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Anson Chan @anson_chanson
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Anson Chan@anson_chanson
9 Jan 2024
Hi #PortfolioDay , i'm Anson and i'm a freelance illustrator working from Barrie, Ontario. Interested in all projects and collaborations for anyone interested in my work. Thanks for looking! E: anson.c.s.chan@gmail.com W: ansonchanson.com IG: instagram.com/ansonchanson/
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A Student Chases The Shadows Of Tiananmen For @NewYorker, a book review for Ha Jin’s, “Looking For Tankman” novel about a young Chinese sophomore studying history at Harvard and her discovery of the events at Tiananmen Square in 1989. Thank you AD Aurora for contacting me!
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These Companies Gain Through Reverse Stock Splits. Shareholders Often Lose Out For @barronsonline about stock market manipulation using reverse stock splits. Thank you AD Sue for this cool assignment, had a blast doing roughs for this piece!
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For @CanCyberNetwork back in September for their Operations Technology report. Thanks to AD Jen for reaching out and working with me on this! #illustration #art #cybersecurity #canada #data #digital
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Suicide attempts, Sackings And A Vow Of Silence: Meta’s New Moderators Face Worst Conditions Yet For @TBIJ. "Hit by workers’ rights lawsuits in Kenya, the tech giant has moved its outsourcing to a top-secret new site – where life is grimmer still." Thank you to AD Alex!
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Government Customer Service Shake-Ups Have The Less Tech-Savvy On Edge For @washingtonpost, about DOGE modernizing government customer services with AI. This is a part of a series of budget cuts that are removing jobs and now, are impacting the elderly. Thank you AD Elena!
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American Panopticon For @TheAtlantic, about the Trump administration collecting data on Americans, creating a large database of its citizens and their private information. Big thanks to AD Ben!
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Elon Musk's Fury Over Tesla Death Investigation Foreshadowed His War Washington For @washingtonpost, about how Elon Musk’s past conflict dealing with the government and Tesla explains the aggressive relationship he has with Washington today. Thank you AD Andrew!
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Plunder, Sell, Repeat For @businessinsider, about how “wealthy investors keep bankrupting needy hospitals”. There is a cycle of profit in the American privatized healthcare system, using hospitals that are in need of funding as real estate investments Thank you @tylerleartwork!
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Could We Bring Down the C-Section Rate? For @ThePublicSquare, about how American maternal health care could be improved and reimagined as a community effort to support women. Thanks so much AD Jackie for having me back for this story! #illustration #art #healthcare #csection
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Dating App Cover-Up: How Tinder, Hinge, and Their Corporate Owner Keep Rape Under Wraps For @themarkup, “The company behind popular dating apps, Match Group, has known for years about the abusive users on its platforms, but chooses to leave millions of people in the dark.”
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The Not-Quite-Anti-Woke Caucus For @NewYorker, about the Democratic party distancing itself from identity politics. Still, they are unable to get on board with Trump ending DEI. So cool to work with @joshjcochran on this one! Thank you! #illustration #art #dei #trump
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An old killed spot from 2020 #illustration #art #prison #prisoner #jail #inmate
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Morning Update: The Rise Of The AI-Powered Afterlife Second piece for @globeandmail about #AI and the #digital #afterlife. #artificialintelligence #illustration #art #socialmedia
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This AI Replica Of My Dead Mother Has Plenty To Say About The Rise Of The Digital Grief Industry For @globeandmail, about how the rise of AI is altering the way we remember our dead, with online presences living forever on digital domains. Always a pleasure to work with Brennan
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‘It Ruined a Lot of Years of My Life.’ Teens and Young Adults Are Hooked on a Different Kind of Gambling For @barrons, about an investigation into more than two dozen gambling sites connected to the video game Counter-Strike. Thanks to AD Shayanne for working together with me!
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State Regulators Know Health Insurance Directories Are Full of Wrong Information. They’re Doing Little to Fix It. For @propublica, about how Americans are signing up for health insurance, but are unable to find providers once they are in a network. Thank you to AD Cengiz!
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Universities Like Yale Need A Reckoning For @nytimes, about how Universities in America are out of touch politically with the rest of America. Nevertheless the future of the country is still made there. Thank you for your trust and art direction AD Shoshana! #illustration #art
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How Disinformation Research Came Under Fire For @MotherJones, about how misinformation researchers have retreated after GOP efforts to kill the industry. Thank you AD @GraceMolteni for having me on! #illustration #art #disinformation #misinformation #tech
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Someone Is Watching. Is It God, or Your Boss? For @TheAtlantic, about Francis Ford Coppola’s 1974 film, The Conversation, and how it relates to present times as workers are increasingly being observed by the emerging surveillance state. Thank you AD Joanne for your trust!
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"Unlimited Energy" For @sciencefocus, featured on @applenews, about companies who are drilling into the deepest depths of the earth to harness geothermal energy. Thank you AD Joe, sketching ideas for this one was really fun! #illustration #art #drill #geothermal #energy #earth
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