Goodbye, WaPo. It’s time.

It’s White House Correspondents’ Weekend in DC. I attended @beehiiv.com x Shinola’s Celebration of Journalism today (after five straight days of job interviews). I’m home now cos your girl is dead inside🤣 Super grateful for everything this week! PS: My newsletter ChitChart is hosted in Beehiiv!

The latest ChitChart is out! ✨💖 chitchart.beehiiv.com/p/a-little-m...

A little map break (and a lot of mussels)

And a behind-the-scenes look at one of my favorite maps

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Does anyone in DC know what’s going on? It’s happening right now.

“ChitChart with Hannah”, my social media series, finally has a home! This first post is just a hello: 👉 chitchart.beehiiv.com/p/hi-its-han... I am interested to hear what you'd like me to cover, and I'd be grateful if you share it and subscribe! 💫

Hi, it's Hannah! 👋🏼

Here for a quick catch up and a little ChitChart

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This story started with a copy of "Maps on Vinyl" from The Map Center.

WCVB NewsCenter 5, Boston@wcvb5.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Why maps still matter in a digital world | Click on the image to read the full story

“This is what I like about mapping — you can exercise your creativity but there’s a lot of technical skill.“ @hannahdormido.bsky.social in her Open Visualization Academy course on mapping with QGIS: openvisualizationacademy.org/courses/cart...

1.1 Introduction - Cartography and Map Design with QGIS - Open Visualization Academy

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The Dormidots Tiny Atlas is officially live. 🗺️✨ 51 hand-drawn ACEO map prints featuring all 50 states + Washington DC, created as part of the Dormidots collection. These are available at www.studio6101.com

A little late update here: A month ago, I was laid off from The Washington Post, along with hundreds of my colleagues. I’m incredibly proud of the reporting and visual storytelling I’ve done over the past five years, alongside some of the best journalists in the industry.

From my sketchbook to your map collection: ✨ The Dormidots Tiny Atlas of the United States ✨ This series features 51 Dormidots ACEO map prints — all 📍50 states plus Washington, DC. Launching March 8. www.studio6101.com Or on Instagram @studio.6101 www.instagram.com/p/DVlwQ1eDX8...

In the Open Visualization Academy: NEW COURSE: The Craft of Building Stories with Data, by @chartwaali.bsky.social: openvisualizationacademy.org/courses/the-... Newsletter: Open Source Fuels the Future of Visualization (P.4 4) by Melissa Strong: openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/how-open-s...

Ready for spring and for cherry blossoms to make an appearance! In the meantime I'll be enjoying these beautiful photographs by @hannahdormido.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DKn0mT3Oly... ...and reading about illustrated cherry blossom maps by @moriartymaps.com moriartynaps.org/cherry/

Bloomin

A guide to capturing springtime bliss and centuries old design in map form

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Just days ago, @hannahdormido.bsky.social and I explained how large Trump's proposed arch near Arlington Cemetery would be, and how it would change DC's skyline. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

@hannahdormido.bsky.social Chit charts host, Dormidots creator, NACIS president herself! You cannot top her cartographic, design prowess. Hit CMD+Y on her artboards if you DARE. Her important and seamless map work is impossible to recreate. hannahdormido.com

New at @washingtonpost.com: Trump wants to build a *250-ft-tall arch*, for America’s 250th anniversary The structure would tower over nearby memorials — changing DC’s skyline and blocking views of the Lincoln Memorial It’s also spooking experts who say it’s just too big

Trump wants to build a 250-foot-tall arch, dwarfing the Lincoln Memorial

The president is eying a plot of land near Memorial Bridge. The art critic who proposed the idea called for a smaller arch or for Trump to pick a new site.

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I spoke with the art critic, Catesby Leigh, who proposed original idea — a 60-ft temporary arch. Trump has enlarged it and plans to make it permanent, alarming Leigh and others who say it threatens DC vista and history @hannahdormido.bsky.social @timmeko.bsky.social show how views would change

Our instructors include @hannahdormido.bsky.social @frank.computer Hiram Henriquez @laurenfklein.bsky.social , @kanarinka.bsky.social Joy Victor, Ray Balise, @lmelgar.bsky.social @rodolfoalmd.nucleo.jor.br @ebertini.bsky.social and many others who will be producing content in 2026 and 2027 7/x

The Open Visualization Academy is live!!! I’ve always been passionate about skill-sharing cos a lot of my skills I learned from others who were gracious enough to do videos and tutorials. I hope this helps folks out there on their data visualization journey! Thank you for this, @albertocairo.com!

Alberto Cairo@albertocairo.com · 6mo ago

The Open Visualization Academy (OVA) IS LIVE! openvisualizationacademy.org Thread follows #dataViz #infographics #dataJournalism #dataVisualization

Come with me to Lander, Wyo. to meet Bill, Lee and Barb. They were supposed to be retired from the Forest Service. But they're back as volunteers — driving 100s of miles a week, cleaning 5 bathrooms a day — determined to protect forests Trump abandoned. wapo.st/4r4727z

They retired from the government. Now they’re back, protecting forests Trump abandoned.

The U.S. Forest Service lost thousands of workers under Trump. Volunteers and retirees are trying to help — but things are breaking.

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Please read this story, which wouldn't exist w/o our brilliant @washingtonpost.com team: Matt McClain Kelley French @mikemadden.bsky.social @kamaria.bsky.social @hannahdormido.bsky.social @maureenlinke.bsky.social Andrew Braford Tyler Remmel Christian Font Jeremy Hester @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social

Volunteer judges included award namesake Pamela Tobey, a distinguished graphics editor; Chris Alcantara, visual journalist at @propublica.org; and @hannahdormido.bsky.social, graphics reporter and cartographer at @washingtonpost.com. Learn more: www.pressclubinstitute.org/2025/11/13/r...

Reuters journalists awarded inaugural Pamela Tobey Award for Excellence in Visual Storytelling - Journalism Institute

Reuters journalists are the first recipients of the inaugural Pamela Tobey Award for Excellence in Visual Storytelling, housed in the National Press Club Journalism Institute. The award recognizes wor...

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✨We're thrilled to share that a team of @reuters.com journalists have been awarded the inaugural Pamela Tobey Award for Excellence in Visual Storytelling. This award recognizes work that pushes the boundaries of compelling storytelling through decisive design choices.

Northern lights over DC, taken in Arlington, VA. Visible only through my camera, though! Very faint pink and green hues to the naked eye, nut what a visual treat. This made my day! ✨

On A1 for @washingtonpost.com election coverage. With @erxclau.me, Ence Morse, @nickmourtoupalas.bsky.social, Patrick Marley, @azipaybarah.bsky.social, Lydia Sidhom

Computation+Journalism 2025 is a month away (December 11-12); we're finishing the last details of the symposium: cplusj2025.com Here's the full agenda: cplusj2025.com/agenda/ Join us! You can register here ($150 for professionals, $30 for students): events.miami.edu/event/cplusj...

My book, The New American Small Town: Lessons for Sustainable Futures, is out there in the wild! (At my city library, but still)

Maps for Dashboards: #dataviz + #cartography Thomas Neirynck & Jorge Sanz www.linkedin.com/in/thomasnei... www.linkedin.com/in/jsanz/ #NACIS2025

3D printing an interactive map of the South End neighborhood Kent, Ohio: communitygeography.kent.edu/index.php/20... @mapesgeog.bsky.social #NACIS2025

If you are at @nacis.bsky.social 2025 in Louisville give this post a wave so I can be sure to follow you 🗺️♥️👋🏻 #nacis2025 #cartography

1/ Mapped the spread of invasive mussels for @washingtonpost.com. Collaborated with @timmeko.bsky.social on the basemap. Also sketched the mussels to go with the story. Edited by Tim Meko. Not quite the Dormidots style, but kind of. I'll thread the artwork that I showed Tim for inspo on this map.