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[A portfolio of story products for your consideration]
by Noah Pisner
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The Carbon Bubble — Qz / Refinitiv, 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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Hurricane Maria's Dead — Qz, Sep. '18 — Product Support
Data + Investigative
Thousands of people were killed by Hurricane Maria. But Puerto Rican officials only publicly identified 64 victims. A joint investigation by Quartz, Puerto Rico's Center for Investigative Journalism, and AP has identified 487 victims of Maria. Here they are.
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An Arctic Economy Awakens — Qz, Nov. '18 — Producer / Reporter
VR + Data + Investigative + Video + Photo
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 — Qz, Feb. '19 — Producer / Editor
AR
The 2050 Project is an exploration of creative solutions to the challenges of urban living. Using live-captured augmented reality modeling, we tell stories of innovation by highlighting unique buildings around the world. Here is "El Alto" in La Paz, Bolivia. 
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Security Champion — Qz / Citrix, May '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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Tap Stories / Courses — Qz / Citrix, Aug. '19 — 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, co-sponsored by Citrix, received six industry awards for product innovation, e-learning, and digital storytelling.
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Usable — Qz, June '19 — Executive 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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Tes: A Westworld Bot — Qz / HBO, March '19 — Producer / Editor
Chatbot
HBO partnered with Quartz to introducer viewers to Tes, a Delos host inviting recent Westworld visitors to join an exclusive park loyalty program. The bot, powered by natural language processing and carefully scripted storylines, immersed users via Facebook chat. 
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