Design, programming 2010 Election Maps Published in The Washington Post, The Telegraph (UK), and Yahoo News, 2010 I created these three race maps (house, senate, and governors) to correlate with the redesign of PostPolitics. I also created a live results map for election night. We really wanted to give a complete picture of the 2010 races, so we have current race ratings (except for the House, where we have state of the race), election history, and demographics that let you see some cool patterns —…

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Design, programming Memories of MLK Published in The Washington Post, Aug. 24, 2011 I heard that Nikki Kahn and Megan Rossman had been out shooting interviews with civil rights leaders in advance of the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in D.C., and I approached them with the idea of doing a presentation that combined photography and videos and used the memories of those interviewed to tell the story of King’s life. I organized the memories so that they flowed through stages of…

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Design, programming I voted because… Published in The Washington Post, Nov. 6, 2012 This user-centered project launched on election day 2012. We asked people why they voted, created a customized button for them, then added that button into visualizations based on candidate, geography and topic. I developed the concept for the piece, designed the desktop and mobile applications, and built the mobile application — check it out on your phone! We got over 35,000 submissions. Tools used: JavaScript, Bootstrap, d3, CSS

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Design, programming, reporting, audio Rescue and recovery Published in The Washington Post, April 15, 2012 This is a really powerful piece looking at Virginia Tech five years after the massacre, through the lens of an iconic image of survivor Kevin Sterne. I did design, development, audio and wrote one of the segments of the piece. I love the simplicity and amazing story. Again, an awesome team effort with work from Ben de la Cruz, Bill O’Leary, Josh du Lac and others. Tools used: JavaScript, CSS

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Design, programming Top-secret connections Published in The Washington Post, July 19, 2010 This graphic visualizes the redundancy and relationships in Top Secret America. Specifically, it shows which government organizations do what types of top-secret work, and how many companies they work with. The centerpiece is the color-wheel, which allows users to sort the government organizations in three different ways. It also has individual views of each government organization, work type, and a couple dozen companies. It is all dynamically drawn, fullscreen capable, and utilizes deep…

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