Nicolas Rapp [NEW YORK]
CONSULTANT ON INFORMATION GRAPHIC & DATA VISUALIZATION
Nick is a consultant on information graphics and data visualization for RevSquare.
He is also the Graphic Editor at Fortune Magazine, a division of Time Inc. In the ten previous years, Nick has been the art director for the Associated Press Multimedia/Graphics Department. Nick managed a team of 30 graphic artists to report and produce news graphics. He was responsible for selecting stories on a daily basis for graphic coverage and leading the departmental response to breaking and feature news coverage. On large projects, he provided detailed sketches or wireframes for print or interactive packages to direct artists in the production of visual content.
He has covered various top breaking news stories, including the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Lebanon and the 2004 and 2008 U.S. presidential elections. He has traveled to cover various events.
Nick also worked in France for newspapers, various websites, economic magazines and books and has consulted in the redesign of several European newspapers. Nick has won several Society of News Design awards for his work.
Blog
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The booming shipping network
Posted by nrapp Posted on May 14, 2012Not since 1956, when a North Carolina truck driver named Malcom McLean created a standard-size container for cargo, has global shipping seen such radical change. Carriers are bigger than ever, ports are becoming automated, and routes are shifting. The volume of goods that move between ports in Asia now accounts for 13% of all seaborne [...]
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America’s biggest companies smashed records for earnings in 2011
Posted by nrapp Posted on May 07, 2012Given the sluggish recovery and a strapped consumer, you’d expect to see corporate America trudging along, not racing for glory. In fact, the Fortune 500 are thriving as a group. Unlike the U.S. economy, they’ve shown quicksilver agility, rapidly shifting their product mix and producing more goods at little new cost. This nimbleness belies the [...]
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Exxon’s big bet on shale gas
Posted by nrapp Posted on Apr 16, 2012America’s most profitable company now produces about as much natural gas as it does oil. CEO Rex Tillerson thinks the fracking party has just begun.
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Wheels of tomorrow
Posted by nrapp Posted on Mar 28, 2012While we’re not going to see flying cars for a long, long while, the global automobile industry is indeed undergoing an epic transformation. The rising price of gas, stricter mileage requirements, and concerns about global warming are causing carmakers to rethink how we travel. In the U.S. a newly found 70-year supply of natural gas [...]
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World’s most admired companies
Posted by nrapp Posted on Mar 01, 2012Which companies have the best reputations? Apple tops the list for the fifth year in a row. See who else made the top 50 this year in this tree-map graphic. In the latest issue of Fortune Magazine.