Selected work

Water is running out in Gaza. It will mean more deaths.

As fuel runs out, it is becoming nearly impossible to find. Here’s why.

Swimming the Triple Crown is a feat like no other

An illustrated guide to the Triple Crown swims that only 292 people have done.

State affirmative action bans helped White, Asian students, hurt others

A review of 30 years of data from eight states that ban race-based admission policies.

Marijuana dispensary names all sound the same, and that’s a business problem

A review of 30 years of data from eight states that ban race-based admission policies.

What would your four-day workweek look like?

If you worked a day less each week and got paid the same amount, what would you do with all that free time?

Starlink satellite trains: Is this the future of the night sky?

A look into what the evening sky hold for us as mega-constellations begin to cloud low Earth orbit.

You’re one in 8 billion

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Using United Nations population estimates to show how you stack up to your eight billion neighbors.

Visualizing the inequality of abortion access in a post-Roe America

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Calculating every route to available clinics in America to understand how the Dobbs decision impacts healthcare.

Satellite imagery shows Ukraine going dark

Lights dimmed across Ukraine as they defended themselves against a Russian invasion.

Gray whales are dying along the Pacific coast

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Investigated and reported on climate change's role in the mysterious die-off of this sentinel species.

Gen Z is growing up during a pandemic. They have a message for the rest of us

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Collected and visualized personal testimony from teens living through the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Southwest’s most important river is drying up

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First of their kind cuts are coming to the Colorado River, but who loses out isn't equal.

'It's going to disappear': A timeline of Trump's claims that Covid-19 will vanish

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Vertical stream graph of daily new Covid-19 cases pegged to times Trump assured the public that the virus would go away.

Tracking wildfires in the US

For the most up-to-date wildfire origins, perimeters, hotspots, as well as smoke and air quality reports.

Tracking Covid-19 vaccines in the US

Follow how many people have been vaccinated and who is being left out.

The coronavirus epidemic is changing emoji usage on Venmo

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Analyzed hundreds of thousands of public transactions on the payment app Venmo to see how 🏀, 🍕, and 🍣 gave way to 😷, ⛽️, and ♥️.

Listen to nature from eight of the US National Parks to stay calm and productive

The outdoors offer more than scenery. The sounds of these landscapes are restorative. Selections of thousands of hours of field recordings from the US National Parks allow us to visit the Golden Gate, Yellowstone, Sitka, and the Grand Tetons from our homes.

Moby Dick: Or, the imprecision of genetic testing

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This piece illustrates direct-to-consumer genetic testing's shortcomings using classic American literature.

Get a LEGO head to match any emotion

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I used survey data on thousands of LEGO faces to make a bit of internet magic: An algorithm that matches your emotions to a LEGO face.

The fires in the Amazon were likely set intentionally

Analysis using NASA Goes-16 East and VIIRS/FIRMS data show the Amazon rainforest burning at an unprecedented rate. These fires were likely set by people clearing land for cattle ranching.

The fight for water can push nations apart—or bring them together

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With annotated illustrated maps, scroll-based design, and timelapse satellite imagery, this piece provides context to the disputes over underground water.

Oil exploration detection through satellite imagery

This scroll-based interactive shows how Planet Labs discovered oil exploration in a remote corner of the Libyan Desert.

Apple HQ timelapse from space

Using high-resolution satellite imagery and AfterEffects, we can see the Apple Campus in Cupertino, CA go up in a blink.