Meghan Hoyer
Data Reporting Director, The Washington Post
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- Tim was the institutional memory and heart of the Post's graphics team. He's a talented, innovative colleague and leader who never once turned down a chance to chat or work together. Both a pro and a friend.
- News: I was cut yesterday in a newsroom-wide layoff affecting 300+ staff at The Washington Post. I spent the last decade leading and building the award-winning Graphics team. I'll miss them. I'm now exploring senior graphics, cartography, or leadership roles. Intros welcome. timmeko.com
- Reposted by Meghan HoyerThe Post was foolish enough to unleash a bevy of the world’s most talented multi-disciplinary journalists out there for their competition to scoop up. These are some of the most hard working and skilled people I know. Save this one and reshare it please! 📊
- Reposted by Meghan HoyerOf the 184 universities that made faculty diversity pledges, at least 108 have fully or partially rolled them back after a year under the Trump administration, according to a Post survey and analysis. Explore your university's diversity data here:
- I think I'll have more to say tomorrow but for right now, just: @emilygiam.bsky.social *taught herself to code* so she could tackle all the cool stories she came up with on the sports beat. It's been amazing to have her as a teammate and a collaborator, and we're going to miss her a ton. 💜
- Co-sign all of this; hire these amazing people! I'm happy to talk to a potential hiring manager about any of them
- Alyssa is both a serious data journalist with immense technical chops and a super-talented visualization guru, figuring out all sorts of solutions to create the best storytelling approach. Plus she's a great collaborative partner :) Someone needs to hire her ASAP.
- Reposted by Meghan HoyerI expected the cuts would be bad but I'm honestly stunned and sickened seeing how many great journalists the Washington Post just lost. People who nailed huge investigations, documented war zones, exposed horrific crimes, dropped all at once for failures they did not cause.
- Reposted by Meghan HoyerWe are so incredibly thrilled to receive this honor. Working on this project was one of the highlights of my career and I could not be more grateful to @ire.org and my entire team. Thank you to all my colleagues at @thebaltimorebanner.com and all of our readers and supporters.
- Congratulations to @thebaltimorebanner.com for earning first place. Their investigation chronicled students’ experiences on public transit and the impact that transit had on their academic futures. Read: bit.ly/4rrGyw2 By: @lizbowie.bsky.social @invisibae.bsky.social @ryanlittle.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Meghan HoyerU.S. Failed to Alert Judge to Press Law in Application to Search Reporter’s Home The Justice Dept. did not address a 1980 law that generally bars warrants for reporting material when it sought to seize a Washington Post reporter’s devices, an unsealed filing shows. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
- Reposted by Meghan Hoyer"Crisis." "Catastrophe." "Chaos." Just three words people used to describe the state of the Kennedy Center after Trump's announcement that he wants to close it for two years for construction. Our latest: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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- Remember that last year, the federal government inadvertently released 400 people's social security numbers in the JFK files: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... So basically they've learned nothing.
- Reposted by Meghan HoyerIn many of the first generation of modern concentration camp systems (near the turn of the twentieth century), the vast majority of deaths were caused by disease and malnutrition. Most of the victims were women and children.
- It appears there is now a measles outbreak at the Dilley family detention facility. www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
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- Reposted by Meghan HoyerNew: Just how furious are Americans about ICE? Sewing influencers, bourbon vloggers and the mod of r/catbongos are all taking a political stand. "I refuse to wake up in five or 10 years and look at myself in the mirror and say, ‘You had a platform and did nothing,'" a golf YouTuber told me
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- Reposted by Meghan HoyerFederal immigration officers across the country are newly equipped with an array of state-of-the-art surveillance technologies, thanks to a bill that transformed ICE into the country’s most highly funded law enforcement agency. Here’s a look at their arsenal:
- Reposted by Meghan HoyerICE says it detains the "worst of the worst." Meet Liam Ramos, age 5.
- Reposted by Meghan HoyerBreaking news: Government officials may not examine electronic devices seized from Post reporter Hannah Natanson until litigation stemming from the search of her home is settled, a federal judge ruled.
- Reposted by Meghan Hoyer“The outrageous seizure of our reporter’s confidential newsgathering materials chills speech, cripples reporting, and inflicts irreparable harm every day the government keeps its hands on these materials,” The Post said in a statement. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
- Glad to see @rcfp.org acting quickly to push for the unsealing of the search warrant that allowed FBI agents to enter a @washingtonpost.com reporter's home yesterday and do "a search with dramatic implications for a free press and the constitutional rights of journalists."
- Reposted by Meghan HoyerSetting aside the reversal of policy and the possibly deliberate scare message, reporters need to adjust their threat models and get their operational security nailed down. The stakes are extremely high. Gift link from the marketing people. wapo.st/4pFh6lw
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- We (well, @alyssafowers.bsky.social, @federicacocco.bsky.social and @aarongregg23.bsky.social!) analyzed hundreds of earnings calls and found that executives are talking WAY differently about the economy than the public, and painting a far more optimistic view: www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
- Reposted by Meghan HoyerIt’s such an honor to work in the same newsroom as @hannahnatanson.bsky.social, her incredible coverage of federal workers this year has been nothing short of inspiring. I stand with her 100%. Everyone should read her piece on the toll this work can take: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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- Reposted by Meghan HoyerFor those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
- Reposted by Meghan HoyerPage One. @washingtonpost.com
- Reporters! If you're covering the wake of the CDC overhauling childhood vaccines today, we've made clean kindergarten vaccination-rate data available for schools and districts in 36 states, and county-level data for 44 states. Get it here: github.com/washingtonpo...
- Kids back to school today? It's a good time to check on how protected they are from measles. In a massive effort, @caitlingilbert.bsky.social @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & @moriartymaps.com collected vaccination data from ~46,000 public + private schools in the US. You can search it here:
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- Reposted by Meghan HoyerFor our new visual investigation into how night vision and city lights may have played a part in the DCA crash we flew a drone along the helicopters route, filmed incoming planes through night vision goggles, and analyzed it all within a 3D model of Washington, D.C. Watch here wapo.st/4atdTBI
- The brightness of the DC skyline (National Harbor has gotten 3x brighter in a decade) and lights from inbound aircraft may have contributed to the deadliest US airline crash in 20 years. By @imogenpiper.bsky.social, @abtran.bsky.social, @alexhorton.bsky.social, @jb1prod.bsky.social & Brian Perlman:
- Simple, low-cost solutions could bring down America's soaring rate of pedestrian deaths, but states and cities have been slow to adopt them. Here's what one city is doing: wapo.st/48OlcTt
- A reminder that ticket sales have dropped wildly at the Kennedy Center since Trump took over. @jeremybmerrill.com, @travismandrews.bsky.social & Shelly Tan found sales from Sept. through late Oct. were down 43% for performances in the three main theaters: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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- Reposted by Meghan HoyerWhen Trump launched his crime emergency — taking over D.C. police for 30 days and deploying National Guard troops into city streets — he said he wanted to combat “out of control” crime. Here's the lasting impact of Trump’s federal surge on one D.C. neighborhood wapo.st/4s4VMIF
- Seems right (for the record: I haven't watched college football in about two decades) www.washingtonpost.com/sports/inter...
- This is an amazing story: www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
- The Washington Post (dream team of @emilygiam.bsky.social, @katiperry.bsky.social & @arturgalocha.bsky.social) has created a metric to calculate precisely how happy — or miserable — fans of each major college football program should be based on their team’s résumé. See how your school fared:
- A sign of Donald Trump's attempts to dramatically expand presidential authority: he's used executive orders -- bypassing Congress and traditional legislative action -- more this year than he did in his entire first term. From @ence.bsky.social @emilydavies.bsky.social & @cqzakrz.bsky.social:
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- As part of our TikTok project, we are mailing each of the 1,100 people who shared data with us their own personal view of our map of TikTok content. Like this user, who watched a lot of Disney and rage bait (with stops on cat peninsula and Taylor Swift island): www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
- What "side" of social media are you on? @jeremybmerrill.com, @fox.computer & Leslie Shapiro made a tool to allow you to see what content is most similar to what you see - and what's least likely to cross your feed. I get a lot of running and reading content: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
- We used 1,100 real users' data to help re-create TikTok’s algorithm, and then made a map, allowing you to explore the hidden divides that decide what content you see - and what you don't. Awesome work by @fox.computer, Leslie Shapiro & @jeremybmerrill.com: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
- Penn State, Ohio State, Texas ... this year, preseason college football rankings were WAY wrong about which teams would dominate. By @emilygiam.bsky.social & @jessedougherty.bsky.social: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
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- Dozens of cities across the U.S. adopted Vision Zero programs to reduce the number of pedestrian deaths. But in nearly all, deaths have risen. From @rachelsiegel25.bsky.social, Ian Duncan, @moriartymaps.com & Emmanuel Martinez: www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
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- December: The how-much-coffee-can-I-drink challenge begins #deadlines
- David Byrne is the best, full stop. Afterward, as the rest of the band and crew dispersed, Byrne hopped on a rented bike for a solo ride through the District on a beautiful fall afternoon: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNmc...
- This is fine.gif The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics. From @ence.bsky.social @bethreinhard.bsky.social @aaronschaffer.com & Naftali Bendavid: Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
- The homicide rate in the US has been dropping in the past three years and is trending toward its lowest level in decades. Reporters visited five cities with major decreases to figure out why. Data analysis by @jdharden.bsky.social: www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...
- Wide roads and fast-moving vehicles — especially when combined with signs of poverty, homelessness, drug & alcohol abuse, plus a lack of pedestrian-focused roadway improvements — has produced a pattern of death-by-vehicle that is uniquely American. Investigation by Ian Duncan & Emmanuel Martinez:
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- Baby boomers hold more than $85 trillion in assets, making them the richest generation by far. Successive generations weighed down by debt and child care costs will be hard-pressed to replicate their wealth. By @federicacocco.bsky.social & Shannon Najmabadi: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
- With his new pay package, Elon Musk will make $3 billion more per year than the 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined. By @alyssafowers.bsky.social & Leslie Shapiro: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
- Data journalist @jeremybmerrill.com analyzed 38,000 ChatGPT conversations and found AI has gotten less formal -- dropping some words and adding contractions -- while clinging to the EmDash and some cliched constructions. w/ @emmakumer.bsky.social & SzuYu Chen: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
- 🧠Can you detect AI writing? @jeremybmerrill.com, Szu Yu Chen + @emmakumer.bsky.social found there are a lot of giveaways if you look closely: 🧠https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2025/how-detect-chatgpt-em-dash/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f012
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- In parts of the eastern US & Intermountain West, atmospheric rivers rising from the Pacific Ocean are slamming into the region with increasing force. These changes are worsening devastation in Appalachia, where poverty, aging infrastructure & hilly terrain combine to make preparing for floods hard:
- A collection of 47,000 publicly shared ChatGPT conversations compiled by The Washington Post sheds light on the reasons people turn to the chatbot and the deeply intimate role it plays in many lives, by @jeremybmerrill.com and @gerritd.bsky.social: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
- Since early 2025, Democrats have pulled back from talking about climate change. At the same time, nations and companies are scaling back their most ambitious plans to lower carbon emissions — or going silent on the issue entirely. By @kcrowebasspro.bsky.social & @shannonosaka.bsky.social:
- So so excited to welcome the very talented @chrishacker.me to @wpdatateam.bsky.social!! Chris is our team's newest hire, joining us as a computational journalist embedded on the national desk. 🙌
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- House Speaker Mike Johnson’s congressional district has one of the highest SNAP usage rates in the country. In interviews, several people who rely on SNAP and voted for Johnson and Trump did not fault Republican leaders. By Lydia Sidhom & Cleve Wootson: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
- Of the 6 million veterans receiving disability payments last year, about 1.5 million were designated 100 percent disabled — a nearly ninefold increase since 2021. A whole industry has popped up around getting people to 100% by @caitlingilbert.bsky.social, @reinlwapo.bsky.social & Craig Whitlock:
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- The crossroads of music + sports + nostalgia/history puts this story -- and particularly the delightful video walkthroughs of @davesheinin.bsky.social at the piano -- kind of perfectly in my wheelhouse. Highly recommend spending time here: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
- Heavy rain is one of the most unpredictable and underappreciated climate threats. The Post found rising temperatures have made the atmosphere more waterlogged - providing fuel for wetter + more dangerous storms:
- So @jeremybmerrill.com scraped the Kennedy Center's ticketing website daily for several months. He, @travismandrews.bsky.social & Shelly Tan found that this season's sales are the lowest since the pandemic, as the Trump effect keeps patrons away: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
- Reposted by Meghan HoyerEXCLUSIVE: After Trump took over the Kennedy Center in Feb, he vowed to make it "hot" again. So, how's it doing? @jeremybmerrill.com and I used data from the center's ticketing website to find out. Ticket sales are lowest they've been since the pandemic. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
- The great @dtkeating.bsky.social is retiring after 25+ years as a data reporter at the Post. He published his last story today, and true to form, it was a banger. With reporting from @arianaec.bsky.social, @lmelgar.bsky.social & Jahi Chikwendiu: www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
