Firefighter Training Story

This is a photo I took at the live fire training session for Gainesville Fire Rescue crews. Firefighter Shane Carroll carries a ladder to set up for the EVS drill. “This training gives people a chance to work on the skills they will perform at the actual fire scene and see what they can do better,” Carroll said.

In one of the drills, the firefighters had to drill through rebar, which simulated burglar bars on a window. Then they crawled into the window and pulled out a dummy meant to represent a fire victim. These drills left the crews exhausted and drenched in sweat.

UF Chomps Hate Story

This is a chart I created about antisemitic incidents across the nation with data provided by the Anti-Defamation League. This was used in a story I wrote about UF Hillel’s response to the antisemitic message projected at the Gators’ football game against UGA in October. I used the program Datawrapper to make this data visualization.