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amy o'kruk

@amyokruk.bsky.social

visual journalist, CNN data & graphics 🇨🇦 she/her amyokruk.github.io

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amy o'kruk@amyokruk.bsky.social · 3w ago

📈 NEW: Trump promoted companies on Truth Social days after buying their stocks. My latest graphic for CNN highlight three examples involving Nvidia, Tesla and American Eagle, comparing his 2025 financial disclosures with favorable Truth Social posts about each company

CNN graphic presents three side-by-side examples comparing Donald Trump's 2025 financial disclosures with Truth Social posts about Nvidia, Tesla and American Eagle. Each panel includes a Truth Social post above a timeline of disclosed stock trades. The Nvidia example shows multiple purchases of $100,000–$250,000, a sale of $1,000–$15,000, and another purchase of $50,000–$100,000 before an April 15 post announcing Nvidia's $500 billion U.S. AI investment. The Tesla example shows a purchase of $500,000–$1 million before a July 24 post expressing support for Elon Musk and Tesla. The American Eagle example shows a purchase of $15,000–$50,000 before an August 4 post praising the company's Sydney Sweeney advertising campaign.
amy o'kruk@amyokruk.bsky.social · 3mo ago

What is redistricting? Why are states racing to redraw congressional maps right now? 👉 The battle over these maps could shape who controls Congress after the midterms. We're breaking down what’s happening, which states are changing their maps, and why it matters politically: bit.ly/430xe8d

Roman Sverdan@romansverdan.bsky.social · 2y ago

Explore Singapore's heritage buildings with one of our recent experiments using LiDAR Point Cloud data, #svelte and #threejs. Interactive: str.sg/viz-shophouses. #dataviz, #datavis #lidar #pointcloud #3d

Singapore’s conserved properties must stand the test of time. One townhouse in Neil Road aims to show the way for the future.

Over 6,500 shophouses in Singapore are conserved for their historical and cultural value – but how can they stand the test of time, in the face of climate change, changes to their environment and dwin...

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amy o'kruk@amyokruk.bsky.social · 4mo ago

adding simple animation to illustrations can really up impact (and it's SO easy with procreate): happy with these gifs for a story about how unpaid DHS employees have been affected by the partial government shutdown:

amy o'kruk@amyokruk.bsky.social · 4mo ago

an amazing (!) effort, especially all of the examples of creatives combining data + textiles -- i super loved Wendy Ward's project where she adds a french knot to her clothes every time she wears them:

A black item of clothing with multicolored french knots grouped together in a rectangle. Wendy Ward has been documenting her Wearing Tally project, where she uses Surface Embroidery to make a French knot on her clothing when she wears it.
Quinn Daedal@quinnanya.me · 4mo ago

If you like data, or making things with textile crafts (sewing, knitting, crochet, weaving, etc.), I've finally written something up about data visualization with textiles. More words coming over the next few months! #DHmakes

amy o'kruk@amyokruk.bsky.social · 4mo ago

3 things i like about my Lyme disease cases map: 👉 data available since 2001, but cycling 4 key years helps emphasize trend 👉 county border tooltip changes b/w dark grey or white depending on data for better visibility 👉 the map reset button features a super *cute* icon of the continental US

amy o'kruk@amyokruk.bsky.social · 7mo ago

new graphic from me: 2026 election calendar 🗓️ i'm happy with how this turned out! i iterated a lot over the design trying trying to make a complicated election season readable at a glance why i think it works... �

This 2026 US election calendar graphic is showing a horizontal calendar-style timeline of primary election dates from March through September, with the general election on Nov. 3. Each date row shows the states holding primaries, with dark purple boxes highlighting "primaries to watch," and small green dots marking competitive Senate races and orange dots marking competitive governor races.
Sarah Drasner@sarahedo.bsky.social · 2y ago

💥 I did an explainer about how Android rendering works! This is part of a series on rendering, I’ll be showing how each platform renders so that people can learn and compare/contrast

Detailed diagram of Android Rendering, going from UI definition all the way to the display, with drawings of each stage
amy o'kruk@amyokruk.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨 NEW: Exceptional rain followed by drought set the scene for LA wildfires New chart showing how abnormal precipitation patterns last year are contributing to the intensity of the LA fires. While wet season was supposed to begin in Oct, virtually no rain was recorded in the final months of 2024.

Chart headline: Exceptional rain followed by drought gave way to more vegetation, setting the scene for LA wildfires Chart subhead: The flip from extremely wet to dry set the stage for the Los Angeles-area wildfires. These moments of so-called weather whiplash are becoming more frequent and more impactful as the planet warms. Chart title: Monthly precipitation in 2024 recorded at UCLA weather station Chart description: Chart shows unusually high precipitation recorded in February at 19.3 inches, far above the 4.6-inch norm for the month. From April onward, very little rain is recorded throughout the year, despite wet season typically beginning in October. Chart source: Source: National Weather Service and National Centers for Environmental Information (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
amy o'kruk@amyokruk.bsky.social · 2y ago

comic-book-style illustrations can work really well in an investigative feature to make something kinda complex a lot more approachable and engaging (great example here from Propublica/The Connecticut Mirror showing how the Connecticut DMV can sell people's cars after 15 days)

An 3-pane example of the comic-book-style explanatory illustrations showing how the Connecticut DMV allows tow companies to sell people’s cars after 15 days.
ProPublica@propublica.org · 2y ago

NEW: “It may be just a car to some, but for my family it was sanity, peace of mind stolen from us.” In Connecticut, tow companies can sell people’s cars after 15 days. For low-income residents, the consequences can extend far beyond the cost of the car. w/ @ctmirror.org propub.li/3DDzcC6

Tiffany Babb@explodingarrow.bsky.social · 2y ago

Happy New Year, pals. It's time for the (hopefully annual) comic critics mini grant. My family and I are giving four mini grants of $250 to comics critics. Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

2025 Comics Criticism Mini Grant

This project will be awarding four mini grants of $250 to comics critics. To apply, please provide 3 links to comics criticism work of at least 500 words published in the last year (blogs and Youtube ...

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