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Joanna S Kao

Data Visualisation Journalist

Joanna S. Kao is the tech lead on the FT's visual journalism team, tasked with reporting, surfacing and telling stories with engineering expertise. She was previously a data visualisation journalist in the New York bureau and a multimedia reporter and interactive developer at Al Jazeera America. She enjoys living at the intersection of computer science, design and journalism.
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  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
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  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
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  • Monday, 29 January, 2024
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  • Tuesday, 26 December, 2023
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    The results of an informal contest offer insights into how to make your predictions for the next year more accurate

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  • Monday, 11 December, 2023
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  • Monday, 2 October, 2023
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    McCarthy avoids US government shutdown

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  • Monday, 4 September, 2023
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  • Saturday, 19 August, 2023
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    The contest to be the GOP’s non-Trump candidate grows tighter as the Florida governor wilts

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  • Saturday, 12 August, 2023
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  • Sunday, 30 April, 2023
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  • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
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  • Sunday, 26 February, 2023
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  • Sunday, 12 February, 2023
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    Future electricity demand expected to be met by clean energy sources, agency says

  • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
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    We asked experts in predicting the future to answer questions about how 2023 will play out — and challenge FT readers to beat them

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  • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
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    Live results map: US midterm elections 2022

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  • Thursday, 17 November, 2022
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