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I mess with data. I talk to people. I write it all down. Data Director, The Washington Post. She/Her
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Drop me a line if you'll be at #NABJNAHJ22 this week and want to connect! Or catch me chatting with and about using data for investigative reporting on Wednesday afternoon.
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4/ @emsimani, a data reporter
Stop me if: You want to chat about using data for investigative reporting, or if you’re curious about the Data Institute (propub.li/data).
Best way to reach me: ellis.simani@propublica.org
Bio: propublica.org/people/ellis-s
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On today's front page, 's important investigation shows how the state and local office holders charged with defending the Amazon are often the ones accused of destroying it. With and
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New column!
We cranked through more than a half million airbnb listings to create a database that smooshes culture and geography together.
With it, we calculated the most Midwestern things on the planet and learned way the hell too much about "walleye".
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You’re 70x more likely to be killed by a shark than winning the Mega Millions jackpot washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/inte
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An analysis found that accusations of environmental wrongdoing against members of the Amazon region’s political class are not an anomaly but a defining characteristic. Investigation by and data journalist :
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It’s been great to work with the talented data journalist , who got a byline on this story with washingtonpost.com/world/interact about how nearly 1,200 politicians in Brazil’s Amazon have been cited for doing environmental harm:
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In 2018, and I exposed systemic discrimination by Warren Buffet's mortgage companies
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Today, Justice Department , & announced the 2nd largest redlining settlement in history (details below)
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A mortgage company owned by billionaire businessman Warren Buffett discriminated against potential Black and Latino homebuyers, the Department of Justice said Wednesday, in what they are calling the second-largest redlining settlement in history. apnews.com/article/new-yo
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One of the most gentle, thoughtful, and compassionate editors you could ever hope to find.
RIP Chris Shea -- the Post will be immeasurably poorer without you
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Hi #AAJA22! The Post's data team is hiring data journalists for several jobs. The first, on the wellness team, is already posted: washpost.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/washingt
3 other data jobs - on biz, demographics & climate - are coming soon, so please find or & say hello!
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BREAKING Tonight - DOJ is investigating Donald J. Trump's actions and role in an effort to overturn the 2020 election results. w greats
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As of July 18:
- 842 suspects have been federally charged in the DOJ probe of the Capitol insurrection.
- 116 defendants await sentencing after they either pleaded guilty or were convicted.
- 218 defendants have been sentenced so far. wapo.st/3Bn5Btx
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OMG this guy
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if Blake Bailey can get a new book deal with S&S to write this gross "memoir," I'm sorry, there is no such thing as cancel culture.
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Good morning, #rstudioconf2022! The Washington Post is hiring a talented data-driven storyteller to work on “How we Live” type stories on our Wellness desk. Have some ideas on fitness, relationships, eating, etc? Apply to join our team here: washpost.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/washingt
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A THREAD: Today, we are pleased to republish The Associated Press investigation that exposed the infamous “The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male,” on the 50th anniversary of its appearance in news outlets around the county.
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Are you going to be in Los Angeles for #AAJA22? Are you a designer, developer, art director or illustrator? Do you want to know more about The Washington Post’s Design team? If you check off at least 2 of these, hit me up! I’ll be there all week.
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Code your open-ends! Don't do word clouds! Clear out nonsense! Ndnd!
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Dulles and Reagan National airports did some surveys about concessions and this is the word cloud of responses.
Officials say people want more healthy options.
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PURGED — Here’s the news. Those texts are gone, gone, gone . Agency scoured records and said it found nothing new to give Congress . National Archives now investigating if USSS broke the law
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Meet the trio of conservative legal blocs that has rolled back public health authority at the local, state and federal levels, recasting America's ability to fight infectious disease.
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I have no idea how this came to live on my desk but I like him and feel that he needs a complicated and amusing backstory
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Even as storefronts shuttered, DC business licenses surged during the pandemic. Analysis and story by :
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Despite record unemployment and concerns of widespread business closures early in the coronavirus pandemic, the number of people seeking to start and develop their own businesses in the D.C. region surged, a Washington Post analysis shows. wapo.st/3za6jJ1
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Despite record unemployment and concerns of widespread business closures early in the coronavirus pandemic, the number of people seeking to start and develop their own businesses in the D.C. region surged, a Washington Post analysis shows.
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In Wisconsin, a woman bled for more than 10 days from an incomplete miscarriage after emergency room staff would not remove the fetal tissue
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Saudi interests paid foreign agents over $25 million for lobbying & influence ops during President Joe Biden's first year in the White House—more than any year other than 2018 as Saudi Arabia spent to clean its image around when Jamal Khashoggi's killing opensecrets.org/fara/countries
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The back story on how his national security team talked @POTUS into going to Saudi Arabia:
Months of intense lobbying persuaded Biden to go to Saudi Arabia, sources say nbcnews.com/politics/white
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Whatcha doing this weekend?
Planning the week's menu in a spreadsheet? Mapping workout routes? Downloading personal data from your wearable?
How about turning that interest in quantifying your life into a job?
Pitch us unique data-driven Wellness ideas:
washpost.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/washingt
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According to WaPo's Peloton slack, actual showed up to the Lizzo artist ride, and now the whole platform has crashed.
A Queen.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Long lines are back at food banks around the U.S. as working Americans overwhelmed by inflation turn to handouts to help feed their families.
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“We’re living in an era of constant scams. The technology and techniques behind them have improved, while attempts to crack down have largely stalled…there doesn’t seem to be any meaningful relief in sight.”
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City prosecutors, mostly in South and Midwest, say they won't file charges against medical workers or patients. New Orleans told its police not to pursue such cases. Blue cities are fighting back against abortion bans in GOP states, via
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When told me months ago there were people needing publicly funded intellectual and disability services in Texas who were on waitlists for 10-20 years I couldn't believe it. It's true. And you can read it for free because our paywall is down.
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Did we run to catch it? Reader, we did.
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I spy senior intern ! (apparently taking a break from some data analysis for an education story, ha)
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Today’s fourth @washingtonpost TikTok features DC’s hottest club: The Washington Post Intern Breakroom 
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Dashboards are the new PDFs. Turn on your enable "export data" button option, please, people.
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Oh me? I'm just over here staring into the void having just learned that Maine finally made their drug data available as csv files. Never mind that it took months & multiple people to help me scrape that data from those silly little interactive dashboards.
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Hey data journalists! Have I got a job for you... Come hang out and write cool stories!
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I am *really, really* excited about this job opening: We're seeking a data reporter to cover "How We Live" on the Post's new Wellness team:
washpost.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/washingt
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This is a very interesting position - don't think there's another one like it out there?
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JOB ALERT: The @washingtonpost is adding a data reporter embedded on the wellness desk. this is a new position for the org and @wpdatateam. Come work with us! washpost.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/washingt
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Inflation continues to hit hard:
Groceries: up 12% in past year -->Biggest annual increase since 1979
Chicken: Up 19% in past year-->Biggest increase ever
Gas up 60%-->Biggest since 1981
Electricity: Up 14% -->Biggest since 2006
Rent: Up 5.8% -->Biggest since 1986
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