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Taylor Johnston | Data Visualization Designer and Developer

Data journalist, information designer, and developer. I build visual stories at the intersection of data and design.

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"openai.com" was once the personal homepage of a guy named glenn (2001), and "tiktok.com" was the quaint shared homepage of a couple as their relationship progressed from dating to married with a baby (2000). THREAD!!!

I was laid off from CBS News yesterday. Now I’m looking for my next role in data visualization, news graphics and interactive storytelling. If you’re hiring or know of something that could be a fit, I’d love to connect. taylorfayjohnston.com

One-third of dialysis clinics failed to meet federal standards this year. Our data team’s latest uncovered serious shortcomings in the quality of care across the dialysis industry and I built an interactive lookup tool so you can see how each clinic performed: www.cbsnews.com/dialysis/

With peak bloom approaching, here’s a look at the history of peak bloom for the Tidal Basin cherry trees. 🌸 www.cbsnews.com/news/washing...

Our investigation is a semifinalist!

Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy@shorensteinctr.bsky.social · last yr.

Announcing the semifinalists for this year's Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting! This group represents the top 30 entries that our judges deemed to be of extremely high quality and in keeping with the Prize’s criteria for impact on US government: loom.ly/Rqu0D…

Learn how to work with wildfire data at #NICAR25. @cbsnews.com journalists Grace Manthey and @taylorjohnston.bsky.social will show you how to use (and clean) data from the National Interagency Fire Center, and create a basic interactive map with MapLibre. schedules.ire.org/nicar-2025/i...

Next week, I’ll be at #NICAR25 in Minneapolis, teaching sessions on hacking your Datawrapper charts and creating simple wildfire trackers for your newsroom!

One year on the CBS News data team! Here are some of my favorite data visualizations from the past 12 months! It’s been incredible to help shape our team’s viz style guide and see how our charts have evolved. Plus, I had the chance to work on some of CBS’s first ai2html and interactive pieces! ✨