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Stephen Beard @StephenBeard

Graphics Journalist at @USATODAY. News graphics animation. 2x Pulitzer winner. Past: @indystar, Cleveland Plain Dealer | @bsu_sjsc alum | stephenjbeard.com

Joined April 2009
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Grand Canyon fire adds to 7.5 million acres of burned national parkland Data analysis by @_icalderon @usatgraphics usatoday.com/story/graphics/…

Grand Canyon megafire adds to 7.5 million acres of burned national parkland, analysis shows

A USA TODAY analysis found more than 600 fires that burned at least partly inside national parks in the past four decades.

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This is awfully preachy for a branch of journalism steeped in hyperbole. The Community Notes are pretty hilarious.
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25 Oct 2024
A team losing a game is not a "disaster." Home runs are homers, not "dingers," "jacks" or "bombs." A player scored 10 straight points, not 10 "unanswered" points. If a football team scores two touchdowns and the opponent doesn't come back, say it "never trailed" rather than "never looked back." In short, avoid hackneyed words and phrases, redundancies and exaggerations.
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AP using the word "disaster" for a sports loss: apnews.com/article/soccer… AP using the phrase "unanswered points": apnews.com/article/orange… "McGwire got there first and finished with 70 dingers." apnews.com/article/mlb-ho…
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Indiana voters: in case anyone else is looking for this, you can confirm your early voting/mail-in absentee ballot's status if you scroll down to "visit my voter portal" button at indianavoters.in.gov.
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Javier Zarracina@JZarracina
27 Sep 2024
Hurricane Helene was massive at landfall. @usatgraphics @StephenBeard visualize how it compares with recent storms @USATODAY @Gannett usatoday.com/story/graphics/…
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I’ve borne witness to so many lows in this man’s journalism career, I wasn’t about to miss this one! @Axios’ @justinlmack pays up on a bet he lost to @ArikaHerron following ND’s drubbing of Purdue.
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Me, futilely trying to referee a dispute in this house about singular possessives for Harris and Walz.
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Kaitlin Lange@kaitlin_lange
29 Jul 2024
Cities plan what booming Hamilton County will look like in 20 years. Come for the story from ⁦@John_Tuohy⁩ and ⁦@Jake_Allen19⁩. Stay for the graphics from ⁦@StephenBeard⁩ showing how Carmel and Fishers have changed over the last 20 years. indystar.com/story/news/loca…

What will booming Hamilton County look like in 20 years? The cities have a plan.

Hamilton County's population is projected to reach 500k in the next 20 years. Where will it be and what will it look like? The cities have plans.

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Holly Rosenkrantz@hrosenkrantz
28 Jul 2024
New ballot-box obstacles: Mapping the states with recent laws that make it harder to vote From @usatoday's @_erinmansfield and @StephenBeard usatoday.com/story/graphics/…

New ballot-box obstacles: Mapping the states with recent laws that make it harder to vote

Following a wave of restrictive voting laws, many will find it harder to vote in 2024 than it was in 2020.

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I'd heard of the "Happy Memorial Day!" emails but didn't believe they were actually real until I just now clicked on my 'promotional' filter tab. Guys.
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Spot-on.
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6 May 2024
Replying to @ChroniclesOfAzu
5 languages in a trenchcoat
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This is quality storytelling.
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3 May 2024
My old boss did a lot of stupid things, like, proper mental, but the funniest was when he was on the roof of our shop, and looked like he was about to leap the 6-foot distance to one of the other buildings. I said, "Jim, there's no way you'll make that jump."
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Just finished the series finale of Star Wars #TheBadBatch and felt some things. Now I just need a couple of @eavoss videos to break down precisely how I should feel about it!
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I love birds and use @cornellbirds' ID app often, but this data project delving into bird colors is glorious. 🦜@KZaiets @ceciliagarzella & Veronica Bravo. @usatgraphics usatoday.com/story/graphics/…

How do birds get their colors? A guide to your vibrantly hued, winged friends

Learn how birds chirping near your feeder get their rainbow of colorful feathers, how they serve them, and why we perceive them the way we do

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Breaking my self-imposed exile (“X-ile?” 🤔) of this platform ahead of my first #NICAR event in Baltimore later this week. Looking forward to meeting a some of my @usatgraphics team in person for the first time, and others passionate about data & journalism. #nicar24
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Of course, @bsu_sjsc, there will be no living with me after this.
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Here's a cool look at how OSIRIS-REx brought an asteroid sample back to Earth for study, via @usatgraphics usatoday.com/story/graphics/…

How NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft brought Bennu asteroid sample back to Earth

A half-pound of asteroid rock and dust landed by parachute in Utah – and will be exhaustively analyzed in Houston

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Shopping for an EV? Here's a great analysis by @Tmaiorca89 on how to maximize the sundry federal & state tax incentives available. usatoday.com/story/graphics/…

You can claim a tax credit for an EV: Your guide to incentives and rebates

Shopping for an electric vehicle? Don't miss out on the tax credits, incentives and rebates available in your state.

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Here’s a breakdown of the “perfect call” at the center of Trump’s Georgia and federal indictments, by colleagues @npenzenstadler & @Ramon_Padilla: usatoday.com/story/graphics/…

'The perfect call': 7 moments in Trump's Georgia call now deemed 'overt act of conspiracy'

A look back at the now-infamous recorded phone call at the heart of the Georgia indictment when Donald Trump pressed officials to find him votes.

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Javier Zarracina@JZarracina
10 Aug 2023
Hundreds of structures were damaged or destroyed by the fire in Maui's Lahaina Town, including historic landmarks. @usatgraphics @StephenBeard and Janet Loehrke explain the scope of the devastation with maps usatoday.com/story/graphics/… @USATODAY
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27 Jul 2023
The Biden administration is suing Texas' controversial use of buoys and razor wire barriers to prevent migrants from crossing the Rio Grande. @usatgraphics @StephenBeard and @GeoPetras explain the characteristics of the devices usatoday.com/story/graphics/… @USATODAY
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