
John West
@johnwest
Now: computational journalism @wsj, formerly @cortico, @medialab, and @qz. Book: *Lessons and Carols*, @eerdmansbooks (2023).
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This is heartbreaking reporting from @maxblau at ProPublica on the human toll of insurance "ghost networks." propublica.org/article/ambett…

At the Miami Herald, Shirsho Dasgupta et al have published a disturbing series on Florida's juvenile crime law, which sees more Black kids tried as adults than white kids. (And do yourself a favor and check out the impressive methodology at the bottom) miamiherald.com/news/local/cri…


Bitcoin, burgers and big money donors: a behind-the-scenes look at why Trump says he'll block a Fed-backed digital currency, fire the SEC chair and free the founder of an online illicit drug market... (with Vicky Ge Huang and Caitlin Ostroff) wsj.com/politics/elect…


DEGREE OF SEPARATION: College divide erodes Democrats' support in Black and Hispanic neighborhoods. With tons of hyperlocal data and a mess of exclusive analysis from me, Stephanie Stamm, Jack Gillum, and @ben_warren0—and thanks to Maureen Linke and Rob Barry. wsj.com/politics/elect…



With Stephanie Stamm at The Wall Street Journal, I wrote about the whitest county that votes Democratic. Trump wants to expand his advantage in white, working-class enclaves. Harris wants to claw back votes in old union strongholds. Places like Lake County, MN are the battleground. wsj.com/livecoverage/h…


Call it Field of Bad Dreams: Harris tried to build it, but they just didn’t come. wsj.com/politics/elect… In every core blue bloc, voters didn’t turn out. The electorate that did shifted toward Trump—an analysis of vote data from me, Kara Dapena, Maureen Linke, and Rob Barry.

Harris tried to build it. They just didn’t come. Turnout among core Democratic blocs dropped, and the Harris campaign reached out—and failed to sway—Republicans. From me, Kara Dapena, Rob Barry, and Maureen Linke for The Wall Street Journal. wsj.com/politics/elect…


So proud of The Wall Street Journal data team member John West and formers Coulter Jones and Andrea Fuller for their dogged work "chronicling political and personal shifts of the richest person in the world, Elon Musk, including his turn to conservative politics." pulitzer.org/winners/22641