Joshua Stevens
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Cartography & Visual Storytelling

Joshua Stevens

I combine journalism and design to understand and communicate about our planet.

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Selected work

A sample of my favorite work.

Mapping Africa’s Ball Python Exports

Visualizing a half century and millions of snakes exported from West Africa.

Eikon: A Library of the Saints

Hundreds of Orthodox icons, searchable by saint, feast, and where they were made.

Phosphor: Smarter Color Ramps

Create and share perceptually uniform color ramps for data visualization.

Canadian Smoke Blankets US Skies

Animating smoke forecasts during the summer of 2026.

Produce Parasite Sickens in Michigan

Interactive map tracking tens of thousands sickened by contaminated produce.

How Storms Shape Words

Whether you say 'fireflies' or 'lightning bugs' might come down to the weather.

Earth in Action

Automated, animated maps of Earth's dynamic processes generated daily.
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As seen in

NASA The New York Times NBC Nature TIME National Geographic Discovery

From the blog

Notes on cartography, code, and visual storytelling

Tutorials, behind-the-scenes breakdowns, and essays on map design and data visualization.

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