Data-driven Stories

Data Stories at Times Union

As a data reporter at Times Union, I produced data-driven stories from pitch to publication—sourcing and analyzing data, shaping angles, visualizing findings, interviewing sources, and writing under tight deadlines. Almost all ranked among the top three most-read stories that day.

I also collaborated with developers, editors, and reporters across beats to produce large-scale data projects and interactive tools, including a comparison of New York colleges’ ROI with schools nationwide (below) and a projection of first snow dates (coming up).

Times Union • 27th October 2025

Which New York colleges are the best investment? Compare any school in U.S.

Leading the list is the United States Merchant Marine Academy on the shore of Long Island, which holds the highest 10-year return on investment of any public college in the country.

Times Union • 29th October 2025

Where do people your age live? Maps show where each generation clusters

For the first time, the Times Union analyzed U.S. Census data to reveal how municipalities in the Capital Region and Hudson Valley break down by age group.

Times Union • 24th September 2025

New York keeps most young adults as upstate faces headwinds

But challenges also persist. Like much of the country, the state is confronting falling birth rates, a rising cost of living and domestic out-migration.

Data Stories at The San Francisco Chronicle

During my time at SFC, I reported data-driven, scoop-worthy stories across beats by analyzing data with Python, interviewing key stakeholders, and creating interactive visuals using Datawrapper, Mapbox, and JavaScript.

In addition, I collaborated closely with reporters across teams to develop data investigative stories, scraping and sourcing hard-to-find datasets, uncovering patterns and outliers, and helping shape investigative angles with data findings and interviews.

The San Francisco Chronicle • 24th August 2025

The Bay Area is aging fast. Here's what our readers see in their communities

The Bay Area is aging fast and our readers are noticing.

San Francisco Chronicle • 21st August 2025

S.F.’s neighborhood libraries are recovering post-pandemic. Why can't the Main Library keep up?

Since reopening after the pandemic, branch library visits have increased steadily each year, gradually narrowing the gap with the Main Library.

San Francisco Chronicle • 18th August 2025

ICE arrests of people with no criminal convictions have surged in Northern California

ICE claimed on Friday that they are “cleaning up the streets,” targeting what they continued to call the “WORST OF THE WORST.”

San Francisco Chronicle • 31st July 2025

California has the nation’s widest disparity in this educational metric

San Jose and San Francisco rank among the top ten U.S. metro areas for the highest percentage of adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree—4th and 8th, respectively.

San Francisco Chronicle • 29th July 2025

Why S.F. eviction notices are at highest level in years

San Francisco landlords have filed more eviction notices in the first half of this year than in the same period of any year since 2019.

San Francisco Chronicle • 20th July 2025

As Newsom ponders redistricting, California projected to lose as many as 4 congressional seats

California could lose as many as four congressional seats in the 2030 apportionment, researchers say.

San Francisco Chronicle • 13th July 2025

California weed sales are down — but these counties still have sky-high numbers

After a billowing rise during the pandemic, legal cannabis sales in California have been in steady decline since the summer of 2021.

Data Stories at Columbia University

These projects were completed during my time at Columbia University from the fall of 2023 to the summer of 2024.

I used Python, R, BeautifulSoup, Pandas, Playwright, ggplot, matplotlib, SQL, Mapbox, DataWrapper, Inky, Adobe Illustrator, and "scorytelling" to tell various stories with data and graphics in beats of education, criminal justice, business, social inequality, culture, environment, transportation, and health.

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