidate success in congressional primaries
https://www.axios.com/2022/08/26/countries-where-former-leaders-jailed-charged
https://www.axios.com/2022/08/26/countries-where-former-leaders-jailed-charged
https://www.axios.com/2023/03/22/treasury-bond-market-volatility-bofa-move-index-fed-meeting
https://www.axios.com/2023/03/22/treasury-bond-market-volatility-bofa-move-index-fed-meeting
https://www.axios.com/2023/02/09/half-of-americans-have-financial-blues
https://www.axios.com/2023/02/09/half-of-americans-have-financial-blues
https://www.axios.com/2023/01/13/short-video-creativity-crisis-tiktok-internet
https://www.axios.com/2023/01/13/short-video-creativity-crisis-tiktok-internet
https://www.axios.com/local/dallas/2023/02/07/economy-soft-landing-texas-2023
https://www.axios.com/local/dallas/2023/02/07/economy-soft-landing-texas-2023

Here are some select charts I made for college assignments — all of these are done purely in R, I really enjoy pushing the boundaries of ggplot and exploring other R packages!

This bump chart made in R allowed me to determine the most appropriate statistical model to use for a project by visualizing the relative accuracy according to various measures of fit.
This bump chart made in R allowed me to determine the most appropriate statistical model to use for a project by visualizing the relative accuracy according to various measures of fit.
This R chart was from a larger project looking at factors that contribute to people on the NYC municipal payroll quitting their jobs. I was specifically interested at looking at gender disparity, the data are available here: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/Citywide-Payroll-Data-Fiscal-Year-/k397-673e
This R chart was from a larger project looking at factors that contribute to people on the NYC municipal payroll quitting their jobs. I was specifically interested at looking at gender disparity, the data are available here: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/Citywide-Payroll-Data-Fiscal-Year-/k397-673e
This R chart was from a larger project looking at factors that contribute to people on the NYC municipal payroll quitting their jobs. I was specifically interested at looking at gender disparity, the data are available here: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/Citywide-Payroll-Data-Fiscal-Year-/k397-673e
This R chart was from a larger project looking at factors that contribute to people on the NYC municipal payroll quitting their jobs. I was specifically interested at looking at gender disparity, the data are available here: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/Citywide-Payroll-Data-Fiscal-Year-/k397-673e
This was part of a final project I did on Spotify playlists for a machine learning class, done entirely in R
This was part of a final project I did on Spotify playlists for a machine learning class, done entirely in R
As part of a semester long research project I did into the relationship between the nationalization of US elections at the state to federal level and the death of the local news industry, I made 30+ visuals in R, including these scatterplots displaying the relationship between circulation and publication per capita of local news within counties and the rate of turnout in US House elections.
As part of a semester long research project I did into the relationship between the nationalization of US elections at the state to federal level and the death of the local news industry, I made 30+ visuals in R, including these scatterplots displaying the relationship between circulation and publication per capita of local news within counties and the rate of turnout in US House elections.
As part of a semester long research project I did into the relationship between the nationalization of US elections at the state to federal level and the death of the local news industry, I made 30+ visuals, including these maps made in R that shows the publication of local newspapers by county over time.
As part of a semester long research project I did into the relationship between the nationalization of US elections at the state to federal level and the death of the local news industry, I made 30+ visuals, including these maps made in R that shows the publication of local newspapers by county over time.
This was part of a final project I did on Spotify playlists for a machine learning class, done entirely in R
This was part of a final project I did on Spotify playlists for a machine learning class, done entirely in R
This was part of a final project I did on Spotify playlists for a machine learning class, done entirely in R
This was part of a final project I did on Spotify playlists for a machine learning class, done entirely in R
This was part of my senior thesis on Jewish candidate success in congressional primaries
This was part of my senior thesis on Jewish candidate success in congressional primaries
This was part of a final project I did on Spotify playlists for a machine learning class, done entirely in R
This was part of a final project I did on Spotify playlists for a machine learning class, done entirely in R

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