Joe Murphy

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Data editor at NBC News, Newsguild member, Oregonian born and raised, now in NYC. Into dataviz, long-running music playlists, weird spreadsheets, accessibility.

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NBC News is tracking the politicians who are publicly calling for Biden to abandon his candidacy, there are 18 as of this morning: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Which Democrats are calling on Biden to step aside? A running listwww.nbcnews.com Rep. Lloyd Doggett, of Texas, became the first congressional Democrat to call on the president to withdraw, but others have followed.

A United Nations population report published today shows the world's population is changing faster than had been thought. Here's NBC News’ take on it, from me, Denise Chow and Jiachuan Wu: www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...

Five graphics that show what the new U.N. population report tells us about the futurewww.nbcnews.com These five charts and maps that highlight key points from the report released Thursday.

Giving a shout out to ABC News for their electoral college map and the attention to #accessibility they put into it. It's invisible work for most of us but it matters. abcnews.go.com/Politics/202...

2024 Electoral Interactive Mapabcnews.go.com The ABC News 2024 Electoral Map shows state-by-state votes on the path to win the 2024 Presidential Election.

The best thing about social media these days is the rando Prince stories people share. Prince on an airplane, Prince on a TV show, Prince playing basketball, Prince renovating a rental... what an exceptional little dude. If you have a Prince story you're holding onto, do share!

Every once in a while I write a run-on sentence that is so majestic and complete I think, "I should be paid to write these" and then I realize that it's the opposite – I get paid to not write those, and I guess that's ok but if there were a world where I could share the good ones somewhere...

It's a strange housing market, with high costs coupled with increasing inventory. One expert called it “incredibly unaffordable.” New for NBC News: www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...

Saw the Jenny Holzer exhibit at the Guggenheim yesterday. #JennyHolzerLightLine

Saw Norwegian saxophonist Bendik Giske play what looks to have been his first U.S. show last night, it was otherworldly, his music might not be for everybody but it's definitely for meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I guess people don't call it screen scraping anymore, huh.

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The world is full of inanimate objects silently rooting for you, if you just take a moment to notice

It's the 40th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen's Born In The U.S.A. this week. If you haven't listened to the original demo version of the title track, this is what it was going to sound like before the E Street Band got involved and made it sound happy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=22Gh...

Born In the U.S.A. (Demo Version - 1982)www.youtube.com Provided to YouTube by Columbia/Legacy Born In the U.S.A. (Demo Version - 1982) · Bruce Springsteen Tracks ℗ 1998 Bruce Springsteen Released on: 1998-11-10 Recording Engineer: Mike Batlan Auto-generated by YouTube.

Super proud of my sister, who had an original webcomic (about Basquiat and Keith Haring) published in The Museum of Modern Art's online magazine: www.moma.org/magazine/art...

Mannie Murphy’s Like a Lighthouse | Magazine | MoMAwww.moma.org The comics artist celebrates the friendship of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring.

My SUMMER 2024 playlist is chock full of Brazilian music, boogaloo, rock and dance-y stuff – good background music for your summer. SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/playlist/2Ff... YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... TIDAL: tidal.com/browse/playl... APPLE MUSIC: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

SUMMER 2024open.spotify.com SUMMER 2024 · Playlist · 89 songs · 126 likes

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Our front page tomorrow.

Trump conviction homepage headline font size, by news source: ABC News: 24px CBS News: 32px NPR: 32px Fox News: 48px NBC News: 60px NYT: 64px Washington Post: 94px CNN: 104px

I've had this shirt (which was custom-airbrushed in Panama City Beach) for 25 years.

This is the first time NBC Nightly News has done a segment about the Data / Graphics teams’ reporting, so proud. (this youtube link is cued to the particular segment) youtu.be/TS7WnevJgwA?...

Nightly News Full Broadcast - May 23youtu.be Relentless, deadly severe weather hits the U.S. and Mexico; Police and protesters clash in new demonstration at UCLA; Tennessee attorney general opens probe into Graceland fight; and more on tonight’s broadcast. 00:00 Intro 01:20 Deadly stage collapse from strong winds 05:45 New protest clashes on UCLA campus 08:09 Graceland sale battle sparks investigation 09:13 New warning over email impersonation scams 11:37 NBC News unveils new home buyer index 13:37 High school valedictorian gives unforgettable graduation speech after personal tragedy » Subscribe to NBC News: https://www.youtube.com/user/NBCNews NBC News Digital is a collection of innovative and powerful news brands that deliver compelling, diverse and engaging news stories. NBC News Digital features NBCNews.com, MSNBC.com, TODAY.com, Nightly News, Meet the Press, Dateline, and the existing apps and digital extensions of these respective properties. We deliver the best in breaking news, live video coverage, original journalism and segments from your favorite NBC News Shows. Connect with NBC News Online! Breaking News Alerts: https://link.nbcnews.com/join/5cj/breaking-news-signup?cid=sm_npd_nn_yt_bn-clip_190621 Visit NBCNews.Com: https://www.nbcnews.com/ Find NBC News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NBCNews Follow NBC News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NBCNews Get more of NBC News delivered to your inbox: nbcnews.com/newsletters #Tornado #ExtremeWeather #Protest

In 2019, a household earning the median income could afford to buy the median-priced home in 94% of U.S. counties. Today, a median-income household would be able to afford only a median-priced home in 63% of counties: 📊 www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...

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NEW: Former prosecutor Justice Samuel Alito votes against defendants more than any other Supreme Court justice, but he's shown empathy in recent criminal cases for: -Jan 6 rioters -gun owners -Donald Trump ⬇️ www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Trump, gun owners and Jan. 6 rioters: Tough-on-crime Justice Alito displays empathy for some criminal defendantswww.nbcnews.com In recent Supreme Court arguments, the former prosecutor has asked skeptical questions about criminal cases against former President Donald Trump, Jan. 6 defendants and gun owners.

Some background on northern lights and how they work (and how data on them is something the human species has been tracking longer than pretty much anything else) www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...

Northern lights activity is sky-high, and scientists say more is yet to comewww.nbcnews.com An increase in space weather could lead to the greatest display of the northern lights in the past two decades.

I wrote up what's new in the @SocialSecurity's baby name data that landed today: • Liam and Olivia continue to be #1 • Mateo is now a top-10 name • Parents are still naming their daughters Khaleesi 📊 www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...

If you only read one piece on Steve Albini, this Guardian piece is a worthwhile one www.theguardian.com/music/2023/a...

The evolution of Steve Albini: ‘If the dumbest person is on your side, you’re on the wrong side’www.theguardian.com The long read: Steve Albini was long synonymous with the indie underground, playing in revered bands and recording albums by the Pixies, PJ Harvey and Nirvana. He also often seemed determined to offen...

I finished this graphic on diss tracks Wednesday but it required so many more edits after that... diss tracks kept dropping... the actual graphic explains many of the diss tracks (and is #accessible), check it out: www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...

Teamed up with the Latino desk on this story: The data on how many U.S. families could be affected by Trump's vows to do mass deportations. www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...

How many U.S. families could be affected by Trump's vows to do mass deportations?www.nbcnews.com An estimated 1 in 25 U.S. households include a family member who is undocumented.

This morning while waiting to cross Atlantic, there were two people on either side of the street. When the light changed and we all started walking, the two came together, held each other's heads, gently kissed and then kept walking, away from each other down the street.

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Figured it out thanks

So uh how do we buy The Onion?

Had the luck and the privilege of linking out to this classic in a member-wide email I just sent on behalf of the NBC digital union www.theonion.com/it-only-tues...

It Only Tuesdaywww.theonion.com WASHINGTON, DC—After running a thousand errands, working hours of overtime, and being stuck in seemingly endless gridlock traffic commuting to and from their jobs, millions of Americans were dishearte...

Census Bureau data shows K-12 enrollment continued its downward trajectory in 2022, and experts say it’s more than just declining birth rates. 📊 www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...

New and exclusive for NBC News: New data shows that local officials have been increasingly targeted for threats and harassment www.nbcnews.com/politics/loc...

Local officials increasingly targeted for threats and harassment, new data showswww.nbcnews.com Researchers found that threats against public officials working in elections, education and other fields rose significantly in 2023.

This is an extremely intermittent thread of albums I've enjoyed.