Fiona Martin

Visual Journalist at Seattle Times | Founder of Visualizing Science | 🏆Pulitzer Finalist | 🎨🗺️📉 Distilling complex concepts into beautiful visuals

[Fiona Martin @vizscience]

You might know #Humpy, the floatie-wearing Seattle Mariners mascot who finally won the Salmon Run last season. But the real humpies, pink salmon, are telling a much bigger story. See how one winner can reshape an entire ecosystem: https://t.co/qKLOq1rSds #visualjournalism #sciart

[Fiona Martin @vizscience]

This happened… in 2026.

[Gita Gopinath @GitaGopinath]

A painting of the end of meritocracy: A meeting of the two largest economies and not one woman at the table.

[The Seattle Times @seattletimes]

Humpies, or pink salmon, are among the world’s so-called climate winners. They have become the top salmon in the North Pacific, fueled in part by ocean heating. https://t.co/ZlULFU6p6B

[Ryan Hall, Y’all @ryanhallyall]

Whoa. Right across the water from the SEATTLE skyline, a fully condensed waterspout is actually churning just offshore. Sara Mae filmed this straight from her window. live now https://t.co/iVAI5SxGrw

[Jay Inslee @JayInslee]

Dead whales don’t usually talk. But one did symbolically tuesday when it died at the foot of the March Point refinery. Gray whales are starving to death due to climate change caused by oil pollution.
Whales need clean energy. So do we. https://t.co/sghpAgQdem

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

What the Artemis II astronauts did over the last 10 days was a testament to their bravery. And the fact that they traveled farther from Earth than anyone ever has, re-entered our atmosphere at more than 24,000 mph, and splashed down safely was a testament to human ingenuity. Thanks to everyone at @NASA for making this mission possible, and for taking us along for the ride.

[Fiona Martin @vizscience]

@astraiacore .

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

The Mariners do a Salmon Run at every game and one fish, Humpy, has never won

Last night Humpy finally pulled it off in the 15th inning and the Mariners promptly walked it off

[Fiona Martin @vizscience]

In my last post, the cute teaser image next to my story link mysteriously disappeared! 🫥 So here it is, along with a few more animals. Illustrated digitally in Procreate. #sciart #scicomm #climate

Read about WA's alpine country: https://t.co/fQTa91bsMj

[Fiona Martin @vizscience]

Washington's #glaciers are melting. In this illustrated guide, we explore how #snowpack is declining, alpine ecosystems are shifting, and what species might be lost 🏔️ https://t.co/fQTa91bsMj ✍️ by @seattletimes staff, 🎨 by @vizscience. #sciart #scicomm #alpine #pika #marmot

[Wu Tang is for the Children @WUTangKids]

Apparently it is once again time to bring back the lesson on tariffs from Ferris Bueller

[Fiona Martin @vizscience]

@Rudebot_Docs Hi, I'm working on a graphic timeline of Ziz events. Can you please send me a copy of the video? Thx!

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

This is the world's first floating, high-altitude #solar farm. It can power 6,100 homes.

We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate

#ClimateEmergency #climateaction #climate #energy #tech #renewables #GreenNewDeal

[Fiona Martin @vizscience]

Here's some of my favorite projects with @seattletimes over the past year. Love working here! FYI we are looking to add another talented Graphic Artist to our team. Must be local (or willing to relocate) and experienced in #dataviz and #sciart: https://t.co/ffaCdmd9gs

[Fiona Martin @vizscience]

Just a heads-up to any #sciart peeps who are looking for a quality staff job: The Seattle Times is looking for a PNW-based Graphic Artist who specializes in #infographics, #dataviz and #scienceillustration. See the details here: https://t.co/ffaCdmd9gs

[Fiona Martin @vizscience]

Education polarization now top indicator of how people vote in WA. Communication across party lines is desperately needed. Brilliant writing by Westneat ⁦@seattletimes⁩ 🗞️ #education #freepress #scicomm #sciart #infographics #dataviz https://t.co/wofG3VimB3

[Fiona Martin @vizscience]

Seattle Times is looking for an experienced Director of Graphics and Design. Create #infographics/#dataviz; supervise a team of artists/developers/designers; brainstorm with reporters/editors on innovative approaches. https://t.co/1ANx4h7eBr #newsart #sciart #scicomm #artdirector

[Mike Reicher @mreicher]

We dug into Washington's most expensive salmon recovery program ever. The state is spending up to $7.8 billion to replace highway culverts - basically pipes - that block salmon. But we found many projects are useless today. Fish can't even get to some... https://t.co/o1zbuurMDg

[Fiona Martin @vizscience]

@FlyingTrilobite Perhaps the main argument against them is that if so-called creative works are generated by machines, then they can't be copyrighted by a human. Do we need a new word for *visual* misinformation? #createdontscrape