Young Cancer

The Washington Post’s project investigating early-onset cancer combined evocative photography, documentary video, data visualization, animation, and audio to reveal how rising cancer diagnoses are reshaping young adulthood. The series, which launched after a Post journalist was diagnosed with cancer at 26, deliberately challenges expectations of how cancer stories are told.

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He’s dying. She’s pregnant. (Interactive)

One last wish. (Documentary)

Doctors said I was “too young” to be seriously ill. I had Stage 4 cancer. (Comic)

The new faces of cancer: Young, outspoken and online. (Social first interactive)

Role: Senior Producer + Visual Editor

Why civilian watching ICE has become so dangerous

Across the U.S., civilians are documenting ICE and Border Patrol activity—and sparking a national debate. Supporters call it community observation; Republicans say it’s dangerous. The controversy has grown even sharper in recent days after the fatal shooting of Renée Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, which has ignited protests and political backlash nationwide.

Role: Senior Producer

15 teens. 300 miles. One mighty ancestral river, running free.

The removal of four dams finally made a descent of the Klamath possible. These Indigenous kayakers became the first to attempt it.

Role: Senior Producer