The graphics below were made during my internship at The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit news organization in Austin that covers Texas government and policy.

Over the course of the internship, I worked with SQL, Javascript, D3, Pivot Tables, HTML and CSS to make graphics, charts and timelines to accompany reporters’ stories. During the state’s primary election, I often cleaned and loaded campaign finance data into PostgreSQL to analyze contributions.

Nifty or Shifty: A Campaign Finance Quiz

During my internship, I pitched the idea of a campaign finance quiz to my editors, and I worked with the executive editor to help gather interesting Texas stories and tidbits. Not only did the project do well on social media, but it also earned a shout out from the Institute of Nonprofit News.

In Texas Drilling Country, Oil Plunge Means Too Many Rooms at the Inn

I used Tabula to gather hotel occupancy data from consultant reports and worked with the reporter to create the graph, breakout box and table for this story.

Suburban Population Continues to Surge in Texas

D3 county maps made to accompany a story on population growth.

Urban Woes Regularly Spill Onto UT Campus

A Leaflet/Mapbox project made to accompany a story on campus crime. It was my first time using a particular plug-in to group the data points.

In Nine Trips to Supreme Court, Ted Cruz Saw Mixed Results

Designed the interactive layout for this story.

Ted Cruz Counts on Rivals’ Home-State Struggles

After the Super Tuesday primaries, I created this graph to show the delegate count for each presidential nominee.

Pay is Climbing Fast for Texas University Leaders

A graph made to accompany a story on university pay raises.

Former Lawmakers Make Bids to Return to Texas House

In my time analyzing Texas campaign contributions,  a reporter and I worked together to create a story breaking down contributions by district race.

Martinez Fischer, Menéndez Square Off Again

An additional story that used campaign finance data for the breakout box.

Texas Case Could Define Extent of Abortion Limits

Designed a timeline to accompany a story on Texas law HB2.

Timeline: Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Legal Saga

Designed a timeline that would archive stories pertaining to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. It’s linked to a spreadsheet so reporters can update the timeline whenever a new story occurs.

Timeline: The Rise and Fall of the Cruz/Trump Bromance

Worked with the graphics department to design a timeline to accompany this story. This timeline design was later used for the Ken Paxton story.