November 22, 2009 on
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Hi, and welcome to this blog. I’m a 26-year-old web designer based in Washington, D.C. I work for The Washington Post, where I create data-driven information graphics and design multimedia stories. I went to the University of North Carolina, where I studied multimedia and photojournalism, and graduated with a degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. I was an intern at USA TODAY and worked for the Baltimore Sun for about a year and a half before coming down to the Post.
I’m a native North Carolinian from a small town in western N.C. called Franklin, where some of my family still lives. I’m the youngest of seven girls, so I love people and personalities and adventure. I love to read, travel, take photographs and see live music. All of those topics are covered in this blog, which meanders at times but serves as an archive of my work and a repository for my thoughts. I might also post bits of code I discover along the way as I build graphics using ActionScript 3, JavaScript, CSS, and other technologies.
Anything on this blog is my opinion, and in no way reflects the position of my employer, The Washington Post. All graphics are reproduced from The Washington Post, unless otherwise noted.