Bio
Russell Goldenberg is an Editor at The Pudding. He is a fan of local currencies, and thinks you should follow his cat Smokey on Instagram.
Stories
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NBA Spelling Bee
A spelling bee for the hardest names in the NBA.
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How Many High School Stars Make It in the NBA?
Every year the top high school basketball recruits get hyped up—do they pan out?
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The Gyllenhaal Experiment
The many ways to misspell the hardest names in pop culture.
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The World through the Eyes of the US
The countries that have preoccupied Americans since 1900
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Internet Boy Band Database
Every boy band to chart the Hot 100 since 1980
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What Does the Path to Fame Look Like?
Tracking the rise in popularity from Cardi B to Carson Wentz
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The Celebrity Billboard Project
Tracking the popularity of cultural figures in 2018
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Life After Death on Wikipedia
What pageviews tell us about how famous people are remembered after they die
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Easier Scrollytelling with Position Sticky
Leaning on CSS to simplify the process
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The Most-Viewed NBA Plays in 2017-18
Warning: this video contains a high dosage of LeBron footage.
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One-Hit Wonders in Sports
The greatest single-season anomalies in the last 30 years
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The Birthday Paradox Experiment
Your birthday twin is probably reading this right now. Because math.
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The Structure of Stand-Up Comedy
The genius of Ali Wong’s Netflix special
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10 Things Everyone Hates About You
Exploring over 30 million feelings towards 3,000+ topics
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An Introduction to Scrollama.js
The what, why, and how to use scrollama.js for your next scrollytelling story
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What is a Superteam in the NBA?
Defining what a superteam is with data
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An Analysis of Driving Times to Abortion Clinics in the US
Mapping the cities and places with the worst access
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She Giggles, He Gallops
Analyzing gender tropes in film with screen direction from 2,000 scripts
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How Many Users Resize Their Browser?
A look at actual data and how to deal with it
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Free Willy and Flipper by the Numbers
The past, present, and future of captive whales and dolphins
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Plot Trends for Top-Grossing Film from the Past 50 Years
This is a story about how film plots mirror (or shape) historical events.
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The Making of the Weighted Pivot Scatter Plot
How (and why) the interactive chart was born
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The Most Timeless NBA Plays
Historic NBA games and plays, ranked by YouTube views
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Responsive Scrollytelling Best Practices
How to plan or adapt a scrollytelling story for mobile.
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What City is the Microbrew Capital of the US?
Using beer review data to rank the best cities in the country
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How Russell Westbrook Can Average a Triple-Double
As of March 10, Russell Westbrook is averaging a triple-double.
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The Geographic Divide of Oscars Films
Mapping the popularity of Oscar-nominated films in 2017
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NBA Last Two Minute Report
A review of the NBA officiating from the Last Two Minute Report
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How to Implement Scrollytelling with Six Different Libraries
How to tackle a simple scroll-driven chart using six different libraries
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The Unlikely Odds of Making it Big
What three years and 75,000 shows tell us about the chance of success
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How News Media Covers Trump & Clinton
Analyzing 12,147 images of Trump and Clinton
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Twenty Years of the NBA Redrafted
Using career stats to prove the best/worst NBA draft picks, ever