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Explaining the science in the story of a micropreemie

In preparing for the publishing of a sensitive story about a micropreemie, we decided early on in the process that we wanted to try to take some of the burden of explaining the science out of this very moving story. Let the story tell the very human side of the amazing struggle.

The first of the two graphics focuses on the extraordinary challenges and odds facing extraordinary preemies. Micro or extreme preemies are born before 26 weeks of a pregnancy weighing less than 2 pounds, nowhere near physically ready to leave the support and protection of the womb. Parents and doctors are confronted with overwhelming odds in trying to make critical decisions about the fate of these babies.

We hope that by creating this shareable graphic, we could both explain, synthesize and visualize some of the monumental odds faced in this fight for survival as well as help share the amazing story — Never let go by Kelley Benham — that they accompany. Click to view the and share this graphic  on tampabay.com:

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Shareable graphic: A look at the numbers behind Election 2012

No surprise to anyone, Florida is once again the last to resolve the Election results, but on the plus side, the slow process allowed us to revisit the initial concept for this graphic while we waited for final numbers to become available. Still waiting, by the way. Once the outcome started to reveal itself on Election night we quickly realized that the really interesting story would lie in the voter demographics and social media of election 2012, not so much in the final numbers. So here is a look at some interesting pieces of that puzzle that taught the politicians and all of us watchers a lot about how the process has changed.

Once again, I teamed up with Amber McDonald and Anne Glover of the Tampa Bay Times | tampabay.com. and here’s what we came up with. Visit the site to read some of the related coverage and share the graphic: