An analysis of the 2012 San Diego mayoral election showed a sharp voter divide that roughly mirrored the route of Interstate 8. Republican Carl DeMaio posted large wins in most northern neighborhoods, while Democrat Bob Filner dominated nearly every area south of the freeway. Pitched, conceptualized, analyzed, wrote, designed and rendered. Additional information: The Functional Art.

I used small multiples to show how San Diego mayoral candidates David Alvarez and Kevin Faulconer fared among different demographic groups on the eve of the special election to replace Bob Filner.

This graphic highlighted San Diego's Balboa Theatre, which underwent an extensive renovation after being shuttered for decades. Conceptualized, researched, wrote, designed and rendered.

Graphic compared Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers and Peyton Manning of the Broncos as the two prepared to meet in the playoffs. Researched, wrote, designed and rendered.

Scatterplot looked at welfare spending per capita and the percentage of the population receiving welfare assistance on a state-by-state basis. Conceptualized, researched, analyzed, wrote and rendered.

Collaborative work with Chris Cadelago, Matt Clark, Michelle Gilchrist and Chris Barber looked at the political and demographic makeup of the redrawn San Diego County Board of Supervisors districts. I focused on the data mapping elements and overall design of the graphic.

Graphics showed questionable home sales and current land use in San Diego's Liberty Station redevelopment area. Created in collaboration with Augustín Armendariz, Brooke Williams and Lorie Hearn, the graphics ran as part of a two-day watchdog series. Conceptualized, researched and rendered.

Graphic highlighted the 50th anniversary of the interstate highway system. Pitched, conceptualized, researched, wrote and rendered.

Graphics package ran as an A1 centerpiece and jumped to an inside page. Conceptualized, researched, analyzed, wrote and rendered the graphics, collaborating with Michael Price on the overall presentation.

This was a breaking news graphic about a landslide in the affluent San Diego neighborhood of La Jolla. We split the work among four artists and an editor, dividing up the duties of 3D modeling, building a terrain model in ArcView and managing the overall design/master file. I did the graphics reporting (on- and off-site), writing and mapping.

Collaboration with Kevin Acee; conceptualized, designed, researched and rendered.

Using GIS data, I mapped the price of gasoline as a percentage of disposable household income for urban areas of Southern California. Researched, analyzed and rendered.

Diagram showed how the eroding bluffs in Del Mar would be strengthened for railroad travel. Researched, wrote and rendered.

Graphic showed the status of San Diego's real estate inventory, which was incomplete and riddled with errors. Collaborative watchdog project involved Brian Cragin, Brooke Williams, Danielle Cervantes and Lorie Hearn.

Chart showed the rise and fall of selected presidential approval ratings after major events. Collaboration with Michelle Gilchrist; wrote and rendered.

Breaking news graphic, based on government reports, showed how Osama bin Laden's final hours unfolded. Collaboration with Beto Alvarez, Shaffer Grubb and Aaron Steckelberg. Additional information: Charles Apple

Map looked at how sea level rise could affect San Diego Bay. Researched in collaboration with Mike Lee; rendered.

This graphic, which took a detailed look at unemployment in San Diego County, was created in collaboration with Beto Alvarez, Aaron Atencio, Michelle Gilchrist and Aaron Steckelberg. Researched, analyzed and rendered.

Diagram showed how an innovative kidney exchange program worked. Conceptualized, researched, designed, wrote and rendered.

Chart showed who received the highest city of San Diego pensions and what their pensions would have been had laws boosting retirement pay not been passed. Created in collaboration with Danielle Cervantes; designed and rendered.

Graphic looked at the delayed response times to fires and emergencies attributed to San Diego's cost-cutting brownout policy, which idled fire engines on a rotating basis. Researched, analyzed, wrote and rendered in collaboration with Shaffer Grubb.

Graphic showed how researchers planned to study the world's oceans and seas with a series of observation stations. Collaboration with Aaron Steckelberg and Nathan Sharn. Researched, wrote and rendered.

Collaborative work with Aaron Steckelberg and Michelle Gilchrist that anchored an A1 centerpiece and jumped to an inside page. I focused on the analysis and writing aspects of the package.

Collaboration with Greg Schmidt and Aaron Steckelberg that looked at executive pay and stock performance of selected San Diego-based companies; researched, analyzed and rendered.

Diagram showed how surgery was used to correct craniosynostosis, a developmental flaw that caused the skull of a 10-year-old girl to be misshapen. Researched (which included observing the procedure in the operating room), wrote and rendered.

Charts focused on the city of San Diego's payroll, which had surged despite a reduction in total employees. This was part of a three-day watchdog series. Created in collaboration with Agustín Armendariz, Eleanor Yang Su and Lorie Hearn. Conceptualized, wrote and rendered.

This breaking news graphic — built in collaboration with Shaffer Grubb — highlighted key moments and errors made in the hour leading up to the crash of a military jet in a residential area of San Diego. The aircraft, which had mechanical issues and was attempting an emergency landing at a nearby military base, killed four civilians when it crashed into two homes about a mile from the base. Researched and wrote.

The second graphic showed standard flight patterns for the military base the pilot had been attempting to reach before the crash. Researched, wrote and rendered.

Short-turnaround piece done in collaboration with Kevin Acee and Anthony Tarantino.

Diagram showed how a "smart petri dish" uses light to detect toxicity. Researched, wrote and rendered.

Graphic showed murders that occurred in San Diego County in 2010, with breakdowns by gender, age, cause and jurisdiction. Historical data charted total murders and the murder rate from 1985 to 2010. Group project with Shaffer Grubb and Michelle Gilchrist; conceptualized, designed, wrote and rendered.

Chart showed the profit/loss per gallon for branded and unbranded gas stations. Researched, wrote, analyzed and rendered.

I built this graphic for an investigative series that focused on one Chula Vista area that had been particularly hard-hit by foreclosures. The map and charts anchored facing pages (which is why there's a gap between the two sections in the first graphic). I produced it in collaboration with Eleanor Yang Su, Agustín Armendariz, Emmet Pierce, Lori Weisberg and Lorie Hearn. Conceptualized, researched, wrote and rendered. Additional information: U-T San Diego

Graphic showed the progression and extent of the 2007 wildfires in San Diego County. This ran one week after the fires began (and were still burning, albeit far less intensely) in a special weekend section. I created the master map at the top of the page earlier in the week, and other members of the graphics staff built the secondary maps and charts before we packaged it all together.

Graphic showed the rise of Mexico's maquiladora industry. Researched, wrote and rendered.

Collaboration with Brian Cragin and Michael Price that showed the science and statistics behind baseball's home run boom; researched, wrote, designed and rendered elements to accompany a freelance illustration.

Graphic highlighted plans to overhaul the downtown San Diego waterfront. Conceptualized, researched, wrote and rendered.

Built in collaboration with Dan Shea, this graphic about the Pacific Theater of World War II was later described by historian Stephen Ambrose as "the best (he has) seen, ever." Researched and rendered.

Full-page graphic commemorated the 200th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase. Pitched, researched, designed, wrote and rendered.

Graphic showed how the San Diego housing market changed over the course of a decade. Pitched, conceptualized, researched, analyzed, wrote and rendered.

Full-page graphic was built in collaboration with Aaron Steckelberg, Shaffer Grubb, Beto Alvarez and Todd Adams. Researched, analyzed and rendered.

This chart showed how the federal budget compromise could affect military pensions. Conceptualized, wrote, designed and rendered in collaboration with Michelle Gilchrist.

Chart packages showed key findings of U-T education polls. Conceptualized, wrote, designed and rendered.

Graphic looked at types of federal spending in San Diego County as sequestration loomed. Conceptualized, wrote, designed and rendered in collaboration with Matt Clark and Michelle Gilchrist.

Chart compared annual pension costs for elected officials in the city of San Diego to those of other city workers. Conceptualized, wrote, designed and rendered.

This flow chart looked at the major players and key allegations made by federal prosecutors in the José Susumo Azano Matsura campaign finance scandal. Conceptualized, wrote, designed and rendered in collaboration with Aaron Steckelberg.

Selected examples of idea conception, direction, research, data design and editing of staff work.