88 Counties in 88 Days

This was a collaborative project with Tegna's three Ohio Stations in Cleveland, Columbus and Toledo. What was originally meant to be an election preview turned into a series about how the lives of Ohioans have changed over the course of the coronavirus pandemic.

In addition to coordinating production schedules between the three newsrooms, I helped implement the digital plan including the interactive map on our webpage.

My 88 Counties Map

While the map used on wkyc.com was created using Caspio, I hard coded this version using HTML, CSS, Javascript and the Javascript plugin Leaflet.js. I converted the county shapefiles to a geoJSON then linked the data to a Google spreadsheet, allowing anyone on our webteam — regardless of skill level — to update the map dynamically.

This map is also embeddable in our station's content management system.

WKYC Daily Ohio COVID-19 Stats

At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio, the need to contextualize all the data coming from local government was clear. To do that, I created two tools using Tableau's software. One, a map to see where cases were popping up across the state. The other, a bar chart to visualize the "curve" and how well the state of Ohio was "flattening" that curve, by looking at daily confirmed cases and 21-day new case averages.

The Faces of LA's Homeless

In order to shed light on the growing homelessness issue in Los Angeles, my USC Graduate journalism cohort and I were tasked with profiling the area's homeless. In addition to profiling Lone Wolf for this project, I helped create the gallery of all the profile pieces. Click on each card to learn more about the subjects.

The grid is responsive and mobile friendly thanks to flexbox, and the entire gallery is updated dynamically via a Google spreadsheet.

Discrimination in the Dugout

A look at the history of racism in Major League Baseball, how the sport has addressed racial inequality, and what more they have to do.

This was my Master's capstone project. I spoke with baseball historians about the league history of being behind the curve in terms of racial equality. Included is a quiz designed to test if you understand coded "dogwhistle" language used by some baseball broadcasters.

Gun Laws Around the World

Less than a week after the Christchurch mosque shooting in 2019, New Zealand banned semiautomatic weapons. This sparked conversations about gun rights across the world, so the Interactives Desk at Annenberg Media decided to put this quick reference together to show you how different countries handle gun laws.

We used waypoints.js to create the scrolling effect.

Sidelined

For years in California, legal cases involving high school athlete safety have been thrown out because of a doctrine called Primary Assumption of Risk. That doctrine combined with what's been ranked as one of the worst preventative safety records in the country have left student athletes at risk.

I researched, wrote, coded, filmed and edited this story myself.

Friday Night: Lights Out

California is the only state in the country that doesn't require high school athletic trainers be licensed. As of 2018, just 14 percent of California high schools with athletic programs had a licensed trainer on staff. Compare that to about a third, nationally. There have been multiple attempts to mandate licensure, but all have failed.

I did all the website design, reporting and writing for this story.

2019 USG Candidate Platforms

As part of the 2019 USC Undergraduate Student Government elections, we wanted to create a tool that would help students understand where the various candidates stood on different issues. I went through all their platforms and categorized each item. You can click on those categories to see each candidate's stance on each issue.