Alyson Hurt

Washington, D.C., United States

Supervising Graphics Editor, News Apps at NPR

Graphics, design, editing and whatnot at @NPR / @nprviz. she/her. ❤️ = saving this for later. Also on Bsky + 🧵, but not really active anywhere anymore.

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How does deportation work, and how much does it cost? We break it down

1 month ago | vermontpublic.org | Ximena Bustillo |Alyson Hurt

President Trump kicked off his second term vowing to deport a record number of people from the U.S. But deportation — a cumbersome process generally involving an arrest, detention, a removal order from a judge and finally a flight out of the U.S. — can take months or years.
How does deportation work, and how much does it cost? We break it down

2 months ago | laist.com | Ximena Bustillo |Alyson Hurt

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Deportation explainer

2 months ago | laist.com | Ximena Bustillo |Alyson Hurt

President Trump kicked off his second term vowing to deport a record number of people from the U.S. But deportation — a cumbersome process generally involving an arrest, detention, a removal order from a judge and finally a flight out of the U.S. — can take months or years.
How does deportation work, and how much does it cost? We break it down

2 months ago | mprnews.org | Ximena Bustillo |Alyson Hurt

President Trump kicked off his second term vowing to deport a record number of people from the U.S. But deportation — a cumbersome process generally involving an arrest, detention, a removal order from a judge and finally a flight out of the U.S. — can take months or years.
It's been a wild rollout of Trump's tariffs. Here's how we got here

2 months ago | kpbs.org | Heidi Glenn |Alyson Hurt

Tariffs are at the center of President Trump's economic strategy, and since taking office in January, he's kept them in the spotlight. He kicked off his second term by imposing them on Canada and Mexico, tying them to border security and illegal drugs. He's also said imposing tariffs on our trading partners would boost U.S. manufacturing, create "vast wealth" for the country and improve what he perceived as unfair trading relationships that create large annual trade deficits.
As the Texas outbreak grows, how contagious is measles, really? | Houston Public Media

Mar 3, 2025 | houstonpublicmedia.org | Maria Godoy |Alyson Hurt

As an outbreak of measles continues to spread in west Texas and New Mexico, many people are wondering, how bad could it get? Well, the first thing to know is that measles is one of the most contagious diseases on Earth — more than Ebola, smallpox or just about any other infectious disease. Loading…Before widespread vaccination eliminated the disease in the U.S., pretty much everyone got measles in childhood. And 400-500 children used to die from it each year.
Measles outbreak

Feb 28, 2025 | laist.com | Maria Godoy |Alyson Hurt

As an outbreak of measles continues to spread in west Texas and New Mexico, many people are wondering, how bad could it get? Well, the first thing to know is that measles is one of the most contagious diseases on Earth — more than Ebola, smallpox or just about any other infectious disease. Before widespread vaccination eliminated the disease in the U.S., pretty much everyone got measles in childhood. And 400-500 children used to die from it each year.
As the Texas outbreak grows, how contagious is measles, really?

Feb 28, 2025 | npr.org | Maria Godoy |Alyson Hurt

As an outbreak of measles continues to spread in west Texas and New Mexico, many people are wondering, how bad could it get? Well, the first thing to know is that measles is one of the most contagious diseases on Earth — more than Ebola, smallpox or just about any other infectious disease. Loading... Before widespread vaccination eliminated the disease in the U.S., pretty much everyone got measles in childhood. And 400-500 children used to die from it each year.
Here are the Books We Love: 350+ great 2024 reads recommended by NPR

Nov 24, 2024 | kpbs.org | Beth Novey |Meghan Sullivan |Alyson Hurt |Brent Jones

NPR's Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place – that's nearly 4,000 great reads. Open the app now!
Are hurricanes getting worse? Here’s what you need to know

Oct 8, 2024 | opb.org | Rachel Waldholz |Alyson Hurt

Hurricane Milton is bearing down on Florida, threatening some areas hit hard by Hurricane Helene less than two weeks ago. Milton will be the fifth hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. this year. Like Helene, the storm has gained strength rapidly as it spins across the Gulf of Mexico, where water temperatures are abnormally high. The back-to-back storms illustrate potential dangers as human-caused climate change makes hurricanes more intense.