About Ben Jones

Ben Jones is the founder and CEO of Data Literacy, LLC, a training and education company that's on a mission to help people learn the language of data. Ben also teaches data visualization at the University of Washington, he's the author of Avoiding Data Pitfalls (Wiley, 2019) and Communicating Data With Tableau (O'Reilly 2014) and he writes about data topics at his blog DataRemixed.com.

Amazon Canceled, We Delivered: Get Your Ebook Now for Less!

Amazon Canceled, We Delivered: Get Your Ebook Now for Less! Due to a processing delay on their end, Amazon cancelled & refunded all pre-orders of the ebook Data Literacy Fundamentals, 2nd edition. We found out about it when customers did – late last night. Yikes!  Get it from US Instead! [...]

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6 Must-Have Skills to Thrive as a Data Analyst in 2025

6 Must-Have Skills to Thrive as a Data Analyst in 2025 The following article first appeared in Forbes Business Council on December 27, 2024. In a world increasingly focused on data and AI, the role of the data analyst has become essential. Organizations of all types and sizes desperately need employees [...]

By |2025-02-07T09:09:10-07:00February 7th, 2025|Thought Leadership|Comments Off on 6 Must-Have Skills to Thrive as a Data Analyst in 2025

Now Available for Pre-Order: Data Literacy Fundamentals, 2nd Edition

Now Available for Pre-Order: Data Literacy Fundamentals, 2nd Edition It has been almost five years since we published the first edition of the book Data Literacy Fundamentals. It has been our best-selling book over the past five years, and it captures the teachings of the course of the same name that we [...]

By |2025-01-28T13:29:58-07:00January 28th, 2025|Announcements|Comments Off on Now Available for Pre-Order: Data Literacy Fundamentals, 2nd Edition

Announcing the New Data Literacy Score: Enhanced Assessment for the AI Era

Announcing the New Data Literacy Score: An Enhanced Assessment for the AI Era Five years ago, we launched the Data Literacy Score™ with a mission to help organizations measure, understand, and improve their data capabilities. Since then, many thousands of professionals have responded worldwide, providing their organizations with actionable insights to develop [...]

By |2025-01-16T20:03:48-07:00January 16th, 2025|Announcements|Comments Off on Announcing the New Data Literacy Score: Enhanced Assessment for the AI Era

Why Sora Struggles With Real-World Physics

Why Sora Struggles with Real-World Physics By Ben Jones, co-founder and CEO of Data Literacy, and author of AI Literacy Fundamentals Before reading this article, watch this 5 second AI-generated video clip: What happens when AI tries to generate videos that mimic our physical world? In this article, I'd like [...]

By |2024-12-17T14:29:53-07:00December 15th, 2024|Reviews|Comments Off on Why Sora Struggles With Real-World Physics

Happy 6th Birthday, Data Literacy!

Happy 6th Birthday, Data Literacy! (This post was written by Ben Jones, with zero assistance from LLMs.) A Data Story of Survival Today, December 5th, 2024, marks the sixth anniversary of the launch of Data Literacy as a company! That's no small feat, considering that, according to the U.S. Bureau [...]

By |2024-12-06T10:50:56-07:00December 5th, 2024|Personal Stories|Comments Off on Happy 6th Birthday, Data Literacy!

NOW AVAILABLE: Advancing Responsible AI

NOW AVAILABLE: Advancing Responsible AI We're proud to announce that our next course, Advancing Responsible AI, is now available for individual learners and corporate groups. This is the third course in our AI Literacy series, following AI Literacy Fundamentals and Harnessing Generative AI. This series complements our best-in-class Data Literacy series, providing [...]

By |2024-11-19T11:13:42-07:00November 19th, 2024|Announcements|Comments Off on NOW AVAILABLE: Advancing Responsible AI

Data Literacy for U.S. Voters, Part 5: All Eyes on the Swing States

Data Literacy for U.S. Voters Part 3: All Eyes on the Swing States This is the fifth part of our blog post series, Data Literacy for U.S. Voters. In the first part, we touched on the timing of U.S. elections, from the White House all the way down to your local [...]

By |2024-11-04T21:34:41-07:00November 4th, 2024|Governments, Thought Leadership|Comments Off on Data Literacy for U.S. Voters, Part 5: All Eyes on the Swing States

COMING SOON: Advancing Responsible AI

COMING SOON: Advancing Responsible AI Hi folks, Ben Jones here! We're currently in final production and beta testing of our next course, Advancing Responsible AI. This will be the third course in our AI Literacy series, following AI Literacy Fundamentals and Harnessing Generative AI. This series complements our best-in-class Data Literacy series, [...]

By |2024-10-22T08:56:08-07:00October 22nd, 2024|Announcements|Comments Off on COMING SOON: Advancing Responsible AI

Data Literacy for U.S. Voters, Part 2: Determining Winners and the Electoral College

Data Literacy for U.S. Voters Part 2: Determining Winners & the Electoral College This is the second part of our blog post series, Data Literacy for U.S. Voters. In the first part, we touched on the timing of U.S. elections, from the White House all the way down to your local [...]

By |2024-09-13T07:46:16-07:00September 12th, 2024|Governments, Thought Leadership|Comments Off on Data Literacy for U.S. Voters, Part 2: Determining Winners and the Electoral College