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Kuang Keng Kuek SerKKKS

Kuang Keng Kuek Ser

Data JournalistThe World
I'm a data journalist. In the summer of 2015 I was a Google Journalism Fellow at PRI's The World before joining the newsroom full-time.I’m also a former fellow at Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism and the founder of DataN, a customizable and affordable training package for small newsrooms with limited resources to produce data journalism.I want to combine my experience in reporting and storytelling with my skills and knowledge in technology to produce sustainable and better journalism products.In 2013, I was awarded a Fulbright scholarship by the US State Department to study new media and digital innovation at Studio 20, a graduate program at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. Before coming to US, I spent eight years working as a jounalist with Malaysiakini.com, Malaysia’s most visited news website.I have interned with NBC Local Media to produce data and visual components. I was also a data visualization consultant at Foreign Policy.
The statue of liberty and an American flag are on a blue sky, with words in Russian at the bottom of the image.
Culture
A guide to Russian ‘demotivator’ memes
In this cartoon, a young boy is swinging from monkey bars and a piece of paperwork from Immigration is at his right
Global Politics
As US ends immigration programs, a mother and son wonder if they’ll ever be together again
A woman holding a baby waits in line, above an open helping hand is extended.
Conflict
Make your way through the maze of seeking asylum in the US
A woman is leaning on a fence, gazing over the water toward the Statue of Liberty
Economics
Follow along: Forms, fees and an interview for a US Diversity Lottery Program ‘winner’
In this cartoon, a frowning boy in a pointed birthday hat sits in front of a cake with '21' written on it.
Justice
You’re a young student and your visa is tied to your parents. You’re about to age out. What do you do next?
This logo says 'How fair is your fashion' in red letters
Business, Finance & Economics
How fair is your fashion? Take the quiz.
Global Terrorism Database
Conflict
What does a day in terrorism look like?
A man cycles past signs bearing the name of U.S. President-elect Republican Donald Trump in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Global Politics
Trump will be in Israel today. Can you find the country on a map?
Donald Trump meets Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the White House
Conflict
Trump is visiting Saudi Arabia. Can you find it on a map?
Vice President Mike Pence points towards North Korea
Conflict
Can you find North Korea on a map?
A combination picture shows the coal-fired Castle Gate Power Plant
Environment
Trump is ending Obama-era emissions cuts. How will CO2 emissions change?
A sign at a February protest in New York calls for an end to immigration raids and deportations.
Conflict
America’s sanctuary communities are more numerous than you think
Trump
Economics
How big is Trump’s 10 percent defense increase? It’s three times Canada’s annual military budget, for one.
Romanian Army soldiers deploy a ground-to-air missile launch pad during a joint military exercise with the US Army.
Conflict
Obama and Putin fueled the biggest global arms market since the Cold War
kim jong un guides north korea missile launch
Conflict
North Korea’s trade with China has grown tenfold in 15 years — which gives China more leverage than ever
Lead image Trump inauguration crowd comparison with Women's March
Election 2016
Photos: Compare the crowd at Women’s March and Trump’s inauguration
Crowd photos
Election 2016
Photos: Compare the crowd at Trump’s inauguration with Obama’s
Borneo map
Business
Indonesia’s rapidly disappearing forests, in four charts
A boy collects plastic from a garbage-covered river in Manila, 2010.
Global Politics
Plastic trash is a big problem. How much do you throw away? (QUIZ)
women use smartphone
Culture
Stark numbers show who gets trolled the most online. See for yourself.
Birgitta Jonsdottir of the Pirate Party reacts alongisde party members
Development
When it comes to gender-equality aid, the US lags behind its peers
Kashmiri girls stand on a roadside
Development
How the US distributes $1.3 billion in aid for women around the world
happy refugee girl
Justice
The best and worst countries to be a girl
British writer Roald Dahl (1916 - 1990), 11th December 1971.
Books
Game: How many of these Roald Dahl words do you know?
Community members take part in a protest to demand a stop hate crimes during the funeral service of Imam Maulama Akonjee, and Thara Uddin in New York City.
Justice
How likely are you to be the victim of a hate crime?
Attendees sit next to a poster as speakers from different faiths speak at an interfaith rally titled "Love is Stronger than Hate" at the Islamic Community Center in Phoenix. The rally was held in response to an earlier anti-Muslim rally at the same locati
Justice
Data: Hate crimes against Muslims increased after 9/11
Inmates serving a jail sentence relax at Maricopa County's Tent City jail in Phoenix
Justice
Australia and the UK have a higher proportion of inmates in private prisons than the US
China's gold medal-winning Olympic volleyball team
Sports
Here’s some proof that women have always crushed the Olympics
China's gold medal-winning Olympic volleyball team
Sports
Here’s some proof that women have always crushed the Olympics
Runners compete in the Women's Marathon during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Sports
See 120 years of struggle for gender equality at the Olympics
Sports
Want to win more medals in Olympic games? Close your gender gap.
Newborn
Health
US is one of just 8 countries where maternal death rates are getting worse (CHARTS)
Politics
2 eras, 1 dream: Photos of immigrants on Ellis Island and today’s Syrian refugees
Conflict
If the Syrian civil war happened in your country, it would look like this
Delegates watch the Democratic Women of the Senate address at the DNC in Philadelphia.
Election 2016
Here’s a comparison of the diversity of speakers at the RNC and DNC
woman protester against police shooting
Justice
When it comes to police shootings, the US doesn’t look like a developed nation
Brexit-EU
Global Politics
After the UK, which nations are more vulnerable to an anti-EU revolt? These 5 charts may tell you.
Police have erected barricades and mourners have left flowers outside Reina, the nightclub in Istabul where 39 died during a terrorist attack.
Conflict
These three charts will help you understand Turkey’s recent terrorist attacks
Brexit beer
Global Politics
Forget ‘What is EU.’ Britons are Googling for ‘second referendum.’
honduras-homicide-coffin
Conflict
Map: Here are countries with the world’s highest murder rates
A man sweeps the floor of his house in Alberta, Canada.
Development
Hey dads: How much housework do you do compared to other fathers?
mass shooting - Ruger AR-15 rifle
Conflict
Map: All the mass shootings in the US from 1982 to 2016
People display signs at a demonstration against the proposed Islamic cultural center and mosque on the ninth anniversary remembrance of the attacks on New York and Washington, in New York, September 11, 2010.
Conflict
Anti-Muslim web searches spiked after Orlando shooting
Ramadan Egypt lantern
Belief
Want to learn more about Ramadan? Take this quiz.
Tiananmen protest journalists support
Global Politics
How China has censored words relating to the Tiananmen Square anniversary
A girl walks past a map illustrating part of Europe, at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border in Greece.
Conflict
By the numbers: Seeking asylum in Greece
anti-nuclear protesters hiroshima japan
Conflict
71 years after Hiroshima, will we see a world free from nuclear weapons soon?
Hiroshima atomic bomb app screen capture lead image
Global Politics
Experience Hiroshima — What if the atomic bomb hit your hometown?
An Iranian Air Force F-5F fighter plane takes off during manoeuvres in southern Iran.
Global Politics
Where did Iran get its military arms over the last 70 years?
Jose Garcia 4
Education
If things keep going as they are, in 100 years teachers still won’t be as diverse as their students
Military vehicles carrying DF-26 ballistic missiles travel past Tiananmen Gate during a military parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Beijing.
Economics
Global military spending increased for the first time since 2011. Would you spend the money differently?
A mother kissing her baby
Development
How much of your work is unpaid? This calculator may help.
The Iranian military displays missles at Tehran's Baharestan Square to commemorate the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.
Global Politics
Explainer: What Iran is looking like as nuclear deal provisions are being carried out
iran women campaign 2016
Justice
Quiz: What do you know about women’s rights in Iran?
Two men point and look at a map, in black and white
Conflict
During WWII, European refugees fled to Syria. Here’s what the camps were like.
Fans legs, one holding a large poster of Trump's face
Education
What’s the ‘Trump Effect’ in schools? Here’s how 2,000 teachers explain it.
An inmate stands against a fence at the Adjustment Center yard during a media tour of California's death row at San Quentin State Prison, California, December 2015.
Justice
2015 saw the highest number of recorded death-row executions. Which country tops the list?
panama-papers-lead-image
Finance
Why are the ‘Panama Papers’ a big deal?
Right-wing demonstrators protest against terrorism in front of the old stock exchange in Brussels, Belgium, March 27. 2016.
Conflict
Anti-Muslim searches spike again after Brussels attacks
A woman places carnations at the scene of a suicide bombing at Istiklal Street, a major shopping and tourist district, in central Istanbul, Turkey.
Conflict
By the numbers: The terror attacks we paid attention to