Youyou Zhou
@zhoyoyo.bsky.social
Data and visuals journalist at The Washington Post Opinions https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/youyou-zhou/ 📍Berkeley, CA • New York City
Damning new reporting on the breadth of Trump's deportation operation that follows up on two scoops from The Handbasket last year: the State Department's creation of the Office of Remigration and monetary agreements with "third countries" to accept refugees from elsewhere.
How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation
Inside the secret deals powering the president’s push to deport migrants to countries not their own.
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How the U.S. national debt got this bad, in a giant timeline: wapo.st/3U5w624
Opinion | The 2030s will bring a fiscal cliff. Here’s how it got so steep.
A timeline of how the U.S. reached its current debt level.
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Have you thought about how you can engage your audience and maximize impact of your data story? We have an exciting webinar planned for Aug 20th The speaker is @zhoyoyo.bsky.social visual and data journalist at Washington Post Opinion who will share real world practical advice. shorturl.at/1xFSj
Practical Tips to Maximize Impact of Your Data Stories | Data Changemakers
Often our data tells a compelling story, but our audience doesn't care?
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How much would you pay for a robot that promises to fold your clothes? My dispatch from Palo Alto: 🎁 wapo.st/4fCvVEl
Opinion | What’s the price of folding laundry? It’s higher than you think.
This is the new hype in Silicon Valley. Should you get on board?
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Where's the decoupling headed? Complete five charts to see if your instinct goes in the correct direction: wapo.st/4dbydZi
Opinion | Do you know how reliant the U.S. is on China? Take this quiz.
Take this quiz to see how much the relationship has changed since Trump’s last visit to Beijing.
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We got our hands on internal ICE records that show how widespread use of force, like punches, kicks, takedown maneuvers, restraint holds, and less-lethal weapons such as Tasers and pepper spray in detention centers has grown wapo.st/4tdgBRA (1/)
People often plan financially for having children, but not for the costs that come at the end of life. Dying is costly. I did the calculations for every zip code in America. Here's how you can start preparing for it: wapo.st/4bJqGjE (Gift link)
Opinion | What does it cost to die in America? Search your Zip code.
Calculate how much you should set aside for the final years of life.
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A thread of the best data graphics storytellers (+ @sadbumblebee.buzz) with niche skills looking for jobs👇
Daniel Wolfe@sadbumblebee.buzz · 8mo agoThe Post was foolish enough to unleash a bevy of the world’s most talented multi-disciplinary journalists out there for their competition to scoop up. These are some of the most hard working and skilled people I know. Save this one and reshare it please! 📊
I wanna keep doing this work, in any form (podcast! newsletter! movie? AI literacy class!). Pls msg me on Signal at nitasha.10 if you need someone who’s well-sourced in AI & SV, worked hard to understand the technology + ideas + players, cares about getting it right and informing the public
NEW from WaPo visual forensics on ICE shooting: Federal agent secured gun from Minn. man before fatal shooting, videos show 1)Agent approaches empty handed 2)Agent removes gun from Pretti's waistband 3)Pretti is fatally shot
This is an outrage. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec... Read @hannahnatanson.bsky.social's work: * www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int... * www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... * www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist for Classified Documents
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"How are the 85,000 visa holders selected?" See the interactive from @zhoyoyo.bsky.social: https://wapo.st/4jf0n74
Opinion | Which skilled immigrants does America need? You decide.
The government is now prioritizing visas for foreign workers who make higher wages.
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My last article of the year: A hypothetical think piece asking you to design the selection process for skilled immigrants to the United States. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int... Does making 4x salary make someone more valuable than someone making 1x salary? What do you think?
Opinion | Which skilled immigrants does America need? You decide.
The government is now prioritizing visas for foreign workers who make higher wages.
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Most Americans think killing survivors of suspected drug boat attacks is not justified. (Taylor Orth, @today.yougov.com) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/251210-top...
Zillow made headlines pulling climate risk data off their platform. Data on Redfin users, though, shows that potential homebuyers only click a listing's flood, wildfire risk for a short time after catastrophic disasters: More from Ruby Mellen and I here: 🎁 wapo.st/4pX8MhE
Hurricanes and wildfires influence homebuyers, if only for a minute
Interest in climate risk surges after disasters, according to the real estate platform Redfin, but soon diminishes.
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Where in America is THE BEST place to raise kids? Here's what I found: wapo.st/49u64eL (The stork knows!)
Opinion | What’s the best place to raise kids? See how your county ranks.
Use these four factors to find out.
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Chiqui Esteban 🇺🇸🇪🇺@chiquiesteban.me · 11mo agoWhat’s the best place to raise kids? See how your county ranks. By @zhoyoyo.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
Excited to be learning with this amazing cohort and instructors! www.poynter.org/from-the-ins...
Poynter names 17 journalists to prestigious 2025 Power of Diverse Voices program - Poynter
From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their car...
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The Department of Homeland Security released a draft of new rules that would alter the H-1B lottery to favor higher-wage roles. Will the H-1B program buckle under this new policy? @zhoyoyo.bsky.social, @leonkrauze.bsky.social and @cato.org's @davidjbier.bsky.social discuss:
Opinion | ‘Nativist hysteria’: Trump’s $100K H-1B visa fee
Three writers discuss the future of skilled worker immigration under the administration’s new policy.
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Authoritarianism is like measles: Ignore it and it will go away. I have this guidance straight from Secretary Kennedy. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
A Beautiful Day for Saying Nothing
That chill in the air isn’t Jimmy Kimmel’s show being suspended. It’s just autumn!
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"An analysis of birth rates nationally showed two forces are pushing Americans away from having children," @zhoyoyo.bsky.social writes. wapo.st/4728boR
Opinion | Here’s what it takes to encourage Americans to have more babies
How costly is it to have babies in your area? Check yourself.
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Instead of asking the binary question whether AI will replace you, here is a better way of thinking about how AI might affect your job: wapo.st/41bJoe0 (🔸 from me!)
Opinion | How AI is impacting 700 professions — and might impact yours
Will AI help you work or replace you? Check yourself.
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The tool in this column by @zhoyoyo.bsky.social allows you to check your job and see if AI is more likely to help you on it or replace you. Good news for pediatricians or college teachers. Bad news for credit authorizers, translators and actors. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
Opinion | Will AI help you work or replace you? Check yourself.
Here’s how AI is impacting 700 professions — and might impact yours.
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