I researched, wrote and then built the interactive element of this piece for Uswitch comparing loading times for websites across different commercial sectors.
Category: Copywriting
For this Geotab piece I wrote scripts to combine data from the US National Elevation Dataset and the US Census’s dataset of every American road, in order to identify the highest section of road in every US state. I also wrote the accompanying copy for the piece.
Coverage included: Yahoo, The Denver Channel, Matador Network
A blog post for mattress retailer Hyde & Sleep on the evidence that links better sleep with better athletic performance.
https://www.hydeandsleep.com/blog/Can-sleep-really-make-you-fitter/
I put together a bluffer’s guide to whisky for excellent new journalism start-up The Overtake (sponsored by Cooper King, who make whisky and gin).
I compiled the data and wrote the words for this interactive piece about almost everyone on banknotes being a bloke.
I wrote some blog posts for Mendeley Careers attempting to divine productivity advice from the lives and words of notable scientists. N.B. DO NOT SLEEP WITH A JAR OF RADIUM BY YOUR BED, THAT IS NOT GOOD ADVICE.
Inventing the perfect day: daily routines of famous scientists
Think like Tesla, experiment like Edison: Productivity tips from 10 famous scientists
I crunched 10 years of US traffic data to provide the numbers (and copy) behind this piece about road accidents in the US.
I surveyed real actual people about their ideal dates to help Distilled build a quiz which purports to tell you how much of the internet you’re romantically compatible with.
I worked on this interactive about the sprawling reach of PayPal’s sinister techbro alumni, and it has been shortlisted for an Information Is Beautiful award, which is nice.
(I did the Information, rather than the Beauty.)
Researched and wrote the copy for an interactive infographic about the chequered pasts of company founders.
