Paayal Zaveri

Multimedia Journalist

Hi! I'm Paayal Zaveri, a journalist from the San Francisco Bay Area. I'm currently a master's candidate at the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. I am a writer and data reporter, with experience in online, radio and broadcast storytelling. I'm also learning how to code. This past summer, I was a NBC/AAJA fellow at CNBC, where I wrote about markets and financial news. My work has been published in CNBC, NBC Asian America, KQED Public Radio, San Francisco Public Press and Richmond Confidential.

Here you can find a portfolio of my published work and selected coding and data visualization projects. My resume is available here.

Data Visualization and Coding

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Entering the Lottery

Data Visualization, Web Design, Reporting, Photos

multimedia project exploring the topic of high skilled immigration and H-1B visas through data

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How will Contra Costa vote in the presidential campaign?

Data Visualization

Richmond Confidential, interactive map showing voter turnout by candidate during primary elections in each precinct in Contra Costa County

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Student Debt per State

Data Visualization

class project using d3, showing the average amount of student debt in each state

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Global Oil Production

Data Visualization

class project using d3, showing the increase in production of oil over the past 15 years

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Saving the Children

Data Visualization

class project using Tableau, showing how countries have reduced infant deaths over time

Writing, Radio, Video

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Canada, Mexico tighten trade ties while US grows skittish

Writing

CNBC.com, article exploring increased trade between Mexico and Canada, contrasted against current attitudes towards global trade in the U.S.

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Formerly Homeless Residents May Face Higher Eviction Rate

Writing, Photos

San Francisco Public Press, investigative piece showing that homeless people are more likely to be evicted from city funded housing that is meant to house them

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Former Doctors Medical Center in contract to become hotel

Writing, Photos

Richmond Confidential, article looking at the lasting financial repercussions of the closure of a public hospital

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Brit risk: Brexit vote will spur market volatility, strategist warns

Writing

CNBC.com, article about the impending consquences of the Brexit vote

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Meet the Man Behind the Scenes of the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival

Radio, Writing

KQED Public Radio, profile of a elderly dancer from San Francisco who has had a lasting impact on local dance culture

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Richmond schools adapt to growing need for bilingual teachers

Writing, Photos, Graphics

Richmond Confidential, story about a local school district grappling with how to best serve their growing Spanish speaking population

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Archive Preserves People’s Memories of South Asia’s Partition

Radio, Writing

KQED Public Radio, story about an archive collecting people's memories from the 1947 India-Pakistan partition to bridge years of politcal tension and strife

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Meet the Tabla Teacher Who Recorded with the Grateful Dead

Video, Writing

NBCNews.com, video profile of an Indian music teacher from the San Francisco Bay Area