Hello! I'm Yating Wang, a data journalist who writes, codes and makes graphics to uncover stories that matter to the communities. Trained at Columbia Journalism School, I specialize in gathering and analyzing data to cover local policy, higher education, and U.S.-China trade dynamics.

When not coding or reporting, you'll find me buried in books.

Yating Wang

Take a look at my best data projects, where I gathered, scraped and analyzed data and visualized with Datawrapper, Rawgraphs, R Studio, D3 and more.

A data story on the U.S. pork export in the Trump era

As China's Demand Fades, U.S. Pork Has Few Places Left to Turn

While swine lean meat finds new markets, offals like pig feet have nowhere to go in the U.S.

pandas/regex ai2html
A data story on leading causes of food recalls

Labeling Errors Became Leading Causes of Food Recalls

Food recall has never been this violent with labeling issues leading Class I food recalls, data from FDA reveals.

Python/Pandas R/ggplot Illustrator
A data story on gender inequality among directors

Can Women Make Hollywood Blockbusters?

A deep data investigation into the performance of female- and male-directed films

RAWGraph/Datawrapper/R BeautifulSoup
An Analysis about Female X-Men and Their Market Value

Female X-Men Remain a Legacy For Comic Fans

A data-driven project analyzing the long-standing popularity of Jean Grey, aka the Dark Phoenix in X-Men.

Python csv Datawrapper
American Consumers Cannot Afford Trump's Trade Policy

American Consumers Cannot Afford Trump's Trade Policy any Longer

A dive into how revocation of de minimis exemption affects those who can least afford.

xml Datawrapper
An Analysis about Underpaid PhD Students

The Silent Crisis of Non-Stem PhD Students

I created an interactive map that shows the stipend gap within the same phd discipline due to geographical factors.

topoJson D3 Svelte

Original pieces that I wrote and reported.

Harlem Group Continues to Oppose Columbia's Expansion

Harlem Group Continues to Oppose Columbia's Expansion

At a community action meeting, West Harlem activists discuss potential actions to stop further development.

Hospital Plans to Close Only Rehab Unit

Hospital Plans to Close Only Rehab Unit Serving Washington Heights and Inwood

A NewYork-Presbyterian proposal to convert its 16-bed rehabilitation unit to general medical-surgical beds prompts dissent.

Saint Omer Movie Review

'Saint Omer' Touches on Motherhood's Complicated Nature

A movie review on a semi-documentary French production nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.

Apple's Software Strategy

How Apple's Software Strategy Leaves Users Behind

A commentary on Apple's planned obsolescence in the guise of a concern for user privacy.