Hazel Gandhi*

Hi! I am a data journalism student based in New York City. As a former fact-checker, I am obsessed with investigating social media platforms and how their lack of moderation and intervention causes misinformaiton, harm and discrimination.

PROJECTS

COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW: GET NOTED

X has given users the power of crowd-sourced fact-checking, and here's how it's going.

Python/Pandas matplotlib

SCROLLYTELLING MAP

A map highlighting all areas of industrial pollution around Memphis, Tennesse.

Mapbox Responsive Design Python/Pandas

CHILD CARE ACCESS UNDER THREAT IN NY

Parents in New York relied heavily on vouchers to pay for child care, especially during the pandemic. Now, funds for those vouchers are depleting.

QGIS Responsive Design ai2html Datawrapper

FORMULA ONE DRIVERS ARE PAYING MORE FINES THAN EVER

Drivers are complaining that the fines are unnecessary. The FIA says it has valid reasons for imposing them.

Playwright Complex PDF Scraping Scrollytelling Adobe Illustrator Python/Pandas

PREDICTING THE 2025 FRENCH OPEN

Using a logistic regression to predict who will win the men's singles title at Roland Garros.

R-Statistics

WHAT MY FRIENDS' HINGE DATA SAYS ABOUT THEM

I crowdsourced Hinge data from 4 women and 4 men, and here's what I found.

Python/Pandas Responsive Design ai2html Datawrapper

RETRACTIONS IN ACADEMIC STUDIES RISE AS CRACKDOWN BEGINS ON PAPER MILLS

Paper mills, known for publishing fraudulent or low-quality studies, have seen an increasing number of retractions since 2023.

Ggplot Python/Pandas

AUTO-UPDATING AQI MAP

A project that dynamically updates India's air quality information.

Img2Table Python/Pandas Datawrapper

AI LEGISLATION MAP

An analysis of AI-related bills proposed in Congress by each representative.

Python/Pandas BeautifulSoup Playwright