Bloomberg article about Australian fire aviation

When a reporter for Bloomberg asked me if she could interview me I said OK, as long as I could have the rights to publish the article on my web site — Mira Rojanasakul said yes. I thought the article, written with Hayley Warren, was going to be primarily about air tankers, and those used in Australia in particular, but now that it has been published today I see that it also covers how climate change is affecting wildfires down under and in the United States.

In addition to being a writer, Ms. Rojanasakul is an accomplished graphics editor for Bloomberg. And that’s why I’m writing about this article and why you should check it out. She takes graphics to a higher level.

Here are some samples.

Here is an animated .gif of one of the graphics. The description from the Bloomberg site, “Between July 2019 and February 2020, nearly 40,000 flights by firefighting aircraft were taken over southeast Australia.” A much better and larger animated version is on the Bloomberg website.

it’s Friday, and you’re thinking:

“I wish I could watch an animated map that was created entirely with node-dot-js”

well friends we’ve got what you’re looking for, in this new piece by @rjnskl and @hellococomo https://t.co/CgiDgWMgtH pic.twitter.com/7y5Ku7mAta

— Paul Murray (@plmrry) April 10, 2020