Alyson Hurt
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Graphics, design, editing and whatnot at @npr.org
Now updated to include general election voter registration deadlines! And primary season isn't over yet — registration options are still available for some states.
Alyson Hurt@alykat.bsky.social · 5mo ago@npr.org recently updated its guide to U.S. voter registration deadlines to reflect online/in person/mail deadlines for the 2026 primaries. Cheers to @hansilowang.bsky.social, Brent Jones and Ben Swasey for wrangling this. apps.npr.org/voter-regist...
Human bodies have a natural cooling system, but it can do only so much in high temperatures and humidity. Here's the science behind how heat kills. And how to protect yourself. n.pr/4opKtcL
COMIC: How excessive heat kills and how to stay safe
Human bodies have a natural cooling system, but it can do only so much in high temperatures and humidity. Here's the science behind how heat kills. And how to protect yourself.
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📊 College students and recent grads: Come intern at NPR this fall/winter! Apply by June 21. ➡️ Editorial Graphics & Education Internship (with my graphics team + NPR's Education team): grnh.se/j2sbuy5f5us (remote-friendly/US-based) ➡️ All internships and more details: www.npr.org/about-npr/18...
Editorial Graphics & Education Internship - Fall 2026
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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I haven't watched "Survivor" since very early on. But there's a certain joy in projects that combine professional expertise and an intense, focused personal interest. Cheers to @idislikestephen.bsky.social, Clare Lombardo, Connie Hanzhang Jin and everyone who played a role in this.
Stephen Thompson@idislikestephen.bsky.social · 3mo agoIt's #Survivor50 finale day! To prepare, might I suggest spending all your free time between now and then reading this ludicrously comprehensive, entertaining-if-I-do-say-so-myself 49-season ranking I wrote for NPR? (It'll become a 50-season ranking sometime tomorrow morning.)
This essay has a magic combination of topics relevant to my interests: printing, competitive typesetting, labor rights, newspapers, technological obsolescence — publicdomainreview.org/essay/twilig...
Twilight of the Velocipede: Typesetting Races before the Age of Linotype
Before Linotype revolutionised typesetting in the 1880s, compositors set texts by hand — and they set them fast. Alex Wright rediscovers the thrilling world of typesetting races, which drew crowds in ...
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Last year, NPR published an investigation into an Israeli strike in Gaza that killed 132 members of the same family: apps.npr.org/gaza-buildin... Survivors made detailed lists of the dead and wounded. NPR journalists, including reporters in Gaza, reconstructed what happened.
One family. One attack. 132 names. A Gaza investigation.
More than 51,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's war with Hamas, Gaza health officials say. We reconstructed what happened in one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the war.
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🚨Job🚨 at @data.ft.com: We're hiring a data journalist in the US, based in New York or Washington #ddj: job-boards.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
US Data Journalist
New York; Washington DC
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Having a very public radio evening: Getting set to livestream a talk w/ @splendidtable.org's Francis Lam hosted by a nearby library (arlingtonva.libcal.com/event/152769...) while also monitoring VA ballot initiative results for my actual public radio job. (apps.npr.org/primary-elec...)
Virginia Primary Election Results 2026
Live election results: Get the latest on Virginia's primary races for Senate and House.
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This is beautifully done. Cheers (and virtual hugs) to @lamthuyvo.bsky.social and the crew at @puddingviz.bsky.social
The Pudding@pudding.cool · 5mo agoMany women who’ve done IVF call themselves warriors. @lamthuyvo.bsky.social is one of them. Follow her interactive journey through infertility, told from two perspectives: parent & child. pudding.cool/2026/03/ivf/
Educational viz: Cool NOAA activity to simulate sea floor mapping, but with hand-collected measurements and a paper model. www.noaa.gov/office-educa...
Bathymetry - Mapping the sea floor
In this activity, students simulate the techniques oceanographers use to explore and map the sea floor. Using "sounding rods" and a grid system, they gather data to create a three-dimensional model of...
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@npr.org recently updated its guide to U.S. voter registration deadlines to reflect online/in person/mail deadlines for the 2026 primaries. Cheers to @hansilowang.bsky.social, Brent Jones and Ben Swasey for wrangling this. apps.npr.org/voter-regist...
How to register to vote and check your registration status
For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
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Last night @npr.org had a fact-check of President Trump's SOTU speech, w/ reporters chiming in on moments relevant to their beat. www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...
Read NPR's annotated fact check of President Trump's State of the Union
As President Trump delivered his State of the Union address, reporters from across NPR's newsroom, are fact checking his speech and offer context.
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Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public. pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...
Currently obsessed with the cozy game "Tiny Bookshop" on Switch 2, based on a recommendation from NPR's "Games We Love" roundup. www.npr.org/2025/12/03/n...
The best games of 2025, picked by NPR's staff
From indies like Blue Prince to big console exclusives like Donkey Kong Bananza, NPR staff members and contributors round up their favorite games of 2025.
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David Byrne and crew brought some joy to the Tiny Desk recently. This has to be one of my all-time favorites: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNmc...
David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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🎉📚Happy books day! NPR's Books We Love 2025 (formerly the Book Concierge) is up. apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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@npr.org has live results from key elections: VA gov, NJ gov, NYC mayor, CA redistricting prop, and 2 CO ballot props: apps.npr.org/2025-electio...
2025 Election Results: Live
View interactive maps and live results for key U.S. elections in New Jersey, Virginia, California, New York City and Colorado.
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📊🔊 Data sonification: New Orleans' rising temperatures, conveyed via the tempo of a brass band's music www.npr.org/transcripts/...
Hear New Orleans' rising temperatures in music
Average temperatures have been going up in many cities, including New Orleans. Here's what those higher temperatures sound like.
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I just realized that Illustrator and Photoshop's versions of the "Save for Web" panel have the Save/Cancel/Done buttons in the same place but in different order. Maybe that's why I always accidentally cancel out of them so often — I mean to click "Save" but click "Done" by mistake.
Made this little guy to track the substantial growth of Erin's tropical-storm-force winds #mapshaper #turfjs #flubber #svelte5 🎁 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Got to nerd out a little about world maps. www.npr.org/2025/08/21/n...
African Union backs campaign to replace Mercator map that distorts Africa's size
Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global influence — and is just plain inaccurate.
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College students and recent grads: Come intern at NPR this fall/winter! Apply by June 30. ➡️ Graphics + Web Archivist internship (with my team + our Research, Archives & Data Strategy team): job-boards.greenhouse.io/nationalpubl... ➡️ All internships: job-boards.greenhouse.io/nationalpubl...
Alyson Hurt@alykat.bsky.social · last yr.Coming soon: Fall/Winter 2025 internships at @npr.org. Watch this space: www.npr.org/about-npr/18...
Today marks 9 years since NPR colleagues David Gilkey and Zabihullah Tamanna were killed on assignment in Afghanistan. The memorial display at NPR honors their memory. The camera David was carrying when he died is on the left. We remember them on this day and always.
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Join my team at NPR! We're hiring for a senior graphics reporter. Remote-friendly (in the US). grnh.se/f78153425us
Senior Graphics Reporter
Remote
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TIMELINES: 100 days of major Trump admin actions re: DOGE, immigration, tariffs, foreign policy, retribution, civil rights and Signalgate, compiled by Domenico Montanaro @npr.org @heidiglenn.bsky.social. SO MUCH has happened in the past 3 months; it's really something to see it listed out.
In first 100 days, Trump tests limits, creates chaos and turns from allies
From foreign policy and tariffs to immigration changes and targeting of DEI, here's a look back at some of the major moves made in the past 100 days of President Trump's second administration.
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🌸 Update to this project, just in time for spring: @danielpwwood.bsky.social added support for zip code search and made transition animations sensitive to whether `prefers-reduced-motion` is set.
Alyson Hurt@alykat.bsky.social · 2y agoMy team, working with the Climate Desk, made something that's weird and joyful and useful. Repo link and blog post(s) to come. In the meantime, enjoy:
Fascinating deep-dive on an 1855 railroad company org chart, unearthed in the Library of Congress archives: www.c82.net/blog/?id=98
Making of the New York and Erie Railroad organizational diagram
Org charts tend to be a rather boring affair—with their lists of names and who reports to whom—but they didn’t start out that way. One of the first in American business, is a stunning portrait of a cl...
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