Raymond Grumney
News Graphics Director
Grumney has been in the business of designing, illustrating and visualizing data for 36 years and loved doing it every step of the way. He has worked for newspapers in Florida, Colorado and Minnesota.
Latest from Raymond Grumney
Migration Catchall
The only mostly normal thing about 2020 in Minnesota? Weather
It was warmer and drier than average, but not without extraordinary events.
January 8, 2021
Migration Catchall
U.S. wildfire tracker
Use this interactive map of current wildfires in the U.S. to get the latest info.
August 19, 2020
Weather
Interactive: Hurricane tracker map
Explore this data rich map of current hurricanes/typhoons from around the world.
July 30, 2020
Migration Catchall
Perseverance rover
The rover is the most sophisticated that NASA has ever sent to Mars. It will search for signs of ancient microbial life, characterize the planet's geology and climate, and collect rock/sediment samples for possible return to Earth. It is powered by heat from the radioactive decay of plutonium into electricity used to charge its two batteries.
July 29, 2020
Migration Catchall
Map: World earthquakes
Map of recent quakes that are occurring in both the United States and around the world. The data is from the United States Geological Survey's (USGS). Earthquake information is extracted from a merged catalog of earthquakes located by the USGS and contributing networks. Earthquake data will be available within a few minutes for California events, and within 30-minutes for worldwide events.
July 22, 2020
Local
In Minnesota and across the U.S., virus death toll keeps climbing
As of Monday, 143 Minnesotans had died from COVID-19, with more than half of those fatalities occurring since April 14. The virus has now claimed more lives in the U.S. than anywhere in the world.
April 21, 2020
Migration Catchall
Perseverance rover
The rover is the most sophisticated that NASA has ever sent to Mars. It will search for signs of ancient microbial life, characterize the planet's geology and climate, and collect rock/sediment samples for possible return to Earth. It is powered by heat from the radioactive decay of plutonium into electricity used to charge its two batteries.
July 29, 2020
Migration Catchall
Map: World earthquakes
Map of recent quakes that are occurring in both the United States and around the world. The data is from the United States Geological Survey's (USGS). Earthquake information is extracted from a merged catalog of earthquakes located by the USGS and contributing networks. Earthquake data will be available within a few minutes for California events, and within 30-minutes for worldwide events.
July 22, 2020
Local
In Minnesota and across the U.S., virus death toll keeps climbing
As of Monday, 143 Minnesotans had died from COVID-19, with more than half of those fatalities occurring since April 14. The virus has now claimed more lives in the U.S. than anywhere in the world.
April 21, 2020