Design
Static graphics
Where they come from - Montana State University enrollment
Maps designed to accompany another reporter's story on university enrollment trends.
Print and web versions produced with a workflow involving D3-geo, SVG Crowbar, Adobe Illustrator and ai2html.
Montana election mapping
Maps showing results for Montana's 2018 primary at the precinct and county level, published as graphics by the Montana Free Press and Missoula Independent.
Created with voting data from Montana's Secretary of State cleaned with Python/Pandas, mapped with D3-geo and polished for print and web publication with Adobe Illustrator.
Who comes home? Montana migration by geography and age
A graphic exploring the migration dynamics behind Montana's rural 'brain drain' trend by looking at net migration in and out of different categories of counties. Republished in print by High Country News.
Built with Tableau and Adobe Illustrator using data from the University of Wisconson Applied Population Lab.
Web interactives
Montana Explorer app
Work-in-progress web app combining boundary geographies and demographic information for Montana local government entities including cities, counties and school districts.
Built in React using Mapbox GL's mapping engine and a Postgres database back end. Demo version hosted on Digital Ocean.
Visualized: Two years of local news
Effort to display two years of local news reporting in a visual representation. Intended as an experiment with using interactive design to show digital audiences how consistent beat reporting follows issues over time.
Built with React and D3 and hosted on Github pages.
What a living wage is in Bozeman — and who makes it
A interactive calculator using cost-of-living data from MIT to generate living wage estimates for a region increasingly concerned with housing affordability.
Built with Bootstrap and React.
How walkable is your Bozeman neighborhood?
An interactive map allowing readers to explore neighborhood walkability in Bozeman, Montana, developed to accompany a piece on urban planning.
Built with Leaflet.js and vanilla JavaScript (this project taught me why people use JavaScript frameworks).
Newsroom tools
MTLeg vote viz creator
A simple web app inspired by Quart's Chartbuilder, developed to let newsroom staff quickly produce visualizations of votes taken by the 2017 Montana Legislature, translating text copied from the state legislative web site into a responsive embed code and social media-suitable static images.
Data art
Montana's Walmart distances
Image visualizing the remoteness of different parts of Montana by showing the estimated travel time between them and the nearest Walmart.
Produced using a global 'friction surface' and adapted Google Earth Engine code published by the Malaria Atlas Project. Styling in QGIS.
Montana Rivers
Major Montana waterways colored by elevation as they flow through the state.
Produced using QGIS and data available through the Montana State Library and state Fish, Wildlife and Parks department.
