Women are at the sharp end of the rental crisis. Ella Hollowood and I found it's now almost impossible for vulnerable women to rent in parts of the UK. In London, for example, the average one-bed costs 106% of a single mother's median income Financial Times ft.com/content/9ba4df…

Why is soggy old Britain facing water shortages and drought? Climate change has exposed a broken water system on.ft.com/3sFT1DD

Online payments firms are beloved by the customers when things run smoothly, but when it’s a mess, it can be a *real* mess. This week’s Personal Finance
cover w/ Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan and Ella Hollowood
Fintechs face reckoning over customer service ft.com/content/da82ba…

Child labour is making a comeback in the US as businesses try to tackle labour shortages and state legislators try to relax the rules ft.com/content/656ba1… with Taylor Nicole Rogers and Ella Hollowood

How we got here: squeezing all other socially necessary funding, plus multiple reorganisations as a politically easier alternative to changes in NHS funding: words and charts ⁦from ⁦Sarah Neville⁩ ⁦⁦Federica Cocco⁩ ⁦Ella Hollowood⁩ on.ft.com/3JCcoDU

A reminder that we are looking for an economics nerd with a penchant for spotting news stories in data. Deadline is 20 July 2022.

What progress on race equity have we made in UK workplaces? Depressing findings - read the in depth analysis and charts from my colleagues Federica Cocco Ella Hollowood

The SW has been rock solid for the Tories at Westminster since 2015..Could local elections in Somerset open up a crack in the blue wall? With ⁦Jasmine Cameron-Chileshe⁩ , pics by Charlie Bibby and graphics by ⁦Ella Hollowood⁩ enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/14ed7fb…

FREE TO READ: Combining mapping, open source reporting and expert analysis, this is the story of how Russia’s mistakes and Ukrainian resistance altered Putin’s war: ft.com/ukraine-war-ma…

Here’s all you need to know about the Omicron offshoot BA.2 w/ donato, Ella Hollowood & Primrose Riordan 👇

BA.2: the Omicron sub-variant outpacing its predecessor on.ft.com/3L68kKn

Calling all students interested in working in visual and data journalism — you can join the FT Data team in London this summer on the Google News Initiative Student Fellowship! Applications are now open; the deadline is March 15, 23:59 CET (22:59 in the UK). #ddj on.ft.com/3gg9l4f

Haven't been abroad in two years but who needs foreign travel when you have to go on such an ODYSSEY simply trying to fix and recycle some wireless earbuds...

A diary of my wanderings through the world of ever-tinier electronics for FT Weekend Magazine

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Great thread explaining some the thinking behind the most advanced postcode look up I’ve been involved in — including the creation of a whole new geography… 🔎🚂

Inspired #ddj by Dan Clark Chris Cook @OliEllTay Ella Hollowood Alexandra Heal Caroline Nevitt 👏

Great story by gillplimmer & Ella Hollowood: Britain’s water companies have slashed investment in critical infrastructure by up to a fifth in the 30 years since they were privatised. This despite a 31% real-term increase in water bills since the 1990s...

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Trust in institutions rests upon accountability, which in turn at least partially rests upon transparency. But sometimes the public data we get means important questions can't be answered. My notebook: ft.com/content/8fbd12…

Explaining the yield curve with music
Brilliant stuff from FT Data
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NEW episode! And it's all about the way that categories in datasets can obstruct the truth tedtalks.social/3mFBjZW thank you so much Amrou Al-Kadhi 🦄 for being the best guest ever

I wrote about our recent obsession with the countryside, female farmers and feminism for Marie Claire 👩‍🌾🐄 marieclaire.co.uk/life/female-fa…

As anyone who's been on a D4C sprint will know, A LOT of work goes into data storytelling! We couldn't be more proud of the #D4CMarimekkos personal projects. They've used @datawrapper and Projector to create some amazing stories. Check out the thread & see!