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Jasmine Mithani

Data Visuals Reporter (She/Her)

I’m Jasmine Mithani, the data visuals reporter at The 19th. I write stories, make charts and check our math. I collaborate on data-driven projects like our polling partnership with SurveyMonkey and our abortion rights dashboard. Lately I’ve been writing about the intersection of technology, gender and politics, drawing from my past lives as a software developer and designer.

Much of my work revolves around core themes of information access, tech-facilitated harms and privacy. My reporting frequently centers LGBTQ+ perspectives and intersects with reproductive rights. I have a soft spot for stories about the South Asian diaspora and good books and try to report on solutions, not just problems.

I contributed to our 2023 Online Journalism Award-winning coverage of the Dobbs decision. My data visualizations have been short- and long-listed for Information is Beautiful Awards. I routinely speak about best practices in journalism around reporting on mixed-race people and working with data about LGTBQ+ people.

Never formally trained as a journalist, I was instead nurtured by Chicago’s civic media ecosystem. I’ve previously worked at FiveThirtyEight, NPR and South Side Weekly. I now live in Los Angeles after a decade of Midwestern winters.

My work is free to consume and free to republish because of contributions from readers like you. A donation of $19 goes a long way toward sustaining our nonprofit newsroom.

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Latest from Jasmine Mithani

See just how much White men have dominated the federal judiciary

As confirmation hearings start for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, The 19th takes a look at the diversity of the federal judiciary since its start in 1789.

Jasmine Mithani · March 21, 2022
Moving in with other adults has become a lifeline for single moms hit ‘tenfold’ by the pandemic

Single mothers, who have lost jobs at a higher rate than married parents, are turning to cohabitation as a way to get through the pandemic, get child care support and weather rising rents. Many are moving in with family, friends or other single moms.

Chabeli Carrazana, Jasmine Mithani · March 10, 2022

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