Amy O'Kruk

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Thumbnail showing an illustration of the container ship that caused the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, Maryland in March 2024. Baltimore Bridge Collapse Using digital drawing to explore new perspectives and add context to breaking news Thumbnail showing a city street with cars and people crossing the road. What Happens During a Government Shutdown? Using illustration to make abstract topics more concrete for readers Thumbnail showing a man carrying a shovel while he walks through snow. How Much Snow Calls for a Snow Day? A fun data story looking at snow quantity and school closures Thumbnail showing frogs jumping in front of the earth styled as a globe. What Would Happen If We Didn’t Have Leap Years? This explainer uses a unique angle to challenge what readers think they know Thumbnail showing an illustration of a home during windy conditions. Where the Deadliest US Twisters Touch Down A data story digging into the myth of Tornado Alley Thumbnail is abstract circles. Pro-Palestinian Protest Arrests at Colleges A timeline of where protests erupted and who police arrested Thumbnail of a book open with the pages turning and an American flag on the cover Elections Glossary Designed and developed to dynamically update based on a linked doc with terms Thumbnail is an abstract red and blue rectangle. Transforming the Appellate Courts Distilling a highly complex subject into digestible visuals Holiday Foods and Inflation Visualizing how inflation hiked the price of some 2022 holiday favorites