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Hey yo, we have Jen Christiansen from Scientific American with us in DS#52.\n\nJen is art director of information graphics at Scientific American magazine where she is been for about then years and she has a background in natural science illustration from the University of California, Santa Cruz.\n\nScience communication is one of our favorite topics and we are so happy to have such an amazing expert like Jen on the show. Jen reveals the nitty gritty of scientific visualization and illustration as experienced by one of the top scientific communication magazines in the world.\n\n"How does a scientific piece come to life? Where does an idea for a new piece come from? How do they interact with the scientists to make sure everything they report is accurate and yet accessible for a broad audience? And what does need to be done before an illustration gets ready for print?"\n\nWe discuss this and many other questions with Jen. Enjoy the show!\n\nThis episode of Data Stories is sponsored by Tableau. You can download a free trial at http://tableau.com/datastories.\njen-christiansen\n\nLINKS\n\nJen Christiansen\u2019s home page http://jenchristiansen.com\nScientific American: http://scientificamerican.com\nA Look under the Hood of Online Data Visualization (collection of SciAm graphics from the past)\nWhere the Wild Bees Are: Documenting a Loss of Native Bee Species between the 1800s and 2010s (Piece on Bees done with Moritz) (project\u2019s page from Moritz)\nJan Willem Tulp\u2019s The Flavor Connection (on food pairings theory) - and original scientific article and graphics from Barab\xe1si\u2019s lab (pdf)\nPop Culture Pulsar: Origin Story of Joy Division\u2019s Unknown Pleasures Album Cover (artists using scientists' images - transcending the context of a visualization)