Graphics Templates: Accessible chart components for newsrooms Personal project · April 2026
Tory Lysik
Data and graphics journalist
About
I'm a data and graphics journalist and web developer based in New York City.
Currently, I am a reporter at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism. I am passionate about using data and graphics to uncover the stories that impact lives and build a better world. I love speaking with real human beings, making order from chaos, and figuring out seemingly unsolvable problems. I also care deeply about accessibility — taking insanely complex topics and critical information and making it clear and understandable.
My career has sometimes followed a bit of a zigzag path. I've worked at outlets including Axios, Vox, The Marshall Project, the Associated Press, and others. My work spans from local and national shoeleather reporting to interactive graphics and tools. The work I've been a part of has received numerous awards, and has been cited in congressional testimony and federal legislation.
I love what I do. Whether it's diving down rabbit holes in legal documents, filing the perfect FOIA request, or building detailed maps to surface human rights issues, I thrive in the meticulous, detail-heavy work that makes complex stories click — on tight deadlines or over months.
In my free time, I am usually escaping the concrete jungle of NYC for the mountains or trying to become fluent in a fifth language.
Portfolio
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Annotation and highlighting tool Tow Center for Digital Journalism · January 2026
Toward AI-powered source audits Columbia Journalism Review · October 2025
Which colleges are sending the most swimmers to the Olympics Axios · July 2024
Charging deserts threaten the EV revolution Axios · June 2024
Where pro-Palestinian student protesters have been arrested Axios · May 2024
Coal's influence on energy generation is fading fast Axios · February 2024
Which Fortune 100 CEOs get the most — and least — media attention Axios · February 2024
Inside America's 70-year arms pipeline to Israel Axios · November 2023
Shark attacks are rare but the real crisis is what we are doing to them Axios · July 2023
School gun violence torments America's youngest generation Axios · May 2023
The world just hit 8 billion people Axios · November 2022
Why NYC nurses went on strike, again Data Visualization Society · February 2026
Where the White House is leading us with TikTok Columbia Journalism Review · December 2025
We surveyed 54,000 people behind bars about the election Marshall Project · April 2025
Biden's travel schedule is lighter than almost all other U.S. presidents Axios · July 2024
The most nonpartisan companies, ranked by Americans Axios · May 2024
Earthquake rattles the New York City area Axios · April 2024
Super Bowl broadcasts have mixed history of screen time for sign language performers Axios · February 2024
No passport? No problem Axios · January 2024
How GOP candidates treated Biden and Trump at the first debate Axios · August 2023
Drought just hit a 3-year low. Here is how that is a bad thing in four maps. Axios · April 2023
The Making of Brian Kemp Axios · October 2022
Denver’s Central 70 project: Digging in troubled ground Denver Gazette/Colorado Politics · January 2021
The Buildout: How AI data centers are reshaping America Personal project · January 2026
Crypto magazine data analysis and visualizations Use Case Magazine · October 2025
Political Cash Flows Personal project · January 2025
Americans are still setting off record amounts of fireworks Axios · July 2024
Disney's entertainment streaming business posts first-time profit Axios · May 2024
Cherry blossoms bloom earlier—then face deadly frosts Axios · April 2024
In Denver a controversial bill caused overdose deaths to rise while emergency calls fell Axios · February 2024
Arkansas's ghost towns, mapped Axios · January 2024
Twin births decline after a decades-long boom Axios · August 2023
At risk series: Mapping facilities that house dangerous chemicals Axios · June 2023
It’s not just a police problem, Americans are opting out of government jobs Marshall Project · January 2023
The attack on a prison holding Ukraine POWs, explained Vox · July 2022
Contact
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