~ ananya chetia ~ আনন্যা |

Data journalist reporting on climate change, education and business

for Al Jazeera , Columbia Journalism Review, Inside Climate News, Mongabay and more.

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DATA PROJECTS
What's OFF about vanity sizing

I scraped over a dozen shopping brand websites and built a first of a kind dataset showing how size charts varies across fast fashion brands.

What's OFF about vanity sizing
This story looks into how frustrated consumers feel when shopping because there is no universal size guide.
Python Pandas Scrollytelling Illustrator Multi page scraping R
A guilty plea was just the beginning

Merged Census and EPA's Superfund sites dataset to investigate which communities were most vulnerable to hazardous sites.

A guilty plea was just the beginning
FOIA requested data and over dozens of violations show how a wood treatment facility caused air pollution and deteriorated the health of residents in a small town in Oregon.
Python Pandas Scrollytelling Illustrator FOIA R
Financial Aid and Scholarship Tracker

I scraped dozens of PDFs and multipage websites to find which U.S universities provide financial aid to international students. I am also manually tracking scholarships under investigation.

Financial Aid and Scholarship Tracker
I've developed a scholarship database that tracks college scholarships that have quietly disappeared following investigations by the current administration and legal challenges from conservative nonprofits. I also have a database of how much financial aid U.S universities give international students.
PDF and Multi page scraping GeoPandas Wayback Machine
Flush out the truth

I scraped PDFs and collected data from Google Analytics to investigate why toilet paper is more popular in the U.S than bidets, despite the financial and enviromental cost.

Flush out the truth: Will you roll with toilet paper or bidets?
I look into why consumers prefer using toilet paper in the U.S despite vast research showing the health and enviroment benefits for using bidets.
Python Pandas Scrollytelling Illustrator FOIA R
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Majuli
On huge river island in India's Assam, annual floods threaten local arts
Women making clay pots using their feet, men-only performances past midnight, and colourful masks to hang on walls among some unique art forms being washed away..
Courier Newsroom
Courier Newsroom Spent Big on a Meta Ad Blitz in October
The $6 million-plus the progressive 'newsroom' spent on Meta lagged only the official Trump and Harris campaigns.
flood
When books sink underwater in Assam
This story looks into how annual floods in Assam, India disrupts low-income students from accessing their education.
peaker plant
Dominion Energy's Peaker Plant Sparks Concern
Climate activists protest a proposed peaker plant in Richmond, VA.
Methane Leaks
Methane Activists in Richmond Detect Dangerous Leaks
Beyond Methane RVA obtained documents revealing hundreds of leaks.
Harlem Afterschool
Nonprofit Loses Funds for Harlem After-School Programs
Parents fear they'll have to work fewer hours.
College Sports Pay Gap
College Sports and Gender-Based Wage Gaps
Using federal data I investigated why coaches for men's teams earn significantly more than coaches of women's sports.
RGGI Repeal
Richmond citizens confront Youngkin's RGGI repeal
Governor Youngkin's decision to withdraw from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Turkish Junior Earthquake
'Those are my people' — Junior flies home to help
A Turkish student helps survivors after a devastating earthquake.
Fire Training Facility
'Muslim students grapple with vandalism on Richmond mosque
“I haven't told my parents about what happened,” Ifti Alam said. “I don't think I will just because it's a matter of safety, and they don't want to hear that a mosque their son goes to got vandalized."