Hi, my name is Jason Kao. I currently work for Bloomberg News, where I use data and data visualization to cover the news.

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Paralyzing Curbs on West Bank Obstruct Path to Palestinian State (Bloomberg News)

— Photo by Sergey Ponomarev/Getty Images.

When the Coast Guard Intercepts Unaccompanied Kids (ProPublica & The New York Times Magazine)

— Data reporting for a story about Coast Guard interdictions.

Body Cameras Were Sold as a Tool of Police Reform. Ten Years Later, Most of the Footage Is Kept From Public View. (ProPublica)

A Memorial for the Children Lost to Stillbirth (ProPublica)

How Israel’s Rafah Operation Threatens Gaza’s Critical Aid Pipeline (Bloomberg News)

— In May, Israel closed the primary routes for aid and medical evacuations.

The Scandal That Never Happened (ProPublica)

— An interactive opener for a story about how a Louisiana appellate court decided, in secret, to systematically ignore petitions filed by prisoners.

Where New York’s Asian American Neighborhoods Shifted to the Right (The New York Times)

— A story about a once-in-two-decade electoral shift in the city’s Asian neighborhoods.

Noise Could Take Years Off Your Life. Here’s How. (The New York Times)

Texas’ new race and social studies law prompts McKinney school officials to cancel Youth and Government class (The Texas Tribune)

— A story revealing an early consequence of the “critical race theory” law.

A Bird’s-Eye View of How Protesters Have Flooded Hong Kong Streets (The New York Times)

Hungry, Scared and Sick: Inside the Migrant Detention Center in Clint, Tex. (The New York Times)

— Investigating and mapping where children were detained.

How Trump’s Policies Are Leaving Thousands of Asylum Seekers Waiting in Mexico (The New York Times)

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