Joe Murphy
Data Editor at NBC News
NBC News data editor. Back-whens: NY Daily News, Denver Post, Medill. Oregonian born / raised. [email protected] Signal: @joemurph.76 @joemurph.bsky.social
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22 hours ago |
nbcnews.com | Joe Murphy
/ Updated Most internal promotions don’t get this much attention. Most job selection processes don’t have centuries of history behind them — and few, if any, have a special name. But then, most job selections don’t end with a new pope. Catholic cardinals from around the world are converging on Vatican City in advance of the conclave that will elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died Monday.
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1 week ago |
nbcnews.com | Jiachuan Wu |Laura Strickler |Joe Murphy |Nigel Chiwaya
President Donald Trump came into office promising the largest mass deportation in U.S history, targeting the more than 10 million unauthorized migrants living in the United States. Since then, data shows border crossings have plummeted, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests have doubled, and the number of people in detention is at an all-time high. NBC News is tracking immigration enforcement with data from ICE and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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2 weeks ago |
nbcnews.com | Joe Murphy
After nearly six months of increases, the price of eggs declined in March. But that doesn’t make them cheap. The average nationwide price of a dozen eggs decreased by about a quarter in March, according to data from consumer research firm NIQ. But at $6.27 for a dozen, the cost of eggs is still up 75% in the last 12 months, an increase that is greater than any other of the six staple grocery items tracked by NBC News.
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3 weeks ago |
nbcnews.com | Joe Murphy
Measles is among the most contagious diseases in the world, and case counts in the U.S. are spiking. NBC News is tracking confirmed measles cases across the country with data from state health departments. This data will be updated every Tuesday and Friday. With more than 500 cases, 2025 is already the third-most active year for measles since 2000, the year the U.S. officially eliminated the disease. Most cases this year are in Texas, which accounts for 3 out of 4 reported infections.
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1 month ago |
nbcnews.com | Joe Murphy |Rob Wile
President Donald Trump's dizzying tariffs rhetoric has caught the economy flat footed. While Trump has long lauded trade duties as a solution to a host of economic woes, it has been the tariffs' erratic roll-out — and shifting rationales — that has alarmed investors. Below is a play-by-play of how Trump's trade rhetoric — and responding measures by the nations he has targeted — has played out.
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Over the weekend I published a guide aimed at journalists (but applicable to everyone) to including alt text on social media, why it matters, how to do it and examples of alt text done right. #accessibility #dataViz #altText https://t.co/ZlSX7PdYn2
I just published this guide, Social media alt text for journalists (with examples): https://t.co/ZlSX7PdYn2 It gets at why alt text matters, how it works on major social media platforms, and gives examples of what you might write for alt text. #accessibility
Got to team up with Jasmine & @bKamisar for this one — If you've seen this equation (which the White House says it used to compute the tariffs it announced Wednesday) and immediately balked, this 200-word blog post is for you (it's not as bad as it looks). https://t.co/ZXLTiVy4AO https://t.co/22PbMpmb5p
