The University of Maryland Police have reported 17 indecent exposures in College Park this year. No other year in the past decade has had more than nine. For The Diamondback dbknews.com/2022/11/07/ind…

Leave and come back or stay and never go — some of Baltimore’s magnetism is rooted in childhood. For The Baltimore Banner with the brilliant Jasmine Vaughn-Hall: thebaltimorebanner.com/community/for-…

Antisemitic, racist and homophobic graffiti was found on the walls of the College Park U of MD Metro station parking garage Friday. dbknews.com/2022/11/20/ant…

It's live! 🔊 After weeks of data cleaning, it's exciting to dispatch this extensive dataset on NCAA women's basketball rosters. It's been a pleasure to contribute to this project, with Derek Willis and a crew of talented, young sports journalists.

UMD's Office of Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct released annual sexual misconduct reports for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 reporting periods today. 🧵ing some graphs For The Diamondback: dbknews.com/2022/12/09/umd…

University of Maryland campus cafe sales have increased by more than $1.8 million in the past two years and are up nearly 63 percent since 2021 despite nine cafe closures in the last two years. Check out my new article for The Diamondback: dbknews.com/2022/12/12/umd…

Some Baltimore neighborhoods have experienced significant income gains since 2010, but others have struggled amid population decline. I created a Shiny app for Capital News Service to bring context to that change with race + ethnicity stats. More 📊 + 🗺 in 🧵 thebaltimorebanner.com/community/loca…

Got FOIA ideas? A knack for data analysis? Millions of questions about publicly available data? Come work for the data desk at The Diamondback with the incomparable @victoriastavis and I! My DMs are open for questions, applications are due Jan. 13.

In our newest project, we compile all the information you’d ever need to know about UMD campus jobs in one place. The Diamondback’s jobs guide is now live! 🧵 dbknews.com/2023/02/21/job…

As student journalists, we've reported on gun violence and witnessed it, whether on the news or directly. Our team The Diamondback interviewed numerous community members about what it's like to grow up amid unrelenting gun violence. Here's what they had to say: dbknews.com/2023/03/12/sch…

The cigarette tax in New York State increased by $1.00 per pack of 20 cigarettes, up to $5.35. Here's a look at where the rest of U.S. states stand. Read more about the tax in Forbes, by Kelly Phillips Erb . forbes.com/sites/kellyphi…

Welcome To The Year Of The E-Bike on.forbes.com/6010uzvYw by Rina Torchinsky

Buenos días! I wrote about Bad Bunny for the latest cover of Forbes Thread (and story) below: forbes.com/sites/mariagra…

FINTECH 50 DEADLINE REMINDER: The deadline to apply is EOD today! (We're doing the 2024 list earlier in the year than usual.) We set out to identify the most innovative private fintech companies, ranging from early to late-stage startups. Details here: forbes.com/sites/jeffkauf…

1/ I’m excited to announce our Fintech 50 list for 2024, our ninth annual list of the most innovative private fintech companies. Here’s a view into how the list took shape and some patterns and themes we observed in 2023: forbes.com/sites/jeffkauf….

That's a wrap, #NICAR24. It was a privilege to speak about building data desks at student publications and a pleasure to learn more about: 🤖 Automating graphics 🧹 Working with messy data 🔧 New reporting tools Until next time.