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 A​ Selection of ​Audiovisual Investigations 
​by Noah Pisner
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The Carbon Bubble — Quartz, Oct. '19 – Prod. Designer / Reporter
Data + Investigative
The S&P 500 emits as much CO2 as the Amazon rainforest absorbs. This features shows which equities are actively reducing  emissions, and how divestment from carbon has virtually zero impact on S&P performance. A 2020 Digiday Best Data Viz Award finalist.
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China's Coal Dilemma — Quartz, December '19 – Prod. Designer / Reporter
Data + Investigative
Here is every proposed coal power plant China is bankrolling around the world. If these 60 proposed plants get built in Asia, Europe, Africa, and South America, they’ll emit as much CO2 as all of Spain. A 2020 Digiday Best Data Viz Award finalist. 
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An Arctic Economy Awakens — ​Quartz, Nov. '18 — Lead Producer / Reporter
Video + Data + Investigative + Photo + VR
In Greenlandic waters, armed with a 360 camera, we found economic birth and ecological desolation. This investigative feature won various awards, including top prize at 2019's Digiday Awards.
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The 2050 Project — ​Quartz, Feb. '19 — Editorial Director
Photo + AR
The 2050 Project is an exploration of creative solutions to the challenges of urban living. Using live-captured photogrammetry via drones, we tell stories of urban innovation by showcasing futuristic buildings around the world in augmented reality. 
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Made In China, Made Here — Quartz, Oct. '18 — Lead Producer / Reporter
Video + Data + Investigative + Photo + VR
Yiwu, China was once a tiny trading town. Today, it hosts a wholesale goods complex several times the size of JFK airport. If it says 'Made in China' it probably came from here. See Yiwu in 360 degrees.
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Security Champion — Quartz, March '18 — Prod. Designer / Editor
Explainer + RPG
For Quartz sponsor Citrix, we designed and built an eight-bit RPG game in which users, playing the role of a CEO, must save a company from hackers.
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Cognition, a Neural 'News Network' — Qz, March '19  – UX / Prod. Designer
Data + AI + News Product
Quartz uses Machine Learning for journalistic research and targeted information curation. With Cognition, we see Natural Language Processing in action, showing you what our "AI" sees when viewing articles and videos on Qz.com. 
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Tap Stories / Courses — Quartz, Summer '18 – UX / Prod. Designer / Editor
Explainer + News Product
Can we reimagine the gesture-driven UX of Instagram? My "Tap Stories" have set record performance benchmarks at Quartz. This first Tap series received six industry awards for product innovation, e-learning, and digital storytelling.
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Usable — Quartz, June 2019 – Producer
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Podcast
Our lives are dominated by an abundance of small design decisions, most of which are invisible. Usable sets out to uncover the unexpected user experience considerations behind some of life’s most common objects, places, and experiences.
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Wiretap — Anonymous Content, In Development — Lead Producer
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Podcast 
+ Documentary
In 2012, a clandestine ATF operation involved the agency's best 'undercovers' hunting down Oakland’s most violent criminals during the city’s violent crime peak. This is the story of what went right, what went wrong, from the words and wires of the agents, cops, informants, shooters, shot callers, and politicians.
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