I served as editor, executive producer, filmmaker, product manager, or management consultant for these projects. Data, interactive, visual, and plain old regular journalism is a team sport. Each project below was made by me and one of my teams or reporters.
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Visual Narrative
Terms of Service is a graphic novella about data privacy originally published by Al Jazeera America.
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Interactive Game
The Waiting Game is an experimental news game that lets you walk in the shoes of an asylum seeker. Co-produced by ProPublica and WNYC.
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Citizen Science Data Project
An innovative partnership between WNYC and the scientists at Columbia University’s Earth Institute enabling regular people to collect, analyze, and submit data to a major research project.
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Enterprise Data Series
The Kauffman Foundation’s Indicators of Entrepreneurship.
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Public Art Installation + Human-centered Design Workshop
A fun and impactful project on Staten Island about extreme weather.
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Social Media Data
Current TV’s Social Dashboard.
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Enterprise Data Series
The National Science Foundation’s “Science and Engineering State Indicators’
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Visual Narrative
Sugarland is feature-length visual narrative about the cost of diabetes drugs published by WNYC.
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Interactive Graphic
An interactive map that helped Al Jazeera America readers gain a better understanding of the scale of the Syrian Refugee crisis.
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Feature Series With Graphics
Waiting On A Fix is a feature series on the legacy of mandatory minimum sentencing for crack cocaine.
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Comprehensive Election Coverage
The project included: graphics, radio pieces, an interactive voter guide, live & on-demand election results, a reporting series based on audience questions, a newsletter, and SMS alerts.
I worked with design legend Milton Glaser (I ❤️ NY) to create this button for the project.
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Data-Driven Investigation
In theory, the residents of the Gramercy Park neighborhood pay higher taxes for the privilege of accessing this luxurious private park in New York City. Our data-driven investigation discovered that’s not necessarily the case.
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Data-Driven Investigation
A comprehensive data tool and months-long investigation into air pollution at every K-12 public and private school in the United States. Published by USA Today in 2008.
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Feature Story Graphic
Graphic for a feature story about Long Island real estate zoning laws.
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Breaking News Graphic
When Amtrak Train 188 crashed in Pennsylvania in 2015, my data team broke the news that speed was a major factor. We were the first news outlet to publish the exact speed of the train when it crashed. Read more to learn how we did it!
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Daily Graphic
A daily graphic pegged to the release of the monthly jobs report from the BLS.
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Short Video
I produced, filmed, interviewed, edited, and packaged this behind-the-scenes look at the 2009 Victoria’s Secret fashion show by myself in one evening.
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Short Video
I produced, filmed, interviewed, edited, and packaged this short feature on Dave Cummings, founder of Hoops For Heroes, during his two-year project to shoot one million free throws to raise money for injured veterans.
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Short Video
I produced, filmed, edited, packaged, and interviewed Robin Williams with a colleague for a series I created called “Five Minutes With” for USA Today.
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Short Video
I commissioned and produced this short feature on the Ms. Veteran America contest for Al Jazeera America.
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Documentary Series Excerpt
"Perspective" is the third chapter of USA Today's award-winning documentary on the inauguration of Barack Obama.
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Podcast
Talking Tech was a podcast I created with technology columnists Ed Baig and Jefferson Graham at USA Today. Talking Tech was the most popular (and first video) podcast at the company.