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Link: Graphic Link: In print Newspaper headlines leading up to the 2012 presidential election talked about the numerous voter ID laws being proposed and challenged across the states. Complicated stories such as these laws can often be excellent opportunities for guiding readers. With this focus page graphic, I started by researching voter ID laws before we drew up the page. Artist Scott Brown and I then collaborated on the page’s content and how we would present the information visually. We decided that the page must discuss why the laws were important to discuss, why the laws were enacted, why challenges were made and actual casesRead More →

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      Link, three strikes: Graphic | In print Link, death penalty: In print page 1 | In print page 2 In an age of high voter apathy, helping readers to understand ballot propositions in an important task. Here, I tackled the death penalty and three strikes proposals. For three strikes, we worked to visually explain the difference between the proposal and the current program. For death penalty, we worked to illustrate the process while also documenting the status of people who have been sentenced to death.            Read More →

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The Register’s mobile share (how many of the total page views come from smartphones) continues to grow, edging towards 50 percent. The chart, at right, shows the climb of smartphone news consumers. The large jump seen in early 2012 is because analytics were improved in our mobile app allowing us to see all user activity in the app (before that we could only see some of what people viewed during a visit) A timeline of the mobile share for the month of July over the past few years: 2008: 0.10% 2009: 6.12% 2010: 9.27% 2011: 13.98% 2012: 40.58% Tracking the mobile share helps to understandRead More →

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Link: Anaheim shooting: 2 cops on leave, 1 dead, 5 arrested At 4 p.m. July 21 officers shot a man who was chased based on suspicious activity. The man’s death a few hours later sparked a small riot later that night and protests that continue days later. I worked as a breaking news reporter the morning after the shooting and initial protest. I managed the story coverage – giving reporters out in the field information on where to go and what was happening while taking in notes and quotes and weaving one narrative. I also managed the narrative, working to make it as easy asRead More →