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Josh Williams

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.

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    What’s Uniting, and Dividing, Native Voters in Arizona

    A usually solidly Democratic vote, Native American voters across the state say they feel increasingly left out of the conversation and are looking for change.

    By Jack Healy, Mark Boyer, Kassie Bracken, Noah Throop and Desiree Rios

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    How Simone Biles Won the Olympic Women’s Gymnastics All-Around Gold

    The most difficult vault in the world and an explosive floor routine brought Biles her second all-around win, while her teammate Sunisa Lee picked up the bronze and Rebeca Andrade of Brazil took silver.

    By Maggie Astor, Weiyi Cai, K.K. Rebecca Lai, Scott Reinhard, Bedel Saget, Joe Ward, Josh Williams and Jeremy White

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    How the U.S. Team Won the Olympic Women’s Gymnastics Gold

    See frame-by-frame analyses of the skills that allowed Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, Jade Carey and Jordan Chiles to claim the top of the podium in Paris with a combined 171.296 points.

    By Maggie Astor, Weiyi Cai, K.K. Rebecca Lai, Scott Reinhard, Bedel Saget, Joe Ward, Josh Williams and Jeremy White

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    How Fast Is That Going?

    We measured the speeds of eight objects to make our own Olympic game. Can you guess how fast the discus flies? An arrow? The badminton birdie?

    By Jeremy White, Joe Ward, Noah Throop, Emily Rhyne and Bedel Saget

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    Inflation’s Wild Ride

    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

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    A Massacre Threatens Darfur — Again

    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

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    How Has Gun Violence Changed in Your Neighborhood?

    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

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    How the Pandemic Reshaped American Gun Violence

    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

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    Watch: The Solo of ‘Solitude’

    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

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    What Happened in One of Israel’s Deadliest Attacks in Gaza

    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

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    7 Months Inside an Online Scam Labor Camp

    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

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    Behind the Scenes at the Dismantling of Roe v. Wade

    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

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    Noise Could Take Years Off Your Life. Here’s How.

    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

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    What Makes a Movie the Greatest of All Time?

    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

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    Extreme Heat Will Change Us

    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

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    Maps: Tracking Post-Tropical Cyclone Ian

    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

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    Track Wildfires in the U.S.

    See where wildfires are currently burning.

    By Matthew Bloch, Josh Williams, Rumsey Taylor, Tim Wallace, John-Michael Murphy and Tiff Fehr

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    Inside the Apocalyptic Worldview of ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’

    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

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    See the Jumps, Twists and Grabs That Brought Eileen Gu Three Olympic Medals

    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

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    See How Ayumu Hirano Made Olympic History in Halfpipe to Win Gold

    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

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    How Eileen Gu Won Gold in Big Air With Two Giant Jumps

    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

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    What the Tulsa Race Massacre Destroyed

    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

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    Who Gets to Breathe Clean Air in New Delhi?

    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

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