Each year, US cities give thousands of homeless people one-way bus tickets out of town. An 18-month nationwide investigation by The Guardian reveals what really happens at journey’s end. From looking at the big picture of the more than 34,000 journeys that were gathered, down to the individual. This article combines text, animated data visualizations, photography & videos to create one compelling piece to show the readers the impact of the journeys taken. I was one of the main people responsible for getting this story told and during the talk I will take you through a few of the major points of the design process behind the piece. How I & Shirley Wu joined the project and dove into 4 hectic months of data cleaning, analysis, designing, prototyping and finally putting everything together into one page that had to look good on practically any digital device with a screen.
