Thank you, Alberto! 🙏🏼

Hi, it's Hannah! 👋🏼 Here for a quick catch up and a little ChitChart

“ChitChart with Hannah”, my social media series, finally has a home! This first post is just a hello:
👉 chitchart.beehiiv.com/p/hi-its-han...

I am interested to hear what you'd like me to cover, and I'd be grateful if you share it and subscribe! 💫

This story started with a copy of "Maps on Vinyl" from The Map Center.

Thank you for taking the course, and for sharing!
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1.1 Introduction - Cartography and Map Design with QGIS - Open Visualization Academy

“This is what I like about mapping — you can exercise your creativity but there’s a lot of technical skill.“

@hannahdormido.bsky.social in her Open Visualization Academy course on mapping with QGIS: openvisualizationacademy.org/courses/cart...

The Dormidots Tiny Atlas is officially live. 🗺️✨

51 hand-drawn ACEO map prints featuring all 50 states + Washington DC, created as part of the Dormidots collection.

These are available at www.studio6101.com

Appreciate this, @joshuajfriedman.com!

@pammarrone.bsky.social Thank you so much! I’m really proud of that story, and I look forward to covering more of those. I’m really interested and fascinated with invasive species (and animals / nature in general), but I’ve not had much opportunity to report on them. Hopefully in the future! 🤞🏼

@hannahrecht.bsky.social Thank you, Hannah! I appreciate you. It’s been a privilege to work with you and hope we get to work together again at some point! 🙏🏼

Appreciate you @kennethfield.bsky.social, and thank you for this!

Thank you, Adam!!! I’ve kept them to myself for years now, but I’m ready to share them to the world (though really, a little scared, too haha)

Hannah 😭 Thank you! I’ll share the link here tomorrow. This is a little scary — putting these maps out into the world, but I hope they would bring people joy.

I can be reached at dormidohannah@gmail.com or via DMs. Thanks to everyone who has already reached out. Excited for what awaits me, even if some days I get really sad.

It’s been a weird and hard month, but it is a reminder that it's a few bad days and not a bad life.✨

I plan to keep doing this work; to push the boundaries of visual storytelling and finding new ways to make complex information clear, engaging, and human.

If your organization is expanding or investing in visual storytelling, cartography, or graphics, I would love to chat about opportunities.

A little late update here: A month ago, I was laid off from The Washington Post, along with hundreds of my colleagues.

I’m incredibly proud of the reporting and visual storytelling I’ve done over the past five years, alongside some of the best journalists in the industry.

Stack of tiny art cards showing U.S. state maps drawn with dot patterns, promoting “The Dormidots Tiny Atlas of the United States,” a set of 51 ACEO prints launching March 8.

From my sketchbook to your map collection: ✨ The Dormidots Tiny Atlas of the United States ✨

This series features 51 Dormidots ACEO map prints — all 📍50 states plus Washington, DC.

Launching March 8. www.studio6101.com

Or on Instagram @studio.6101
www.instagram.com/p/DVlwQ1eDX8...

Screenshot of Gurman Bhatia's course

In the Open Visualization Academy:

NEW COURSE: The Craft of Building Stories with Data, by @chartwaali.bsky.social: openvisualizationacademy.org/courses/the-...

Newsletter: Open Source Fuels the Future of Visualization (P.4 4) by Melissa Strong: openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/how-open-s...

Bloomin A guide to capturing springtime bliss and centuries old design in map form

Ready for spring and for cherry blossoms to make an appearance!

In the meantime I'll be enjoying these beautiful photographs by @hannahdormido.bsky.social

www.instagram.com/p/DKn0mT3Oly...

...and reading about illustrated cherry blossom maps by @moriartymaps.com

moriartynaps.org/cherry/

Just days ago, @hannahdormido.bsky.social and I explained how large Trump's proposed arch near Arlington Cemetery would be, and how it would change DC's skyline.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

@hannahdormido.bsky.social Chit charts host, Dormidots creator, NACIS president herself! You cannot top her cartographic, design prowess. Hit CMD+Y on her artboards if you DARE. Her important and seamless map work is impossible to recreate. hannahdormido.com

Trump wants to build a 250-foot-tall arch, dwarfing the Lincoln Memorial The president is eying a plot of land near Memorial Bridge. The art critic who proposed the idea called for a smaller arch or for Trump to pick a new site.

New at @washingtonpost.com:

Trump wants to build a *250-ft-tall arch*, for America’s 250th anniversary

The structure would tower over nearby memorials — changing DC’s skyline and blocking views of the Lincoln Memorial

It’s also spooking experts who say it’s just too big

I spoke with the art critic, Catesby Leigh, who proposed original idea — a 60-ft temporary arch.

Trump has enlarged it and plans to make it permanent, alarming Leigh and others who say it threatens DC vista and history

@hannahdormido.bsky.social @timmeko.bsky.social show how views would change

Congratulations, Alberto! Thank you for creating this, and I am honored that I am part of such a wonderful project. This will especially be amazing for folks who do not have access to these trainings in school, like my younger self when I was studying in the Philippines. Grateful for you!

Our instructors include @hannahdormido.bsky.social @frank.computer Hiram Henriquez @laurenfklein.bsky.social , @kanarinka.bsky.social Joy Victor, Ray Balise, @lmelgar.bsky.social @rodolfoalmd.nucleo.jor.br @ebertini.bsky.social and many others who will be producing content in 2026 and 2027 7/x

The Open Visualization Academy is live!!!

I’ve always been passionate about skill-sharing cos a lot of my skills I learned from others who were gracious enough to do videos and tutorials.

I hope this helps folks out there on their data visualization journey! Thank you for this, @albertocairo.com!

They retired from the government. Now they’re back, protecting forests Trump abandoned. The U.S. Forest Service lost thousands of workers under Trump. Volunteers and retirees are trying to help — but things are breaking.

Come with me to Lander, Wyo. to meet Bill, Lee and Barb. They were supposed to be retired from the Forest Service. But they're back as volunteers — driving 100s of miles a week, cleaning 5 bathrooms a day — determined to protect forests Trump abandoned. wapo.st/4r4727z

Please read this story, which wouldn't exist w/o our brilliant @washingtonpost.com team: Matt McClain Kelley French @mikemadden.bsky.social @kamaria.bsky.social @hannahdormido.bsky.social @maureenlinke.bsky.social Andrew Braford Tyler Remmel Christian Font Jeremy Hester @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social

Reuters journalists awarded inaugural Pamela Tobey Award for Excellence in Visual Storytelling - Journalism Institute Reuters journalists are the first recipients of the inaugural Pamela Tobey Award for Excellence in Visual Storytelling, housed in the National Press Club Journalism Institute. The award recognizes wor...

Volunteer judges included award namesake Pamela Tobey, a distinguished graphics editor; Chris Alcantara, visual journalist at @propublica.org; and @hannahdormido.bsky.social, graphics reporter and cartographer at @washingtonpost.com.

Learn more: www.pressclubinstitute.org/2025/11/13/r...

✨We're thrilled to share that a team of @reuters.com journalists have been awarded the inaugural Pamela Tobey Award for Excellence in Visual Storytelling.

This award recognizes work that pushes the boundaries of compelling storytelling through decisive design choices.

@capitalweather.bsky.social 👋