Josh Williams is a multimedia editor in the Graphics Department of The New York Times. He works across desks on a variety of visual stories, primarily as a designer and programmer. In 2021, he was part of the data team that won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Before joining The Times in 2011, Josh taught at UC Berkeley, led a team of newsroom designers and developers at the Las Vegas Sun, and made exhibits at the Smithsonian Institution.
We spoke to them about why they feel like their votes, while important, don’t seem to translate into the type of change they want to see in their daily lives.
By Julie Bosman, Noah Throop, Kassie Bracken and Mark Boyer
As the presidential election approaches, politicians are focused on who is to blame for price increases. How did we get here?
By Jeanna Smialek, Karl Russell and Lazaro Gamio
Darfur, the region of Sudan once synonymous with genocide, may be on the brink of a new chapter of horror.
By Lauren Leatherby, Declan Walsh, Sanjana Varghese and Christoph Koettl
The footprint of gun violence in the U.S. expanded during the pandemic. Use these maps to compare data on gun homicides in your area with others around the country.
By Eli Murray, Josh Williams, Rebecca Lieberman and Robert Gebeloff
The footprint of gun violence in the U.S. has expanded, as shootings worsened in already suffering neighborhoods and killings spread to new places during the pandemic years.
By Robert Gebeloff, K.K. Rebecca Lai, Eli Murray, Josh Williams and Rebecca Lieberman
Click through as Joseph Gordon performs a section from Alexei Ratmansky’s new dance for New York City Ballet, a reaction to the horrors of the war in Ukraine.
By Gia Kourlas and Stephan Alessi
What used to be a solemn event, governed by dignity and protocol, has more recently become marked by partisan disruption.
By Peter Baker
Watch the comic as she workshops the final punchlines for her new Netflix special.
By Jason Zinoman
In this airstrike, Israel was targeting a senior Hamas leader. Dozens of people in a residential neighborhood were killed in the attack.
By Anjali Singhvi, Bora Erden, Helmuth Rosales, Mika Gröndahl, Rumsey Taylor, Josh Williams and Abu Bakr Bashir
A man was abducted by a Chinese gang and forced to work in a scam operation. He gathered financial information, photos and videos and shared the material with The New York Times.
By Isabelle Qian and Pablo Robles
This is the inside story of how the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion — shooting down compromise and testing the boundaries of how the law is decided.
By Jodi Kantor and Adam Liptak
The House voted to expel Representative George Santos of New York from office, with 311 votes in favor.
By Lazaro Gamio, Josh Williams, Ashley Wu and Molly Cook Escobar
The current system makes it hard to build the long-distance power lines needed to transport wind and solar nationwide.
By Nadja Popovich and Brad Plumer
We used a professional sound meter to measure the din of daily life and talked to scientists about the health risks it can pose.
By Emily Baumgaertner, Jason Kao, Eleanor Lutz, Josephine Sedgwick, Rumsey Taylor, Noah Throop and Josh Williams
As he fights for free speech online and promotes his companies, the new owner of Twitter spends a lot of time replying to his fans.
By Sheera Frenkel, Martín González Gómez and Ella Koeze
A catastrophic string of storms continued to pummel California on Tuesday. Here’s what it looked like.
By Adeel Hassan, Christina Kelso, Zach Levitt, Bea Malsky, Scott Reinhard, Stephen Reiss and Josh Williams
See how each representative voted in each round of the marathon election for House speaker.
By Allison McCartney, Alicia Parlapiano, Ashley Wu, Christine Zhang, Josh Williams, Emily Cochrane and John-Michael Murphy
Family reunions, play dates and holidays never looked so good. But for some, isolation and sadness linger.
By Alicia Parlapiano, Emily Badger, Claire Cain Miller and Margot Sanger-Katz
The much-respected Sight and Sound poll of the best films ever shows that what is valued onscreen has changed over time, sometimes radically.
By Eric Grode, Weiyi Cai, Rumsey Taylor and Josh Williams
Half the world could soon face dangerous heat. We measured the daily toll it is already taking.
By Alissa J. Rubin, Ben Hubbard, Josh Holder, Noah Throop, Emily Rhyne, Jeremy White, James Glanz, Josh Williams, Sarah Almukhtar and Rumsey Taylor
A map showing the storm’s path as it continues inland after making landfall in South Carolina.
By Eleanor Lutz, Lazaro Gamio, Zach Levitt, Jason Kao, Ella Koeze, Agnes Chang and Eve Washington
See where wildfires are currently burning.
By Matthew Bloch, Josh Williams, Rumsey Taylor, Tim Wallace, John-Michael Murphy and Tiff Fehr
A New York Times analysis of 1,150 episodes reveals how Tucker Carlson pushes extremist ideas and conspiracy theories into millions of households, five nights a week.
By Karen Yourish, Weiyi Cai, Larry Buchanan, Aaron Byrd, Barbara Harvey, Blacki Migliozzi, Rumsey Taylor, Josh Williams and Michael Zandlo
See the full schedule and a detailed state-by-state breakdown of the congressional midterm elections in the U.S.
By Taylor Johnston and Christine Zhang
Take a deeper look at the skier’s signature moves, which won her the gold in the big air and halfpipe competitions and a silver in slopestyle.
By John Branch, Alexandre Devaux, Or Fleisher, Eleanor Lutz, Mark McKeague, Miles Peyton, Emily Rhyne, Bedel Saget, Joe Ward, Jeremy White and Josh Williams
Ayumu Hirano of Japan was the first to land a triple cork in the Olympics on his way to capturing the gold medal and beating a deep field of medal contenders that included Shaun White.
By John Branch, Weiyi Cai, Jon Huang, Emily Rhyne, Bedel Saget, Daniel Victor, Joe Ward, Jeremy White and Josh Williams
Move by move, here’s a look at the two high-scoring tricks that vaulted Gu to victory. Her final jump was one she had never tried in competition.
By Alexandre Devaux, Jon Huang, Or Fleisher, Marco Hernandez, Taylor Johnston, Mark McKeague, Miles Peyton, Emily Rhyne, Bedel Saget, Josh Williams and Jeremy White
Images of businesses and homes in and around historic downtown Mayfield, Ky., show large-scale destruction.
By Keith Collins, Josh Williams and Denise Lu
See the Summer Olympics in a series of composite images.
By Larry Buchanan, Jon Huang, Emily Rhyne, Bedel Saget, Joe Ward, Jeremy White and Josh Williams
Dozens of wildfires are actively burning across the Western United States, charring large swaths of land in recent days.
By Matthew Bloch, Rumsey Taylor, Tim Wallace and Josh Williams
The project began 18 months ago as a simple concept: Count every known U.S. case at the time. When the virus grew exponentially, so did the efforts to document it.
By Tiff Fehr and Josh Williams
Highways radically reshaped cities, destroying dense downtown neighborhoods. Now, some cities are starting to take them down.
By Nadja Popovich, Josh Williams and Denise Lu
We created a 3-D model of Greenwood, home of “Black Wall Street,” as it was before a white mob set it on fire 100 years ago.
By Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, Anjali Singhvi, Audra D. S. Burch, Troy Griggs, Mika Gröndahl, Lingdong Huang, Tim Wallace, Jeremy White and Josh Williams
The Times is tracking statewide eligibility based on age and occupation. See who is eligible for a shot in each state.
Selected Times graphics, visualizations and multimedia stories from the year.
We measured how much air pollution two children, Monu and Aamya, breathed for a day to see how much inequality makes a difference.
By Jin Wu, Derek Watkins, Josh Williams, Shalini Venugopal Bhagat, Hari Kumar, Jeffrey Gettleman, Rumsey Taylor, Leslye Davis and Karan Deep Singh
See where doses have gone, and who is eligible for a shot in each state.
By The New York Times
Detailed results and maps from the Alaska primary election.
See full results and maps from the Delaware primaries.
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Detailed results and maps from the Rhode Island primary election.
See full results and maps from the New Hampshire primaries.
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See full results and maps from the Massachusetts primaries.
See full results and maps from the Massachusetts primaries.
With the White House blocking the way to network news, Dr. Fauci talks about the pandemic wherever he can.
By Quoctrung Bui, Margot Sanger-Katz, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Noah Weiland and Kitty Bennett
Detailed results and maps from the Wyoming primary election.
See full results and maps from the Florida primaries.
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See full results and maps from the Wyoming primaries.
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See full results and maps from the Alaska primaries.
See full results and maps from the Alaska primaries.
See full results and maps from the Florida primaries.
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Detailed results and maps from the Florida primary election.
See full results and maps from the Florida primaries.
See full results and maps from the Florida primaries.
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See full results and maps from the Connecticut primaries.
See full results and maps from the Connecticut primaries.
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Detailed results and maps from the Wisconsin primary election.
Detailed results and maps from the Vermont primary election.
See full results and maps from the Minnesota primaries.
Detailed results and maps from the Minnesota primary election.
