{"id":1844332,"date":"2025-07-03T19:56:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T23:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1844332"},"modified":"2025-07-03T19:56:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T23:56:18","slug":"making-maps-in-the-newsroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/07\/making-maps-in-the-newsroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Maps in the Newsroom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Making Maps for the News | Behind the Map\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zF6z_Z7m9gI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Before joining Esri, Lauren Tierney spent a number of years making maps for the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/tag\/washington-post\/\">Washington Post<\/a><\/em>. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maps.com\/making-maps-in-newsrooms-interview-with-lauren-tierney\/\">this interview with Maps.com editor-in-chief Robby Deming<\/a> she talks about her experiences making maps in the newsroom and the role of maps in journalism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before joining Esri, Lauren Tierney spent a number of years making maps for the Washington Post. In this interview with Maps.com editor-in-chief Robby Deming she talks about her experiences making maps in the newsroom and&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/07\/making-maps-in-the-newsroom\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[352],"class_list":["post-1844332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-cartography","tag-journalism","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3134,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/10\/fewer-maps-but-better-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1844332,"position":0},"title":"Fewer Maps, But Better Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"23 October 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"Alan Smith of the\u00a0Financial Times adds to the conversation about when to use a map to present your\u00a0data, when not to\u2014he gives an example where a gridded infographic is a much better choice than a map\u2014and when more than one map is required to tell the whole story. \"So as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cartography&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cartography","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/cartography\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3213,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/11\/more-election-cartography-primers\/","url_meta":{"origin":1844332,"position":1},"title":"More Election Cartography Primers","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"1 November 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Today, print subscribers to the\u00a0New York Times\u00a0were treated to a fold-out map showing a\u00a0choropleth map of the 2012 election results at the ZIP code level (above). \"The map is part of a special election section that aims to help explain the political geography of the United States \u2014 identifying where\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cartography&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cartography","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/cartography\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"nyt-foldout-map","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/nyt-foldout-map-1024x430.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/nyt-foldout-map-1024x430.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/nyt-foldout-map-1024x430.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/nyt-foldout-map-1024x430.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4183,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/04\/new-york-times-maps-receive-infographic-award\/","url_meta":{"origin":1844332,"position":2},"title":"New York Times Maps Receive Infographic Award","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"4 April 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"The\u00a0New York Times\u00a0Graphics Department\u00a0was recognized at the 25th Malofiej International Infographics Awards, where the jury awarded the special\u00a0Miguel Urabayen Award for the best map to\u00a0two Times\u00a0maps:\u00a0\u201cTrump's America\u201d in the printed category and \u201cThe Two Americas of 2016\u201d (above) in the online category. 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