Taylor Johnston

Interactive map and table displaying performance scores for dialysis clinics across the U.S. Users can search by clinic name, city, or ZIP code, and filter results based on performance metrics. Each clinic is represented by a circle on the map and a row in the table, with scores based on Medicare-reported quality measures.

One-third of dialysis clinics failed to meet federal standards this year.

Our data team’s latest uncovered serious shortcomings in the quality of care across the dialysis industry and I built an interactive lookup tool so you can see how each clinic performed:

www.cbsnews.com/dialysis/

With peak bloom approaching, here’s a look at the history of peak bloom for the Tidal Basin cherry trees. 🌸

www.cbsnews.com/news/washing...

Our investigation is a semifinalist!

NICAR25 graphic with headshots of speakers. Session title: FINDING THE STORY - Wildfire data. Date: Friday, March 7, 2:15 p.m. Instructors: Grace Manthey and Taylor Johnston of CBS News. The conference will take place March 6-9 in Minneapolis.

Learn how to work with wildfire data at #NICAR25. @cbsnews.com journalists Grace Manthey and @taylorjohnston.bsky.social will show you how to use (and clean) data from the National Interagency Fire Center, and create a basic interactive map with MapLibre. schedules.ire.org/nicar-2025/i...

Next week, I’ll be at #NICAR25 in Minneapolis, teaching sessions on hacking your Datawrapper charts and creating simple wildfire trackers for your newsroom!

Screenshots of various visualizations I've worked on during my first 12 months on the CBS News data team.

One year on the CBS News data team! Here are some of my favorite data visualizations from the past 12 months! It’s been incredible to help shape our team’s viz style guide and see how our charts have evolved. Plus, I had the chance to work on some of CBS’s first ai2html and interactive pieces! ✨