Recent work
The Washington Post(1/9)
Essay: I’m a disaster reporter. But I was not prepared to watch my city burn.
Art direction, design and development. Illustrations by Matt Huynh.
Published: 2025
(2/9)
What to do about one of America’s last wild places
Digital design and development. Print special section design.
Published: 2024
(3/9)
A year in the life of a leaf
Art direction, design and development. Illustrations by Rosalie Haizlett.
Published: 2024
(4/9)
The Drowning South
Series design, art direction and development.
Anatomy of a flood (featured) was part four of the seven-part series where we explored how seas are rising across the U.S. South faster than almost anywhere and what that means on the ground.
Published: 2024
All stories in the series:
1. The new face of flooding
2. Where seas are rising at alarming speed
3. A hidden threat
4. Anatomy of a flood (featured)
5. A rising fortress in sinking land
6. Where the sea wall ends
7. Why seas are surging
(5/9)
Unearthing the future
Series design, art direction and development. Print 16-page special section design with all four stories from the series. Created custom typeface with my handwriting.
Buried under the ice (featured) was part two of the four-part Unearthing the Future series that explored how clues from Earth's past can help humanity confront modern climate change.
Published: 2024 (Print: 2025)
All stories in the series:
1. Hidden beneath the surface
2. Buried under the ice (featured)
3. Ancient warning of a rising sea
4. Written in the wood
Awards
American Meteorological Society Award for Distinguished Science Journalism in the Atmospheric and Related Sciences (2025)
AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award Winner, Science Reporting – Large Outlet: Silver Award (2023)
SND45 Best of News Design (2024):
Line of coverage digital design, Award of Excellence; Hidden beneath the surface digital page design, Bronze; Buried under the ice digital page design, Award of Excellence
(6/9)
Climate Leap
design, development, illustration and typeface design. Print special section design and cover illustration.
How water could be the future of fuel (featured) was the first story in the six-story Climate Leap collection that examined the next batch of cutting-edge technologies to displace the world’s biggest sources of global warming emissions.
Published: 2024
All stories in the series:
1. How water could be the future of fuel (featured)
2. Scientists may have found a radical solution for making your hamburger less bad for the planet
3. How to build an AC that will get the world through hotter summers
4. Reinventing the world’s favorite building material
5. These batteries could harness the wind and sun to replace coal and gas
6. Why the world needs lazier robots
(7/9)
Why does my latte cost so much?
Art direction, design and development. Illustrations by Giulia Bernardelli.
Published: 2023
Awards
SND45 Best of News Design (2024): Print cover design (business, art direction): Award of Excellence
(8/9)
Econ 101
Art direction, design and development. Illustrations by Studio Mals, Anna Hrachovec, Andre Rucker, Peter Crowther and Annie Wong.
The series examined some of the most prominent economic themes of the year, explaining their origins and impact in 2022.
Published: 2022
All stories in the series:
Awards
SND44 Best of News Design (2023): Commissioned illustration, Award of Excellence
Rising rent and Pump shock were entered as part of my portfolio that received silver and a nomination for World’s Best Designer (SND44).
(9/9)
The rise of TikTok: Sorry you went viral
Design and development. Special section print design.
Part two of the three-part Rise of TikTok series that explored the web’s most popular app and how it reshaped American culture, hypnotized the world and sparked a battle between two global superpowers.
Published: 2022
All stories in the series:
1. How TikTok ate the internet
2. Sorry you went viral (featured)
3. As Washington wavers on TikTok, Beijing exerts control
Awards
SND44 Best of News Design (2023): Line of Coverage, Award of Excellence
This piece was entered as part of my portfolio that received silver and a nomination for World’s Best Designer (SND44).
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