KATE SLINEY

About me

I’m a visual storyteller based in Washington, D.C., available for freelance data visualization work. Additionally, I work as an analyst focused on international trade cases at the Department of Commerce. I'm a graduate of Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (M.A.) and Columbia University's data journalism program, The Lede Program. My resume is available here.

Selected Work

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Debate: "Missour-ee" vs. "Missour-uh"

Missourians still can't agree how to pronounce the Show-Me-State's name. Is a local's use of "Missour-uh" versus "Missour-ee" a result of Missouri's rural-urban divide? A predictor of the speaker's political views? Used: D3.js, Illustrator, Sketch, Wacom Drawing Tablet.

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Interactive: Wheelchair Accessible Subway Stops - with Elevator Outages

A grim reality for those who rely on elevators to access NYC's subway. Used: Python and Cron to scrape MTA's posted outages; Mapbox to recreate the iconic subway map.

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Rising Seas Threaten Key Military Bases

How sea level rise will impact key military installations located along U.S. coasts, based on projections of unchecked climated change. Used: QGIS, Photoshop, Illustrator

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Motion Graphics: Career How-To Series

I filmed, produced, and edited an interview with an expert in the security field on having a career in Washington. Used: Adobe Premiere, Illustrator, and After Effects.

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D3.js: Visualization Playground

Visualizations created for indepdent projects and Lede 24 classwork. Used: D3.js, Node.js, HTML, and CSS.

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QGIS: Quick-Turn Maps

Select classwork for Columbia Journalism School GIS class taught by Jeremy White. Used: QGIS and Adobe Illustrator.

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Twitter Scrape: Verifying Air Quality

A scrape of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing's feed of air quailty readings to see if small particle air pollution has improved, as reported. Used: Python, Jupyter Notebook, Google Charts.

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Scrollytelling: Indian Ocean Port Explainer

Interactive map published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative. Used: Mapbox, HTML, and CSS.

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Design and Research: Arbitration Explainer

Explainer published by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative. Used: Bootstrap, Adobe Illustrator, and open source research tools.

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Writing and Analysis: Women and the One Child Policy

Analysis and research guided by experience working in China. Used: Microsoft Word and open source research tools.