Hi, I’m Alex. ☛ Here you’ll find my recent work.
I’m a designer-developer and graphics journalist at The ABC based in Melbourne, Australia. I approach storytelling through design to make complex topics more accessible.
What do more renewables mean for our electricity system?
Building the world’s largest electric ferry
Gaming software can help us better understand bushfires
The solar rush is here and its taking over the world
Australia’s deadliest natural disaster is a 2009 heatwave
A cyclone destroyed Darwin and changed the way we build
‘Ethical super funds’ are actually investing in weapons of war
171 cases of NSW police failing domestic violence victims
The mullet is alive and well in AFL
Financial data reveals if 30-year-old millennials are worse off than their parents
How proactive policing quotas sent NSW police searches soaring
‘The truth needs to be told’
How the revised tax cuts affect people like you
Unbox some Christmas cheer
Our data problems are getting harder to ignore
Shanti Pereira: How Singapore’s finest sprinter found her speed
Singapore in Colour
How Singapore won 1,000 SEA Games golds
Landslide hit Malaysia campsite: What we know so far
Singapore Inflation Calculator
World Cup 2022: Goal of the Day Game
South Korea Halloween crowd crush: How the tragedy unfolded
Are you financially fit?
Indonesia football stampede: What led to the tragedy
The thrill of The Chase
An interactive, number-crunching quiz show quiz
Stuff’s 2022 Impact Report
Some of the ways Stuff has made a positive impact in the lives of New Zealanders
Covid-19 Dashboard
Stuff’s new hub for tracking the pandemic
This is Ross Taylor
Tracing back the cricket legend’s career
The Collapse of Camp Freedom
How the occupation of New Zealand’s Parliament grounds came to an end
Disordered
An investigation into fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in NZ
We, the 6535 signed
NZ Doctors stand up for vaccination
The tale of two pandemics
Auckland, lockdowns and Delta
Inside the sketchbooks of NZ’s budding fashion designers
A pre-Tokyo dive into NZ’s olympic uniforms
Once a Panther
Podcast landing page, context and history
The Long Read
Homepage, identity and automating publishing workflows
Climate worriers
A generational shift, told across mediums
Koia te aroha: Ngā pāpā Māori
Just love: Māori dads
Our Truth, Tā Mātou Pono
Challenging the history of New Zealand
Coronavirus Tracking
Documenting the spread of covid in the U.S.
Print & Information Design
Building visual systems to span books, bags and billboards
Arnold Ventures
Putting philanthropy in context through data
Since Parkland
Communicating the scale of America’s gun violence epidemic
The Valedictorians Project
What became of Boston’s brightest
About me
I’m a visual communicator working in the intersection of news, design and technology. When words alone fall short, I find ways to translate complex information into approachable, visually-compelling stories. By combining my coding skills with my passion for design, I create interactive graphics that engage and inform readers in a digital space.
Having grown up on the East Coast of the United States, I made a leap to the other side of the world and wound up in Australia. (It’s a long story.) I earned a B.S. in Computer Science & Design from Northeastern University in Boston where I discovered the powerful role that technology can have in a newsroom. I’m always looking for ways to innovate and push boundaries in the way we craft and consume media.
I’m also a proud member of the Asian American Journalists Association where I helped to establish and lead the “News Nerds” affinity group for members like myself who are interested, or working, in the tech and journalism space.
Ironically, I picked up ice hockey only after leaving New England and moving to Melbourne. Now it’s my whole personality, and I proudly play for the Southern Lights.