
Jeremy Ashkenas
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Graphics Director for Opinion, The New York Times
On the hunt for the world’s sharpest visual opinions. Got one? Pitch me. jashkenas @ nytimes
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In New York Times Opinion’s latest series, At the Brink, we’re looking at the reality of nuclear weapons today. It’s the culmination of nearly a year of reporting and research. Nuclear war is often described as unimaginable. In fact, it’s not imagined enough. nytimes.com/interactive/20…


I teamed up with New York Times Opinion graphics colleagues to show that the Biden administration ships arms to Ukraine with great fanfare, heralding transparency--but ships vast amounts of arms to Israel in silence: nytimes.com/interactive/20… How about transparency all around, Mr. President?



🚨NEW from me and Harrison Lavelle, for New York Times Opinion: Dobbs turned abortion into the biggest Democratic advantage (and the biggest Republican liability) around. It's Democrats' best shot in 2024. That explains why the money shows them going all-in on it. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Don’t miss this one from New York Times Opinion: Molecular biologist Alina Chan lays out the evidence that the coronavirus pandemic probably started in a lab, in five key points. nyti.ms/3R98Qfj

In the New York Times, Alina Chan makes her case in five points why the pandemic more likely started in a lab. Yes, it’s fact-checked. And we now know many outspoken experts opposed to this made similar points in PRIVATE. Barely reported on. Read and see: nytimes.com/interactive/20…



How worried should you be over bird flu? Depends on who you are (right now), argues Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH. Check out her helpful explainer and flowchart on New York Times Opinion nytimes.com/2024/06/19/opi…

Bryan Caplan makes the case for more building in today's The New York Times. I'm persuaded! nytimes.com/interactive/20…

From the June presidential debate to his speech at the RNC, Donald Trump produced lies at an extraordinary pace. In my latest for New York Times Opinion, I show how Trump’s claims compare to the facts. nytimes.com/2024/07/24/opi…

There is a very small group of independent observers that has been allowed into Gaza since the Oct. 7 attacks that started the war: volunteer doctors and nurses. In today’s New York Times Opinion, read what 65 of them wanted to say about what they saw there. nyti.ms/3U2MyNM


Applications are open to join our lil’ Opinion Graphics team for a year as a member of the 2025 New York Times fellowship class: boards.greenhouse.io/thenewyorktime… If you are early in your journalism career, dig graphics, and think you’d enjoy the freedom that Opinion has to offer — apply!

It’s a startling statistic: When women under age 25 get pregnant in America, their odds of being murdered more than double. Don’t miss Sara Chodosh’s latest. nytimes.com/interactive/20…



🚨NEW🚨 Zohran Mamdani has won the Democratic Primary for NYC Mayor. For New York Times Opinion I wrote about Mamdani’s historic coalition of the in-between: working, middle, and upper-middle-class renters spanning white, Hispanic and Asian neighborhoods. nyti.ms/4lqrfAZ