DataViz editor @BBGVisualData @business. Tar Heel. Back in the US after a couple years in HK.

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Joined November 2012
It’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) release day and we’re here to tell you that Taylor is a billionaire. Unlike most billionaires, she’s got a ton of cash, and unlike other billionaire musicians, most of it’s from her music. Free to read: bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-…
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Here’s where NYC mayoral candidates stand on some key issues bloom.bg/4qrOsG7
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🚨NEW: AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring🚨 We analyzed electricity prices for tens of thousands of locations across the country and found that electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. 🎁: bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-…
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The Trump admin is sending ICE, FBI, DEA and other armed agents to do “wellness checks” at the homes of immigrant children. A lawyer for one of the kids told me that her client was “terrified” by the experience bloomberg.com/news/articles/… w/@racheladhe
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We analyzed 13 years of ICE detentions and arrests and found that cross-state transfers to the South and Southwest are happening at the highest rates in over a decade, costing taxpayers millions. w/ @LeonYin @racheladhe @polly @cow_portal bloom.bg/43am95w
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ADDICTED TO ICE: Small, rural communities are convinced their economic well-being depends on ICE contracts that keep private jails open for immigration detention -- no matter what happens inside bloom.bg/4j28jqp
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🚨AI Is Draining Water From Areas That Need It Most🚨 We analyzed data on thousands of AI data centers, and found that roughly two thirds of them since 2022 are in places with high to extremely high levels of water stress. With @HiMichelleMa @dinabass⭐️ bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-…
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Hundreds of court battles challenging Donald Trump’s expansive exercise of executive power are a stress test on the balance of power at the heart of American democracy. We’re tracking the cases. 🔗: bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-…
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For years, data centers have strained local water supplies. The AI boom has made this issue much worse. 🔗: bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-…
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We're hiring a new Data Viz reporter in Washington DC to focus on economic and government coverage! @BBGVisualData bloomberg.avature.net/career…
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🚨NEW: Google has spent the past 2+ years trying to remake search with generative AI. The results? Mixed. Check out my @bw cover with @daveyalba on missed opportunities, Google's attempts to right the ship & the price being paid across the web. Gift link: bloomberg.com/news/features/…
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Trump wants to eliminate the US trade deficit by imposing tariffs on major trade partners. So what drives the deficit and who's actually getting hit? @raeedahwahid and I took a look at everything from toys from China to oil from Canada. gift link: bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-…
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NEW: As Trump begins a second trade war, we checked who has become more/less important partners for the US and China since the first. Here's how the decoupling changed the world. W/ @MalcolmScott8, @ChrisUdemans, @ad_leung and @shadabnazmi bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-…
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Read The Big Take: There are a limited number of US visas up for grabs each year for high-skilled workers. Former staffers say India’s biggest outsourcing firm, Tata Consultancy Services, made repeated use of manager-level visas to game the system. 🔗🚶: bloomberg.com/news/features/…
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President Donald Trump’s memecoin allowed a small number of buyers to make a large amount of money in short window, showing the limits of the idea that crypto is more accessible than traditional finance. 🔗🪙📈📉: bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-…
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See The Big Take: How podcasters like Joe Rogan and Logan Paul turned young men, a once apolitical demographic, into a massively powerful voting bloc. 🔗📺🗳️: bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-…
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In case you missed this story from October: Bloomberg analysis of 53,000 of Elon Musk's posts on this site showed that the billionaire spreads a whole lot of misinformation and conspiracy theories about about migrants. 🎁bloom.bg/3UiUOJy
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And this from September about the rise of far-right influencers using this site to spread an extreme idea and influence immigration policy agendas of national governments worldwide 🎁 shorturl.at/Fl0Pr
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Proud and honored that our H-1B investigation won 1st place in the 2024 Philip Meyer Journalism Award. ire.org/announcing-2024-phil…
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Congratulations to @business for earning the first place prize. Their investigation reveals how a handful of companies have learned to game the H1-B visa program, which was intended to bring the world's top talent to American businesses. bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…
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