Points Unknown Assignment Site
A site to host assignments and final deliverables for the Points Unknown class at the Journalism School, Columbia University, summer 2022.
I'm Luiz Fernando Toledo, a journalist using investigative and data techniques to bring impactful stories to life. I'm finishing a master's degree in data journalism at Columbia Journalism School, after being awarded a full scholarship. I hold another master's degree in Public Administration and Government (FGV-EAESP).
Assignments
US Election Maps
This is a recreation of the style used by the New York Times in their election results maps.
US Persistent Poverty Map per county
This map shows counties where 20 percent or more of residents were poor as measured by each of the 1980, 1990, 2000 censuses, and 2007-11 American Community Survey 5-year average.
US Police Brutality Map
Based on PBP2020 project.
Citibike trips per station in 2020 and 2021
A map that shows how many trips were made in New York using citibikes, divided by bike station.
Venezuelan refugees around the world
Venezuela is the country with the most citizens forced to flee to other countries in 2021, according to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. Check the asylum countries.
Mapping wildfire in the US
This is a US state map that classifies how likely it is to occur wildfire in a place during a year, according to wildfire simulations.