Career

I’m a researcher and data journalist with a focus on visualising and communicating climate change.

Right now I’m working at 360info as the Data and Digital Storytelling Lead, building the data visualisation and analysis capability of an open newswire supported by Monash University.

Here are some of the more ambitious interactives I’ve produced:

Featured work

The Olympics are hotter and more humid than ever

The Olympics are now regularly held in conditions too hot and humid for most people to exercise in. How much can the world’s elite athletes withstand?

Nuclear trade map

It takes more than just fuel to make nuclear power work. See the global flow of goods throughout the nuclear lifecycle, from raw ore to nuclear waste.

Exploring Antarctica’s ice

There’s more to Antarctica than the ice you see on the maps. Go on a tour of the frozen continent.

Bushfires

How is fire risk changing, and how vulnerable is your area?

The renewables transition

Nations are slowly but surely moving to cleaner sources of electricity.

Hot Oceans

Track warming trends in the world’s oceans month-by-month.

El Niño

See how it works to affect weather around the world

Sinking cities

Where are coastal cities sinking?

Extreme heat

How are hot days affecting workers?

Arms trade

Who supplies and receives arms?

Most popular countries for students

See where students are likely to come from or visit.

I also occasionally write, commission and edit stories alongside our other editors. Here’re some of the stories I’ve been involved in:

The Olympics are hotter and more humid than ever (Written July 2024)
Inflation pushes student debts up despite repayments (Written May 2024)
How dangerous is extreme heat to humans (Commissioned August 2023)
Renters in older homes feeling the heat (Written March 2023)
Extreme heat will put more pressure on workers (Written February 2023)
The ecological crisis in the Arctic Ocean (Comissioned October 2022)
Seeing emotions just the start for brain-reading technology (Comissioned September 2022)

Beyond building our big interactives, I:

produce static charts and infographics
train our staff in data storytelling
work with our media partners to help them use our interactives and datasets
work with our infrastructure providers to test updates and plan work
manage our GitHub presence and the 360 Visuals site

Although I work in data journalism, I have a research background in the public health impacts of climate change, including a PhD from UNSW Sydney. Here’s my published research.

Have ideas about communicating climate change or other big ideas better? I’m always happy to talk!