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Climate graphics guy™ 🌱📊 @abcnews • amateur ice hockey player @journalims.bsky.social

Melbourne, Australia
Joined July 2015
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Personal news: I've joined the ABC's new Climate team! Graphics are key to getting over some big challenges in climate reporting: big numbers, repetitiveness, misinfo, doom & gloom, etc. How does Australia adapt to a changing, warming world? Let's take a look. I'm so excited :)
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If any American news graphics designers are brave enough to move to Australia like I did, there's a very cool opening at the ABC currently. It's a very creative, wide-ranging role. Happy to answer questions. Closes 17 Feb (Aus. time) careers.abc.net.au/en/job/50…
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This is, of course, open to applicants from anywhere! I just happen to have largely American followers on X
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Thanks for the shoutout @Datawrapper! And in the same post as my ST Graphics pals @straits_times :)
End of the year! ✨🎄🎇 So here we've got a special Data Vis Dispatch for you: it comes from the whole Datawrapper team. We're sharing our favorite visualizations of 2024. Take a look here 🎁  blog.datawrapper.de/data-vis… and tell us: what were your favorites?
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It's a good time to be a solar panel, they're taking off all over the world. The @abcnews Story Lab and Climate teams looked at how #solar is exceeding all expectations 💯☀️ abc.net.au/news/2024-12-18/s…
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Countries like China and India are rapidly building solar farms the size of cities. The picture in Australia, on the other hand, is much different. It's a world leader in rooftop solar. abc.net.au/news/2024-12-18/s…
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Slowly stepping into the world of illustrated news graphics. Here's one from a story about how a construction decision flattened Darwin when Cyclone Tracy struck 50 years ago. abc.net.au/news/2024-12-09/c…
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Researchers are forming a better understanding of how humans cope with extreme heat. In certain conditions, the thresholds for when heat turns deadly are lower than we thought. abc.net.au/news/2024-09-02/d…
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The Kennedy Award for Outstanding Digital Innovation goes to Alex Lim, Katia Shatoba, & Thomas Brettell from @abcnews for The Mullet is Alive & Well in AFL.
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My deep dive into mullets in the AFL won a Kennedy Award for Outstanding Digital Innovation. 🏆 I’m really proud of that! Big thanks to my team and editors @abcnews who let me take some risks with this one. And thanks to our hair/makeup dept for the wigs! abc.net.au/news/2024-05-23/a…
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My first @aaja convention was incredibly fortifying. I got to meet some of my favorite journalists like @joseiswriting & @Angela_Y_Yang, make new friends like @journalims & @troydoesnews and explore downtown Austin during Pride weekend. My heart is so full ❤️
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how it started vs how it’s going an honor to have the iconic CONNIE CHUNG now in a gala room full of asian american journalists 🌟thank you, @aaja
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Hey friends, I’m in Austin at the @aaja convention this week. Very happy to be here in person this year and keen to chat about about any aspect of journalism + design, data, dev etc. See you around! #aaja24
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Kamala Harris did, after all, call her an inspiration ... thespinoff.co.nz/politics/22…
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In IG Live, @AOC says she doesn't know what's going to happen with Biden.
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