Tallying the true costs of AI*

Business Insider’s investigative series covering the rapid construction of data centers in rural communities to scale alongside the demands of AI, and the toxic impacts on the surrounding areas predating these centers. *Winner of the George Polk Award for Environmental Reporting.

Methods (tools): design, prototyping (Figma); development (HTML/CSS/JS, Svelte)

The gutting of the Eighth Amendment*

An investigative data series for Business Insider analyzing 1488 prisoner lawsuits filed under the Eighth Amendment, specifically regarding the details of claims and outcomes. *Longlisted for The Information is Beautiful Awards.

Methods (tools): design, prototyping (Figma, Illustrator); development (ai2html, HTML/CSS/JS, Svelte)

A year of Elon Musk's private jet travels reveals his deepening political ties

A data story for Business Insider analyzing Elon Musk's travel flight patterns to politically relevant locations during the 2024 presidential election year, signifying his growing role in the Trump campaign and forthcoming administration.

Methods (tools): dataset processing and automation (Excel/Sheets, GPT); out-of-box implementation (Flourish)

What an extra $500 to $1,000 a month did for 8 families

An interactive photo feature for Business Insider profiling 8 recipients of basic income and how the stimulus changed their lives for the better.

Methods (tools): layout, design, prototyping (Figma); development (Svelte, HTML/CSS/JS)

The Monochroming of America*

An interactive data feature for Business Insider, as part of a Discourse series on autos, exploring trends in car exteriors, namely the shift to monochrome as a measure of cost cutting. *Longlisted for The Information is Beautiful Awards.

Methods (tools): design, prototyping (Figma, Illustrator); data analysis and processing (python); development (d3, HTML/CSS/JS, Svelte)

GPS America*

An interactive data feature for Business Insider, as part of a Discourse series on autos, analyzing popularity of car models by area code. *Longlisted for The Information is Beautiful Awards.

Methods (tools): design, prototyping (Figma, Illustrator, DataWrapper); exploratory analysis (Visidata, python); development (d3, HTML/CSS/JS, Svelte, Mapbox)

Heat at the Fringes

A catalog by Apport, a used bookstore and small press based in eastern PA. Catalog selections include art, objects, and titles drawn from fringe topics like UFOs, the occult, and other unknowns.

Methods (tools): layout, art direction, graphic design (Photoshop); copy editing

Candidates for Oblivion

A catalog by Apport, a used bookstore and small press based in eastern PA. Selections are eclectic, with titles drawn from the three major vanity presses, Exposition, Vantage, and Dorrance.

Methods (tools): layout, graphic design, art direction, layout (Photoshop, Figma); copy editing

FOIA - Child and Domestic Abuse Central Registry

The Family Advocacy Program Central Registry is a database maintained by the Department of Defense in order to record and track incidents of domestic and child abuse within the military. This FOIA request is a collaboration with the Data Liberation Project.

Methods (tools): exploratory research; reverse-engineering and search engine query optimization; technical writing

The Safety Net of Safety Nets: Peer-to-Peer Mutual Aid

An analysis performed on scraped and processed Facebook mutual aid group data contextualized by government and non-profit social programs.

Methods (tools): data collection, cleaning, and processing (pandas, lxml); machine learning (scikit learn, GPT); data visualization (matplotlib, Observable JS); art direction (Photoshop); interviewing and sourcing

Westminster's Top Dogs

A visual story analyzing the Westminster Dog Show's Group and Best in Show winners beginning in 1924, as framed by the organization's 146 year history.

Methods (tools): data collection, cleaning, and processing (python); prototyping (Illustrator, RAWGraphs); design, art direction (Photoshop, Figma); front-end development (d3, HTML/CSS/JS); interviewing, sourcing, and archival research

Class, Sensibilities, and the Gilmore Girls Literary Canon

A data-driven essay on the 300+ books referenced in the Gilmore Girls 7 season run. Breadth of literary cannon was examined in a socio-economic lens, and leveraged book data hosted by OpenLib's API.

Methods (tools): data collection, cleaning, and processing (python); layout design, art direction (Illustrator, Photoshop, Figma); front-end development (d3, HTML/CSS/JS); research

FLYWHEEL

A full page graphic visualizing spin class data. This graphic was the companion for a d3 fundamentals tutorial that I ran, covering JS basics and the mechanics of the general update pattern.

Methods (tools): front-end development (d3, HTML/CSS/JS)

They Want to Program the Human Computer

A cybernetics themed catalog culled and offered by Apport, a used bookstore and small press based in eastern PA. Selections include a 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' first edition, and curiosities like the Turner MIND CONTROL documentary on VHS.

Methods (tools): design, art direction, layout (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Figma); copy editing

A collection of different graphics I developed in the process of learning d3. All graphics were implemented using SVG to leverage its robust animation capabilities.

Tools and libraries: HTML/CSS; Javascript; d3; anime.js; tachyons