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Data visualizations
Bill would block wind energy projects across 90% of Arizona, set strictest limits in U.S.
Publication: USA TODAY
Brief: Arizona lawmakers proposed a bill that would require new wind energy projects to be built at least 12 miles from any property zoned for residential use. Much of what’s left would be on Native American and National Park Service land, including the Grand Canyon.
What I used: R coding (GitHub), QGIS, Affinity Designer, Infogram
These power plants are Colorado's biggest greenhouse gas emitters. Here's where they stand
Publication: The Coloradoan
Brief: Over the past decade, the 10 largest emitters in Colorado contributed to an outsized share of greenhouse gasses — and every single one is a fossil fuel power plant. While the parent companies that own them are driving the state's reductions, it might still not be enough for the state to reach its climate goals.
What I used: R coding (GitHub), Flourish
How Proposition 50 can change California elections and shift Trump's strategy
Publication: USA TODAY
Brief: I applied voting data from the 2024 presidential elections to the newly-drawn districts in California to simulate the impact these changes could bring. We found Democrats could flip six seats from the GOP, but margins for some potential victories are slim. These are graphics recreated from the ones I worked with Ramon Padilla.
What I used: R coding (GitHub), Affinity
How healthy is the South Platte River Basin snowpack? See how it compares to past years
Publication: Coloradoan
Brief: Inspired by story from LA Times’s Sean Greene that featured a graphic showing the Sierra snowpack as it reaches its peak, I took a look at the conditions for the South Platte River Basin in the past decade recreating Greene's graphic.
What I used: R coding, Affinity Designer
Chicago’s one-star nursing homes were troubled before the pandemic. Now, they’re ‘ground zero’
Publication: The Columbia Chronicle
Brief: In a first-of-its-kind analysis, we scraped data from several sources to examine how nursing home residents were being impacted at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. We found that not only was there a disproportionate number of cases and deaths in these facilities, but the ratio of COVID-19 deaths per facility was the highest at at low star facilities (oftentimes found on disadvantaged neighborhoods) on the federal ranking.
What I used: web scraping, Google Sheets, Flourish
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