Sondre Ulvund Solstad

@TheEconomist's Senior Data Journalist &
@Harvard University @IQSS affiliate

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Very pleased to be shortlisted for Best Digital Storytelling at the Future of Media Awards.

The nominated piece drew on data from conflict monitors, satellites and other sources to cover the Iran war while it was still unfolding:
https://t.co/nNxiNfxAbF

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Here is the winner on baby names, which, I am told, have helped many people name their child: https://t.co/FhfSkRYSPM

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2x! Delighted to have two of my projects recognised by the @RoyalStatSoc at their annual awards. My piece on baby names—and what they reveal about culture—won, while my analysis of Russia’s offensive and estimates of its losses was highly commended. Team efforts both!

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@vitorbaptista Something like this perhaps? Glad you liked it.

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Our cover this week. To mark the United States’ 250th birthday, I decided to assess its position in the world over the centuries, starting with its economy.

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@WeiseFranklin @TheEconomist Thank you so much @WeiseFranklin -- and credit for the chart should be joint with design genius @MatterofMatt

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@shashj Glad you are finding Talkie useful too---absolutely fascinating. Was very neat to have for the briefing last week I thought

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Yet on this dimension and many others, America’s relative position is not what it once was. And decisions being made now may bulk up some forms of power and starve others. https://t.co/QM0zHVOXsH

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Measuring the size of economies going back centuries is tricky, but starting in 1820, a picture can be drawn. It shows the remarkable rise of a small country to world dominance.

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@clement_molin (To put it perhaps a bit more simply: the claim made does not apply to this chart or to the article.)

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@clement_molin Hi, in part for the reason you outline, we--including in this chart--do not count Russian-infiltrated areas as Russia-controlled. Instead, we show (as the chart suggests) the change in Russia-controlled Ukraine.

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@littmath I find them to be very unpredictable too--almost feels like I'm talking to different people, if that makes sense--extremely careful and creative in some settings, making elementary mistakes the next.

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Reported intercepted attacks, and assumptions about the number of interceptors used per missile, and share of drones shot down by them, make it possible to estimate the total number used:
https://t.co/6cMbD8xV6N

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@clary_co Thanks!

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And some differences in strikes between week one and week two:

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Latest on the war--clear dip in incoming drones to Bahrain, Qatar and UAE. https://t.co/KRWzr9Y0jO

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@LykinsGerry Thermal data from satellites which cannot say why something is very hot only that it is. Explained at link.

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Data has obviously since come in. I process updates 3x daily. So far, it is pointing in the same direction as trends in the charts above. We show a selection of the latest here: https://t.co/wM6Kjgq7l1

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I analysed data on 788 distinct attacks, 1,860 missile and drone launches, and abnormal “high-temperature events”, such as fires, at 208 strategic sites. It suggested the war has entered a new phase. https://t.co/nNxiNfxAbF