work

a sampling:

• A LONG TIME TO WAIT — for Spotlight PA, an investigation into Pennsylvania’s prolonged rollout of a fully electronic death reporting system

• UPMC’s claim of ‘less severe’ coronavirus strain in Pa. is not supported by science — for Spotlight PA

• Health officials failed to safeguard trust in Pa.’s coronavirus data, sowing confusion — for Spotlight PA

• Pa.’s death toll for Philadelphia lags behind city’s count, part of state’s ongoing struggle to compile timely data — for Spotlight PA

• Pa. coroners, health department at odds over how to handle suspected coronavirus cases, potentially affecting death count — for Spotlight PA

• A sonnet about code — for Increment

• An essay about beauty pageant data — for The New York Times

• A tutorial on how I set up my machine — potentially helpful but almost certainly slightly outdated

• An interview about newsroom automation — for Poynter

• An essay about learning languages — adapted from a talk at the 2015 Burlington Ruby Conference and later reworked for RubyConf 2016