Lena V. Groeger
Lena V. Groeger is the graphics director at ProPublica, where she oversees a team of interactive visual storytellers who create information graphics and graphical stories.
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Lena V. Groeger is the graphics director at ProPublica, where she oversees a team of interactive visual storytellers who create information graphics and graphical stories. She has been recognized for her work through numerous awards, including the Malofiej Awards for Infographics and the Society for News Design awards. She has taught classes on design and data visualization at New York University, The New School and City University of New York, and she’s a founding member of the Data Institute, a two-week workshop where journalists learn about design, data and code.
Prior to joining ProPublica in 2011, she covered health and science at Scientific American and Wired magazine. She has a degree in science journalism from NYU.
The Immigration Effect
There’s a way for President Trump to boost the economy by 4 percent, but he probably won’t like it.
by Lena V. Groeger,
Meet the ProPublica Data Institute Class of 2017
We're thrilled to announce the 12 outstanding journalists who will be joining us for the ProPublica Data Institute this year.
by Lena V. Groeger,
Announcing ProPublica’s 12 Diversity Scholarship Recipients
These 12 talented journalists will get $500 each to attend NAHJ, NABJ, AAJA or NAJA.
by Lena V. Groeger,
When the Designer Shows Up In the Design
How our assumptions, perspectives, intuitions — and yes, our biases — shape what we design and how we design it.
by Lena V. Groeger,
Students! ProPublica Wants to Pay For You to Attend NAHJ, NABJ, AAJA or NAJA
We’re awarding 12 scholarships to students across the country. Apply!
by Lena V. Groeger,
New York State Subsidy Tracker
We’re tracking the state’s growing portfolio of business subsidies.
by Masako Melissa Hirsch, Cezary Podkul, Sisi Wei and Lena V. Groeger,
What ProPublica Is Doing About Diversity in 2017
Here are our own internal statistics, plus the steps we’re taking to create a diverse newsroom and a more inclusive journalism community.
by Lena V. Groeger and Sisi Wei,
Learn Data, Design and Code for Journalism. Apply for ProPublica’s 2017 Data Institute!
ProPublica is proud to open applications for our 2017 Data Institute, a free 11-day intensive workshop on how to use data, design and programming for journalism.
by Sisi Wei and Lena V. Groeger,
Lost Cause
Seeing America through the losing candidates’ map, now updated with 2016 election data
by Lena V. Groeger,
Tracking Evictions and Rent Stabilization in NYC
We’ve mapped more than 450,000 New York City eviction cases filed between January 2013 and June 2015. Look up your building to see its recent eviction cases and whether it may be rent-stabilized.
by Sisi Wei, Cezary Podkul, Ken Schwencke and Lena V. Groeger,