An investigation into obstetric violence, maternal mortality, inequalities in access to care and institutional accountability in Bahia. The project is currently gathering public records, tracking freedom-of-information requests, conducting interviews and analysing databases.
PLOT. is an independent publication
of investigation, data and visual storytelling.
Every story begins with a question.
O PLOT. has begun its first cycle of independent investigations. The laboratory is currently gathering data, obtaining public records and developing the methods that will support its first publications. The stories and experiments presented on this site are the projects now under way.
Developing the first visualisations that will accompany PLOT.'s investigations. At this stage the laboratory is structuring workflows, choosing tools and setting standards for publishing interactive charts.
Structuring the first maps produced from geographic databases with tools such as QGIS and Mapbox. The maps will be part of future investigative stories and special projects.
Developing the laboratory's editorial language in order to combine investigation, data, photography, video, cartography and interactive visualisations in long-form stories.
An investigation into obstetric violence, maternal mortality, inequalities in access to care and institutional accountability in Bahia. The project is currently gathering public records, tracking freedom-of-information requests, conducting interviews and analysing databases.
An investigation into sports policy, public investment, labour conditions, gender inequality and institutional development, seen through Brazilian women's football. The project examines why, on the eve of the 2027 Women's World Cup, most of the national team plays outside the country. It is currently in the data-gathering phase and structuring the visualisations — maps, charts and other resources that will be part of the story.
An investigation into public incentives, energy infrastructure and territorial impacts of the expansion of data centres in Bahia. The project is currently reviewing documents, gathering public databases and mapping the developments.
PLOT. is an independent publication devoted to investigative reporting, data and visual storytelling.
We publish stories, analyses and experiments that seek to understand complex subjects with rigour, context and clarity. Design is part of the investigation. So is visualisation.