Abhinanda Bhattacharyya is a data and graphics journalist at the Los Angeles Times. She has a background in technology, math and education, and previously worked for the interactive storytelling team at National Geographic and the graphics and engineering team at the San Francisco Chronicle. She has a master’s degree in journalism from USC Annenberg.
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