Available for collaborations Portfolio · 2026

Sirui Zhu.

Data visualization editor at CGTN, formerly at Reuters Graphics and a data journalism student at Columbia University. I hold a BA & MA in journalism and started as a data journalist at the Dyclub Data Journalism Research Center. I work at the seam where journalism, design, and code meet.

Now —Visual editor for CGTN's data desk · Mapping China's energy transition.
07+ Years storytelling
50+ Published pieces
2 Newsrooms · CGTN / Reuters
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01 — Latest · 2025

From Green Dreams to Barren Realities.

A collaboration with Thibi investigating Thailand's National Greening Program — the gap between the forest officials report and what's actually on the ground. I built the data pipeline and led the interactive storytelling.

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Thibi × NGP · 2025
Investigating Thailand's National Greening Program — what the data really shows.
02 — Selected Projects

Stories
in code & pixels.

A mix of editorial graphics, interactive explainers, and animated scrollytelling — published at CGTN, Reuters, Kontinentalist, and as personal projects.

Stack — JavaScript D3.js Leaflet Mapbox QGIS Python Pandas Matplotlib Selenium BeautifulSoup Illustrator After Effects
03 — Cartography

Maps that
make place matter.

Interactive and static maps — from choropleths to rotatable globes. Mostly D3, Leaflet & Mapbox; static ones finalized in Illustrator.