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Jasmine Mithani

Interim Data and Technology 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

Here’s when each trigger law banning abortion could go into effect

Thirteen states have trigger laws on the books that immediately, or very quickly, banned abortion after the Supreme Court’s decision Friday.

Jasmine Mithani · June 24, 2022
What abortion looks like in every state — right now

The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade. This dashboard provides updates on the current status of abortion rights in each state.

Jasmine Mithani, Shefali Luthra, Abby Johnston · May 25, 2022
New report aims to help evaluate critical LGBTQ+ health data collection

The report provides the NIH with guidance for gathering data on gender and sexuality, key to understanding disparities across marginalized populations.

Jasmine Mithani · March 28, 2022
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

Articles by

Jasmine Mithani

Here’s when each trigger law banning abortion could go into effect

What abortion looks like in every state — right now

New report aims to help evaluate critical LGBTQ+ health data collection

See just how much White men have dominated the federal judiciary

Moving in with other adults has become a lifeline for single moms hit ‘tenfold’ by the pandemic