Amy O’Kruk - Editor, CNN Digital Data & Graphics
Amy O’Kruk
Editor, CNN Digital Data & Graphics
Amy O’Kruk is a data and graphics editor on CNN Digital's Data and Graphics team. She pitches data-driven stories and collaborates across the newsroom to produce visual coverage. She’s especially passionate about how digital illustration can be used in storytelling to engage readers and reach new audiences.
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See Trump’s busy legal and election calendar in 1 chart
May 30, 2024
Trump will be juggling a busy court and campaign schedule as he defends himself in several criminal cases while also vying for a second term in the White House.
See the jury’s verdict on each of the 34 counts against Trump in hush money trial
May 30, 2024
Jurors have returned their verdicts on former President Donald Trump’s charges in the hush money trial.
Map: Where university protesters have been arrested across the United States
May 10, 2024
CNN is tracking where arrests have been made in a wave of pro-Palestinian campus protests rippling across US universities.
How pro-Palestinian protest arrests have unfolded across college campuses
May 8, 2024
Pro-Palestinian protesters continue to be arrested on college campuses. Explore the timeline of where protests erupted and who police have arrested on these campuses.
Visualizing the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse
Mar 28, 2024
CNN visualizes how a cargo ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, leading to its collapse, with maps and illustrations.
Republican presidential nomination and delegates, explained
Mar 12, 2024
Here’s what you need to know about delegates, primaries and the calendar of events in the race to secure the GOP presidential nomination.
Nikki Haley needs delegates. Where can she find them?
Mar 4, 2024
She’s won just a single contest so far – the primary in Washington, DC – but former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley still thinks she has a role to play in the Republican primary.
Nine inches in Buffalo and two in Tulsa: How much snow will give kids a snow day across the US?
Feb 12, 2024
Where you live can play a big role in whether school could get canceled. Use our interactive map to search for the snow day average in your county.
Track: Winter weather alerts across the US
Jan 5, 2024
With forecasters predicting a classic El Niño winter this year, it could mean more snow in some parts of the country.
Visualizing the Israel-Hamas war
Dec 1, 2023
As fighting intensifies across Gaza and Israel, CNN is visualizing the war through maps, charts and more.
What happens if the government shuts down: An illustrated guide
Nov 16, 2023
Here’s a guide to what you can expect if the government shuts down.
Fuel is a vital lifeline in resource-strapped Gaza. Here’s why.
Oct 30, 2023
Fuel shortages have crippled hospitals, water systems, bakeries and relief operations in Gaza as more than 2 million people there are suffering from dire shortages of basic supplies and medical care.
Gaza’s disappearing internet, visualized
Oct 27, 2023
Connectivity in the Gaza Strip has fallen from about 95% in early October to around 37% as of Friday, according to data from NetBlocks.
Maps show the extreme population density in Gaza
Oct 11, 2023
The urban area around Gaza City is home to nearly 2 million people living in an 88-square-mile expanse, which is about 21,000 people per square mile.
The big numbers that make up the auto strike
Sep 15, 2023
The United Auto Workers union is threatening to go on strike Friday against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis. These are the big numbers that make up the pending strike.
Maps and photos show the impact of the Morocco earthquake
Sep 12, 2023
Morocco’s rich treasury of centuries-old buildings, mosques and relics was dealt a destructive blow by the 6.8-magnitude earthquake.
The Titanic submersible was going down nearly 13,000 feet. Just how deep in the ocean is that?
Jun 22, 2023
The Titanic lies around 12,500 feet below sea level. For perspective, the world’s deepest scuba dive reached 1,090 feet in 2022.
The Southern Tornado Alley: Where the deadliest twisters touch down in the US
Jun 11, 2023
The Great Plains has long been considered the country’s tornado hotbed. But in the past two decades, a swath of the southeastern US has proven much more deadly.
What happens if the US can’t pay all its bills
May 26, 2023
If the debt ceiling isn’t raised in time, Treasury and the White House will have to make difficult decisions about which bills to pay with the funds that are available.
Millennials are America’s largest generation. But they’re one of the smallest groups that make up Congress.
May 19, 2023
It’s taking five to 10 years longer for millennials and Generation X to reach the same level of representation in Congress as it had been for the past three generations, according to a CNN analysis.
Six months into Elon Musk’s Twitter: The fall of verification and birth of Twitter Blue in one very long chart
Apr 29, 2023
In the six months since Elon Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter, the billionaire has turned the platform on its head by overhauling how it decides which accounts to verify.
About
Amy O’Kruk is a data and graphics editor on CNN Digital’s Data and Graphics team. In her role, she pitches data-driven stories and collaborates across the newsroom to produce visual coverage. She’s especially passionate about how digital illustration can be used in storytelling to engage readers and reach new audiences.
Before joining CNN in 2023, Amy worked at NBC as a visuals editor. She previously studied data journalism at Columbia University. Although she’s now based in New York, she started her journalism career in Canada, where she worked at The Globe and Mail and is a proud alumna of Western University.
