Jen Christiansen

Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪

Interested in communicating science with data graphics? I'm excited to be leading one of three virtual workshops on the topic for @graphichunters.bsky.social on Nov 23. 📊 #scicomm More info here: www.eventbrite.com/e/beautiful-...

Visualising Climate is just two weeks away. I haven't been this excited about a conference for more than a decade. And it won't be a one-time event; we've already chosen the location for the 2027 edition, which we'll announce on November 6th 1/x

Anyone else feeling like this (image below), when it comes to being cut off from access to federal data that supports informed conversations about the ripple effects of climate change? Read more here: www.jenchristiansen.com/climate/data... #scicomm #climate #infodesign #sciart 📊 🧪

Hungry for info about how social influence impacts people's climate-related views & actions? I made this graphic rooted in a paper on the topic by @samhampton.bsky.social @brionylatter.bsky.social & @lwhitmarsh.bsky.social Read more here: www.jenchristiansen.com/climate/soci... 🧪 #scicomm #climate

One of the msot famous data visualizations of all time actually does a lot of things wrong. No axes, no labels, no text or numbers at all! But does that make it a bad chart? www.not-ship.com/warming-stri...

In the newsletter: "Visualization as epistemic representation" openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/visualizat... Or: Building bridges between information design and the philosophy of science & scientific representation #dataViz #dataVisualization #infographics

Looking forward to speaking in New York on Monday, September 21 as part of the "Underground Science. Underground Stories." panel at Narrative Change Summit @ the Climate Film Festival 2026 during #ClimateWeekNYC luma.com/usdw1nsy Come by and say hi in case you are around!

Excellent #dataviz community @bsky.app #starter-pack go.bsky.app/R3nSyyy by @chezvoila.com Follow the best in the world and share!

An intensive Climate Solutions and Strategies course I’ve enrolled in had its first session today. And damn, I’m excited. Such a warm welcome from the organizers, who are serious about fostering a co-learning community of care. Bring on the readings, lectures, conversations, and projects! 😍🌏📓

Looking forward to this! 📊 #sciart

Thoughts about GenAI & design in the newsletter: "Cognitive augmentation, cognitive surrender, and oblivious centaurs" openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/cognitive-... #dataViz #infographics #dataJournalism #dataVisualization

Information Design Conference in the Netherlands has been on my bucket list for a while. So excited to be participating this year as a speaker! Perhaps I’ll see you there? Event is Oct 30. More info here: www.informationdesigncon.eu 📊 #dataviz #infodesign #IDC26

Today at 10 AM EDT Sotheby's will start the live bidding on its natural history auction featuring one of the largest, most complete skeletons of T. rex ever found. It could fetch $30M+ and go to a private collector. Here's what science--and the public--stand to lose. My story for @wired.com 🧪

On July 18 I’ll be moderating a panel with Matthew Butterick, James Silverberg, and Bill Westwood on Artists' Rights in the Face of AI. Interested in joining us? Register for the Guild of Natural Illustrators virtual conference: www.gnsi.org/conference/2... #sciart @gnsiart.bsky.social

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Today is my last day at Scientific American, which has been sold to LabX media group. For three decades I've led the magazine's coverage of human origins, archaeology, paleontology, animal behavior, ecology, BIRDS. End of an era. Anyway this feels weird to say, but I'm now available for assignments!

Scientific American is being sold to LabX Media, publisher of Discover: group.springernature.com/gp/group/med... They've fired me and other union staff, ahead of June 26 vote ratification. My rates are suddenly more reasonable, if you need editing or reporting - Argonaut2026@gmail.com

Find a tick after a hike this weekend? My @sciam.bsky.social colleague @katewong.bsky.social calmly walks you through what to do, and beautiful identification illustrations by Diogo Guerra won’t gross you out as you arm yourself with information. www.scientificamerican.com/article/got-... 🧪 #sciart

Meet our inaugural class of Young American Scientists: 28 researchers who are redefining the future of science. sciam.com/youngscientists

My latest for @sciam.bsky.social: global academic freedom trends www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪 📊 #dataviz

This is fascinating! 🤩 Such a good investigative story about the ubiquitous place holding text—with a more satisfying conclusion than you might expect. m.youtube.com/watch?v=kL1P... (Thanks to @parshallison.bsky.social for sharing it with me)

Everything feels the same. And AI won't help. Over and over, researchers put AI image generators in a feedback loop. All starting with a different prompt. What did they do? They converged on the same 12 generic image themes. They called it "visual elevator music." www.not-ship.com/nothing-new/

In which Violet Frances describes how she developed the June @sciam.bsky.social cover art. The journey includes a print of Grace Jones & grappling w/what it means to be an artist in the age of generative AI. (Collabs like this one are why I love my job.) www.violetfrances.com/casestudies/... #SciArt