Data editor @ NBC News, @NBCguild.bsky.social strong, Oregonian born & raised, lives in NYC (Gowanus, Brooklyn). Formerly: NY Daily News, Denver Post, Medill. Into dataviz, data pipelines, accessibility, a good story. joemurph.76 @ signal joemurph.com
NBC News Data / Graphics’ @amowreader.com does a segment on the NBC News podcast about what it’s like for new college grads trying to find a job: Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1mGf... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
The Ukraine and Iran Wars Collide in the Caspian Sea; Plus, the Entry-Level Job SlogHere's the Scoop · Episodeopen.spotify.comThe latest on where the Department of Justice's attempts to get state voter rolls stands: [no paywall] www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Tracking the DOJ's effort to get U.S. voter registration dataThe Justice Department has asked state officials to provide voter names, dates of birth, residential addresses, driver’s licenses and Social Security data.www.nbcnews.comData from job boards and surveys show an unusually cool job market for new graduates, as well as a multiyear decline in entry-level job postings. Here's @amowreader.com for @nbcnews.com [paywall] www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...
NEW: NBC News is tracking what is known about the war in Iran [paywall] www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...
How much has the Iran war cost? Tracking the human and financial tollFour months, thousands of lives, billions of dollars.www.nbcnews.comNBC News is tracking measles case counts, which as of today's CDC release have hit a new, 35-year high. [no paywall] STORY: www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... TRACKER: www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...
U.S. measles cases reach 35-year high in 2026, surpassing last year’s totalThe sharp rise in cases comes amid a decadeslong decline in childhood vaccination rates.www.nbcnews.comWe’ve been tracking the Messi vs. Mbappé career World Cup goals back-and-forth, and one of the little details we accounted for was whether Messi or Mbappé looked happy in their photos. Today, for the first time, we see a happy Mbappé. #dataViz #worldCup [no paywall] www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...
New from @nbcnews.com's Data / Graphics team: A visual #dataViz dive into the wildfire smoke smothering the Midwest and northern U.S., with two maps and two diagrams. Words by @amowreader.com and also, we're taking down the paywall on this one. www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...
The @nbcnews.com Data / Graphics team continues its run of #WorldCup coverage, today with a #dataViz [paywall] piece on the World Cup histories of the teams still left, where we are now on goals per game, and World Cup fatigue. Here's @amowreader.com with the story: www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...
New from @nbcnews.com's Data / Graphics team: We analyzed federal Time Use Survey data and pulled out some interesting snippets comparing Gen Z to millennials and others. Lots of #dataViz and an interactive in this well-linked story. [paywall] www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...
Interactive: How does your average day compare with Gen Z’s?New data shows, minute by minute, how Gen Z spends its time differently than previous generations.www.nbcnews.comSomeone reverse-engineered the FIFA World Cup momentum charts ("most black-box metrics are simpler than they look," www.linkedin.com/pulse/revers... ), figured out a reasonable approximation, and published the code (in python) on github: github.com/JakeBonnici2...
GitHub - JakeBonnici22/match-momentum: Rebuilding FIFA's World Cup Match Momentum chart with an exponential-decay threat model in PythonRebuilding FIFA's World Cup Match Momentum chart with an exponential-decay threat model in Python - JakeBonnici22/match-momentumgithub.comNever seen data visualizations like these before. #dataViz #worldCup wc26.bogachev.fr
New from @amowreader.com and Joelle Gross, for @nbcnews.com: New data from the job board Indeed finds the number of jobs that have listings with “AI” in the title has tripled from 2022 to 2026, touching 1 in 12 jobs on the site. [no paywall] www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...
The number of job titles that involve AI, even outside the tech world, is surgingWill your next job title include AI? The odds are rising.www.nbcnews.comOn career World Cup goals, Messi now leads Mbappé, 21 to 19. [no paywall] www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...
Gooooooooals: Mbappé battles Messi for all-time World Cup scoring recordNBC News is tracking the French star and the Argentine legend through their teams’ remaining matches.www.nbcnews.comNeglected to share this last week, but lots of #dataViz in this article about the U.S. heat wave [paywall'ed] www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...
The Fourth of July U.S. heat wave, in seven diagrams, charts and mapsMore than 160 million people — nearly half the U.S. population — are under heat alerts Thursday.www.nbcnews.comLearned how much @amowreader.com knows about Taylor Swift (a LOT) this week, and here, that knowledge is shared with you, in #dataViz form. [no paywall] www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...
From heartbreak to happily ever after: The evolution of Taylor Swift’s musicAcross 16 albums, the pop superstar’s lyrics have traced a journey from romance and heartbreak to marriage, lasting commitment and a new chapter with Travis Kelce.www.nbcnews.comThe cost of burgers is up. Fourth of July cookouts too. A quick [paywall'ed] piece on one slice of inflation pie, by @amowreader.com for @nbcnews.com: www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...
Inflation is making an appearance at holiday cookouts this year, survey findsThe price of an average Fourth of July cookout increased 4.1% from 2025 to 2026.www.nbcnews.comHere's @amowreader.com for @nbcnews.com: World Cup goals are way up. Is the ball to blame? [paywall] www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...