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Ruby

@rubymellen

Visual enterprise reporter on Foreign Desk of @washingtonpost

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David M. Herszenhorn (@herszenhorn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Putin’s war has backfired in so many ways, but historically the breach he personally has caused btw Russians and Ukrainians (starting in 2014 if not earlier) is a catastrophic mistake to be measured in millennia. ⁦Ruby⁩ ⁦Zoeann Murphy⁩ washingtonpost.com/world/interact…

Hannah Dormido (@hannahdormido) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🧵This is not a drill! The paywall is down this week across The Washington Post , which means you can read as many articles as you want! Just enter your email address when prompted. Here are some of the stories I worked on recently that you can read for free until June 29:

William Neff (@wneff) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The annual revival of one of the strangest renders I have ever created professionally. Also a fascinating and perennially timely collaboration with the mighty Ruby. Public service piece, so skip the paywall, jump in and break a sweat washingtonpost.com/world/interact…

The annual revival of one of the strangest renders I have ever created professionally. Also a fascinating and perennially timely collaboration with the mighty <a href="/RubyMellen/">Ruby</a>. Public service piece, so skip the paywall, jump in and break a sweat washingtonpost.com/world/interact…
hannah good (@hannahgoodart) 's Twitter Profile Photo

there's SO much news today but don't miss this gorgeous graphic explainer about how climate change is threatening one of the world's most populous — and important — regions by the power duo @KaySohini and Ruby 💥 washingtonpost.com/world/interact…

Chiqui Esteban (@chiquiesteban) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What caused the Morocco earthquake and what made it so deadly, with graphics/maps by Samuel Granados and Júlia Ledur , text by Ruby washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/…

Chloe Coleman (@ccolemanmedia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Please consider voting for this important project that I was a part of to be recognized in this year's Webby awards, alongside a great team Reem Akkad Ruby @StrekKasia Zoeann Murphy Yutao Chen 陈昱陶 + the Ukrainian families who shared their stories vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting/#…

Please consider voting for this important project that I was a part of to be recognized in this year's Webby awards, alongside a great team <a href="/reemakkad/">Reem Akkad</a> <a href="/RubyMellen/">Ruby</a> @StrekKasia <a href="/ZoeannMurphy/">Zoeann Murphy</a> <a href="/yutaochenn/">Yutao Chen 陈昱陶</a> + the Ukrainian families who shared their stories vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting/#…
hannah good (@hannahgoodart) 's Twitter Profile Photo

@bskynirenren! Society for News Design tmac0201 Audrey Valbuena This incredible piece by @KaySohini and Ruby also received an Award of Excellence in the Illustrated Reporting category 🏅✨ washingtonpost.com/world/interact…

Juliet Eilperin (@eilperin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It is so hot out West right now that medical helicopters, which are critical to make emergency rescues there, can't fly under some circumstances. Read this sobering dispatch from Ruby washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Juliet Eilperin (@eilperin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

When it comes to setting the thermostat for rentals, U.S. landlords have to make sure they stay warm enough in winter. But few places compel them to ensure they stay cool in summer. There's a fight on to change that. By Ruby and @philipcheungphoto washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Siobhán O'Grady (@siobhan_ogrady) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Images of a starving Palestinian boy went viral.The attention saved him. A painful, deeply human story by Ruby and Joe Snell — editing by the amazing Reem Akkad washingtonpost.com/world/interact…

Hannah Allam (@hannahallam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“In this environment of surveillance, Syrians improvised. They developed a code allowing them to discuss everything from everyday commerce to fears for their families, even veiled criticisms of the regime.“ Ruby & Mohamad El Chamaa on speech under Assad wapo.st/3ZMZut3

Juliet Eilperin (@eilperin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

U.S. wildfires are getting worse in a place that might surprise you. (Hint: hurricanes have something to do with it.) Ruby traveled there, and teamed up with Brady Dennis to capture what it's like as the blazes rage washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Brady Dennis (@brady_dennis) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Wildfires have always burned in the South. Here’s why they’re getting worse. Latest w/Ruby from a smoky, smoldering western North Carolina washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Emily Rauhala (@emilyrauhala) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So proud of Ruby and the whole Washington Post team for their critical work on Gaza this year. Please read this piece, and the whole package of work, which was just a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. washingtonpost.com/world/interact…

Juliet Eilperin (@eilperin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As hundreds of wildfires burn across Canada, Ruby writes, the country's landscape may never look the same washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/0…