Details
Date & Time
Saturday, September 19
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Location
Zoom
Speakers
Christina Animashaun
News graphics designer for Vox
They | Them | Theirs
They produce and edit news graphics, data visualization, photography, and illustration for breaking news, enterprise and editorial features. Prior to Vox, they worked as a graphics reporter at Politico and as a researcher at the Investigative Reporting Workshop.
WebsitePlatform and Prerequisites
This event will be streamed via Zoom. In order to participate fully, attendees should plan to join on the Zoom app via their computer, tablet, or mobile device with enough bandwidth to support viewing video. In order to ensure only those who have registered for the event are able to attend — and to create space for intimate conversations — only those whose display name fully matches the name on our registration list will be admitted from the waiting room. You can find more about joining our virtual events, including how to connect, directions to troubleshoot, and information about our refund policy in our FAQ.
Prerequisites
The workshop will be designed for beginners to be able to participate. The instructor will share a data set that participants can open in Excel or Google Sheets. The instructor will screen share and use Flourish for the chart demo. Participants can follow along at home with the free version of Flourish by signing up with their email.
Accessibility and Accommodations
All DCDW events will have real-time CART (live captioning) services. If you need any additional accommodations, please contact us before 9/14 by, through the provided Google Form, or by phone. We honor your privacy and no personally identifying information (e.g. your name) is required to request an accommodation.
- Request an accommodation through this Google Form
- Email us at accessibility@dc.aiga.org.
- Call our Accessibility Lead, Josh Kim, by phone at 571-302-1504
You can learn more about how we’re making DC Design Week an accessible experience by visiting our page on accessibility.
Code of Conduct
All AIGA DC events adhere to our Code of Conduct .
More Information
Built by 100% volunteer power, DC Design Week is an annual celebration of this community, hosted by AIGA DC. AIGA Member On-Sale begins 9/5 at 10:00am and the General Public On-Sale begins 9/10 at 10:00am. 100% of the proceeds from DCDW events go toward future AIGA DC programming and the Design Continuum Fund (DCF) scholarship fund. We believe in fostering the next generation of designers through helping local design-minded and underrepresented students as they pursue their education.
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