Mirjam Leunissen is a data journalist and visualization specialist with a scientific brain and a passion for visual storytelling.
I design and develop data visualizations for the web. On all topics, from the very small and personal, to big societal issues. Starting with my own data and analysis, international open data or your proprietary research. And always selecting the form that best gets the point across, from stand-alone site to web animation or social media imagery. In addition, I share my knowledge and inspire others through training and public presentations.
First of all, I sketch, discuss, and refine my design concept and prototypes, using digital pen and paper or Adobe XD. I then bring my ideas to life with a wide variety of tools for data wrangling, storyboarding, visualization and interactive storytelling. Besides R, the Adobe Creative Cloud and HTML5/CSS3 these frequently include:
I experiment with many different formats to make topics more tangible and to let readers explore and experience certain issues for themselves. If you don’t speak Dutch, you can view my projects with Chrome page translate.
I am an Amsterdam-based data journalist and visualization specialist with a PhD in physics and chemistry. I spend most of my time at national newspaper ‘de Volkskrant’.
I tell data-driven stories and convert complex information to actionable insight. Because the best visualizations readily reveal the big picture, the important patterns and the remarkable anomalies. My user-centered designs do so in an intuitive and engaging way.