my name is mona taliban and i'm a data journalist my job is to find numbers in all sorts of different places and then turn them into images that people will understand and connect to. i always try to think of ways to connect the subject matter with the visualisation itself so that people can automatically see what the data visualisation is all about. if it's about me copies being fined in france outdrawn a copy and if it's about the k.k.k. i will draw a k.k.k. hood it is about sleep odors sleepy face is about the greek economy taking a dive then i'm going to draw a diver i hope that by creating handle illustrations it doesn't alienate people it doesn't make people who are like i'm not smart enough to understand this which is a big problem with i would say traditional dates janet i'm. when i create an illustration i don't just assume that because i understand other people understand it i share that illustration with people who don't work in my field whatsoever about that you know my mom sometimes and also when i get there and that really really unfold. and very often their response mak