Alyson Hurt

Alyson Hurt

@alykat.bsky.social

Graphics, design, editing and whatnot at @npr.org

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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him)
@hansilowang.bsky.social

For my latest @npr.org story, I was turned into a 😺 (again) to explain how the #2030Census gives your state power Here's a census cat comic, by my fur-midable colleague Connie Hanzhang Jin and me-ow: www.npr.org/2026/10/01/n...

npr.orgCOMIC: How the census gives your state power (and what Trump wants to change)The census is used to determine how much say your state has in Congress and the Electoral College. President Trump failed to alter it during his first term, but he's trying again ahead of 2030.
Alyson Hurt
@alykat.bsky.social

Now updated to include general election voter registration deadlines! And primary season isn't over yet — registration options are still available for some states.

Alyson Hurt@alykat.bsky.social

@npr.org recently updated its guide to U.S. voter registration deadlines to reflect online/in person/mail deadlines for the 2026 primaries. Cheers to @hansilowang.bsky.social, Brent Jones and Ben Swasey for wrangling this. apps.npr.org/voter-regist...

apps.npr.orgHow to register to vote and check your registration statusFor the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
Alyson Hurt
@alykat.bsky.social

I haven't watched "Survivor" since very early on. But there's a certain joy in projects that combine professional expertise and an intense, focused personal interest. Cheers to @idislikestephen.bsky.social, Clare Lombardo, Connie Hanzhang Jin and everyone who played a role in this.

Stephen Thompson@idislikestephen.bsky.social

It's #Survivor50 finale day! To prepare, might I suggest spending all your free time between now and then reading this ludicrously comprehensive, entertaining-if-I-do-say-so-myself 49-season ranking I wrote for NPR? (It'll become a 50-season ranking sometime tomorrow morning.)

apps.npr.orgEvery season of 'Survivor' ranked by NPR's resident superfan‘Survivor’ is a sport, a metaphor for society and yes, entertainment. Our critic rewatched every season — and ranked them, just in time for the end of the 50th season.
Alyson Hurt
@alykat.bsky.social

It's funny that most of the names I recognize here are b/c they turned up in "The Traitors" (my main reality TV watch). Now reading Stephen's reviews, I have a lot more context about the history/baggage they brought.

Alyson Hurt
@alykat.bsky.social

I haven't watched "Survivor" since very early on. But there's a certain joy in projects that combine professional expertise and an intense, focused personal interest. Cheers to @idislikestephen.bsky.social, Clare Lombardo, Connie Hanzhang Jin and everyone who played a role in this.

Stephen Thompson@idislikestephen.bsky.social

It's #Survivor50 finale day! To prepare, might I suggest spending all your free time between now and then reading this ludicrously comprehensive, entertaining-if-I-do-say-so-myself 49-season ranking I wrote for NPR? (It'll become a 50-season ranking sometime tomorrow morning.)

apps.npr.orgEvery season of 'Survivor' ranked by NPR's resident superfan‘Survivor’ is a sport, a metaphor for society and yes, entertainment. Our critic rewatched every season — and ranked them, just in time for the end of the 50th season.
Alyson Hurt
@alykat.bsky.social

This essay has a magic combination of topics relevant to my interests: printing, competitive typesetting, labor rights, newspapers, technological obsolescence — publicdomainreview.org/essay/twilig...

publicdomainreview.orgTwilight of the Velocipede: Typesetting Races before the Age of LinotypeBefore Linotype revolutionised typesetting in the 1880s, compositors set texts by hand — and they set them fast. Alex Wright rediscovers the thrilling world of typesetting races, which drew crowds in ...
Alyson Hurt
@alykat.bsky.social

Last year, NPR published an investigation into an Israeli strike in Gaza that killed 132 members of the same family: apps.npr.org/gaza-buildin... Survivors made detailed lists of the dead and wounded. NPR journalists, including reporters in Gaza, reconstructed what happened.

apps.npr.orgOne family. One attack. 132 names. A Gaza investigation.More than 51,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's war with Hamas, Gaza health officials say. We reconstructed what happened in one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the war.
Alyson Hurt
@alykat.bsky.social

This week NPR published an update, as a crew began to excavate and recover bodies still under the rubble. If you can, first listen to the audio version, hearing the voices of reporter Anas Baba and Abu Naser family members at the scene. www.npr.org/2026/05/06/n...

npr.orgSkeletons in their clothing: Recovering bodies from the rubble in GazaIt was one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the Gaza war, devastating one extended family. A year and a half later, the survivors find their loved ones' remains.
Alyson Hurt
@alykat.bsky.social

@npr.org recently updated its guide to U.S. voter registration deadlines to reflect online/in person/mail deadlines for the 2026 primaries. Cheers to @hansilowang.bsky.social, Brent Jones and Ben Swasey for wrangling this. apps.npr.org/voter-regist...

apps.npr.orgHow to register to vote and check your registration statusFor the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
Alyson Hurt
@alykat.bsky.social

The workflow behind the scenes: Reporters enter their analysis via a Google Doc (using a custom add-on form to keep the structure consistent), edits happen in the doc, and one person periodically moves edited text to the CMS. There's a ✨ of extra CSS to restyle the blockquote for users of our site.

Alyson Hurt
@alykat.bsky.social

We've used variations of this approach for years for different stories. Low-fi, but - it's easy to spin up - it reads well - can be easily shared w/ member stations and other content partners via standard CMS tools - the quote vs. analysis distinction is still clear from context even w/o extra CSS

Alyson Hurt
@alykat.bsky.social

I just realized that Illustrator and Photoshop's versions of the "Save for Web" panel have the Save/Cancel/Done buttons in the same place but in different order. Maybe that's why I always accidentally cancel out of them so often — I mean to click "Save" but click "Done" by mistake.

Alyson Hurt
@alykat.bsky.social

College students and recent grads: Come intern at NPR this fall/winter! Apply by June 30. ➡️ Graphics + Web Archivist internship (with my team + our Research, Archives & Data Strategy team): job-boards.greenhouse.io/nationalpubl... ➡️ All internships: job-boards.greenhouse.io/nationalpubl...

Alyson Hurt@alykat.bsky.social

Coming soon: Fall/Winter 2025 internships at @npr.org. Watch this space: www.npr.org/about-npr/18...

npr.orgWant To Be An NPR Intern?A learning experience like no other. Find out how you can contribute your diverse talents to gain invaluable experience at the heart of a thriving multimedia organization.
Alyson Hurt
@alykat.bsky.social

For the Graphics + Web Archivist internship: * The role is split: 3mo with the Editorial Graphics team in the fall, and then 3mo with the Research, Archives and Data Strategy team in the winter * Remote-friendly (US-based), and we can be flexible around your school schedule

Alyson Hurt
@alykat.bsky.social

TIMELINES: 100 days of major Trump admin actions re: DOGE, immigration, tariffs, foreign policy, retribution, civil rights and Signalgate, compiled by Domenico Montanaro @npr.org @heidiglenn.bsky.social. SO MUCH has happened in the past 3 months; it's really something to see it listed out.

npr.orgIn first 100 days, Trump tests limits, creates chaos and turns from alliesFrom foreign policy and tariffs to immigration changes and targeting of DEI, here's a look back at some of the major moves made in the past 100 days of President Trump's second administration.
Alyson Hurt
@alykat.bsky.social

New project: An Israeli strike on a Gaza apartment building killed 132 members of one family in October 2024. It was one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the Israel-Hamas war. The few survivors documented the dead via handwritten lists, which they shared with NPR. apps.npr.org/gaza-buildin...

apps.npr.orgOne family. One attack. 132 names. A Gaza investigation.More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's war with Hamas, Gaza health officials say. We reconstructed what happened in one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the war.
Alyson Hurt
@alykat.bsky.social

This visual narrative includes a reconstruction of what happened the night of the strike and in the aftermath, the Israeli military's response, a detailed family tree mapping out the extent of the family's loss, satellite imagery and original drone video from their neighborhood.

Alyson Hurt
@alykat.bsky.social

🌸 Update to this project, just in time for spring: @danielpwwood.bsky.social added support for zip code search and made transition animations sensitive to whether `prefers-reduced-motion` is set.

Alyson Hurt@alykat.bsky.social

My team, working with the Climate Desk, made something that's weird and joyful and useful. Repo link and blog post(s) to come. In the meantime, enjoy:

apps.npr.orgThe USDA’s gardening zones shifted. This map shows you what’s changed in vivid detailThere's a good chance your zone shifted when the USDA updated its plant hardiness map in 2023. Zoom in on what that means for your garden.
Alyson Hurt
@alykat.bsky.social

@ximenabustillo.bsky.social did extensive reporting and research for this, and we worked together to boil this complex process down into a series of flowcharts. Thanks as well to to editor Anna Yukhananov, art director @emilybogle.bsky.social, illustrator Ana Galvañ and copy editor Pam Webster.

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NPR spoke to immigration experts and lawyers and reviewed government documents to break down the steps and associated costs of the U.S. deportation process. By @ximenabustillo.bsky.social and @alykat.bsky.social

npr.orgHow does deportation work, and how much does it cost? We break it downNPR spoke to immigration experts and lawyers and reviewed government documents to break down the steps and associated costs of the U.S. deportation process.