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		<title>New story designs: Cycling&#8217;s road forward</title>
		<link>http://kat-downs.com/blog/2013/02/new-story-designs-cyclings-road-forward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat Downs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just launched this beautiful presentation today. Wilson Andrews and Tim Wong led from the design side. Love the responsive template and the clean and elegant feel.]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Calculators on Wonkbook</title>
		<link>http://kat-downs.com/blog/2012/11/tax-calculators-on-wonkbook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat Downs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week we launched two new interactives embedded in Ezra Klein&#8217;s blog, Wonkbook. Ezra and Dylan Matthews put together the information, Todd Lindeman designed it and Andrew Metcalf built it. I helped with styles, etc. It&#8217;s a fun experience, and I love that it&#8217;s built for the blog. Check them out! Romney version here: Obama [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New homicides map</title>
		<link>http://kat-downs.com/blog/2012/10/new-homicides-map/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat Downs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We just launched this interactive map with details about 2,294 homicides that occurred in D.C. between 2000 and 2011. You can find the killings in your neighborhood, follow the trends over time, and learn how the victims died and what happened to their cases. Key findings featured in the graphic: Click the headline to jump [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeing liberty through the lens</title>
		<link>http://kat-downs.com/blog/2012/10/seeing-liberty-through-the-lens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat Downs</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography and multimedia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Post has some of the best photojournalists in the world, and it&#8217;s always such a pleasure to work with them. For this three-part series on Virginia voters, Melina Mara took portraits of Virginians and interviewed them. Nick Kirkpatrick recorded and edited audio from the interviews. Then Bonnie Jo Mount traveled the state to photograph [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Say What: Debate version</title>
		<link>http://kat-downs.com/blog/2012/10/say-what-debate-version/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat Downs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New version of Say What for debates went live yesterday:]]></description>
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		<title>Say What? Interactive transcript player tool is a new way to tell speech stories</title>
		<link>http://kat-downs.com/blog/2012/08/say-what-new-transcript-player-tool-is-a-new-way-to-tell-speech-stories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat Downs</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kat-downs.com/blog/?p=867</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, we launched a new project: an interactive transcript player that matches up the words of the speech, Post analysis, and reaction from Twitter. I have been wanting to do a Twitter project for a while, and this time all the pieces fit together. After I pitched the idea, Cory Haik coordinated a partnership with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington Post Olympics graphics and multimedia roundup</title>
		<link>http://kat-downs.com/blog/2012/08/washington-post-olympics-graphics-and-multimedia-roundup/</link>
		<comments>http://kat-downs.com/blog/2012/08/washington-post-olympics-graphics-and-multimedia-roundup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 04:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat Downs</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Information Graphics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s some of what the WaPo team put together for the London Olympics: The definition of perfection I designed this piece about how gymnastics scoring worked. Wilson Andrews developed it and edited/animated the videos, and Bonnie Berkowitz did the writing. Profiles in Speed This six-part series we developed in the run-up to the Olympics featured [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catching up on 2012</title>
		<link>http://kat-downs.com/blog/2012/08/catching-up-on-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 03:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat Downs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been completely delinquent about posting here. I will try to do better, and in the meantime, here is a selection of work from the first part of the year (am going to follow this up with some breakout posts on specific projects). What&#8217;s at stake on Super Tuesday? Going way back to Super Tuesday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NICAR presentation on visualization</title>
		<link>http://kat-downs.com/blog/2012/02/nicar-presentation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat Downs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just got back from the NICAR conference in St. Louis, where I gave a talk with Bill Keaggy on Best Visualization Practices. There&#8217;s delicious stack of links here: http://bit.ly/nicar2012 and the presentation is here (click the settings gear and open speaker notes to find out what we talked about): Chrys Wu kept a detailed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New year, new post</title>
		<link>http://kat-downs.com/blog/2012/01/806/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat Downs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a busy few months, but I&#8217;m gonna squeeze in a post for January! I&#8217;ve switched jobs at the Post and moved into a new role, Interactive Projects Editor, focusing on creating interactive projects that combine design and graphics with video, photography and social media. I&#8217;m really looking forward to the new challenge. In [...]]]></description>
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