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Adobe Is Trying to Spend $20 Billion to Buy Back Its Swagger

Bloomberg Businessweek, 2022. The creative giant sees Figma as a route to overhauling its business, but critics see echoes of Facebook’s alleged anti-competitive behavior. 
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​Twitter Chairman Keeps Calm in Chaos of Musk’s Bid to Scrap Deal

Bloomberg, 2022 - Profile of Bret Taylor, who led Twitter's bid to force Elon Musk to close the $44 billion acquisition.
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DoorDash Drivers Game Algorithm to Increase Pay

Bloomberg Businessweek, 2021
#DeclineNow is a guerrilla experiment to train Doordash's algorithm to pay workers better, and its proponents insist it’s already working. ​
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Big Tech is Fighting a Civil War Over Future of the App Store

Bloomberg News, 2022
A push to regulate app stores has pitted Apple and Alphabet against Microsoft and others in a showdown of some of the nation’s biggest technology companies
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​The Biggest Public Graveyard in the U.S. Is Becoming a Park

Bloomberg CityLab, 2022
New York City wants Hart Island, the burial grounds for victims of Covid-19 and AIDS, to be a more accessible and inviting place.
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Is IBM Still the Patent Godfather?

Bloomberg News, 2021
Big Blue has cleared $1 billion in patent income most years since 1996. But recently, companies are pushing back.
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​National Parks Are So Crowded That Congress Is Getting Involved

Bloomberg News, 2021
A post-pandemic boom in national park tourism has left lawmakers wondering how to preserve nature amid increased crowds
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Dollar Looks Unstoppable as Taper Looms and Energy Prices Soar

Bloomberg News, 2021
As the Fed looks to taper and energy prices soar, currency market analysts see no alternative to the US dollar.
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How Many Police Officers Live in Your Neighborhood?

UIC Bonfire, 2020, Data Analysis
Police don't tend to live in highly policed areas. By combining residency data obtained through FOIA and public arrests, we can visualize this imbalance.
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Inside Chicago's Doomed Amazon HQ2 Pitch

Crain's Chicago, 2020
Through a FOIA appeal process, I acquired unreleased Amazon pitch documents.
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Avoiding the Undercount: New Census Strategies in Illinois

Red Line Project, 2020
Breakdown of $35 million in Illinois Census funding, including the most-comprehensive database of grants from five government agencies.
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Nationwide Marijuana Training Scam Uncovered

CBS Chicago, 2019, Data Visualization
Utilized a web-scraper to find seminar history. Presented data with state legalization status to visualize targeted areas. 
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