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Jasmine Mithani

Data Visuals Reporter (She/Her)

I’m Jasmine Mithani, the interim data & technology 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

It’s Latina Equal Pay Day — finally

The pay gap persists across education levels and industries. Here’s why.

Rebekah Barber, Jasmine Mithani · December 8, 2022
Why Native American Women’s Equal Pay Day is marked November 30

It takes almost a full additional year for Native American women to catch up to the earnings of non-Latino White men. Some are creating their own financial systems and communities of care.

Jasmine Mithani · November 30, 2022
Data on trans people is hard to come by. This survey is changing that.

The 19th talks to the lead researcher of the 2022 U.S. Trans Survey, which runs through December 5.

Jasmine Mithani · November 16, 2022
What the results of the midterms mean for women's representation, by the numbers

A record number of women are set to serve in the next House — barely.

Jasmine Mithani · November 10, 2022
States passing abortion bans reflect what only a small minority of their constituents actually want

Women are more likely to support abortion access than men, regardless of the laws in their state. The same is true of Black Americans vs. White Americans, our new analysis shows.

Jasmine Mithani · October 24, 2022
The United States just hit Equal Pay Day for Black women

Last year, the day was marked on August 3. Here’s why it’s so much later this year.

Jasmine Mithani · September 21, 2022
'I felt judged': LGBTQ+ Americans report significantly more medical discrimination

LGBTQ+ Americans are more likely to be blamed for health problems or refused medical service, a new 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll finds.

Orion Rummler, Jasmine Mithani · September 15, 2022
70% of Americans don’t trust politicians to make abortion policy, 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll finds

The majority of Americans — Republicans, Democrats, men, women and nonbinary people — distrust politicians even as states pass new restrictions.

Shefali Luthra, Jasmine Mithani · September 15, 2022
Taking care of kids makes balancing work and life harder — particularly for moms, poll finds

The challenge mothers in particular face isn’t new — but it is complex and was only exacerbated by the pandemic. A new 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll sheds light on the issue.

Jennifer Gerson, Jasmine Mithani · September 15, 2022
How we conduct 19th News/SurveyMonkey polls

More data helps us better cover and serve women and LGBTQ+ people. Here’s why we run polls — and how we report on them.

Jasmine Mithani, Terri Rupar · September 15, 2022

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