{"$schema":"https://ejfox.com/schema/page-twin@1.json","kind":"project","url":"https://ejfox.com/projects/covidcast","json_url":"https://ejfox.com/projects/covidcast.json","generator":"ejfox.com/json-twin@1","data":{"cacheVersion":"2026-05-13-gear-cards","html":"<p class=\"\">During the early COVID-19 pandemic, I worked with Carnegie Mellon University's <a href=\"https://delphi.cmu.edu/epidemic-signals/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"external-link group inline-flex items-center text-blue-600 dark:text-blue-400\" data-preview-url=\"https://delphi.cmu.edu/epidemic-signals/\">COVIDcast project</a>, prototyping data visualizations and user interactions to help the public understand hospitalization, transmission, and movement trends across the country.</p>\n<figure role=\"figure\" aria-label=\"Scrolling the COVIDcast dashboard as it runs today — indicator tiles, the county-level map, and the signals table\" class=\"\"><video class=\"img-full my-8 rounded-sm\" 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above an interactive county-level map</figcaption>\n</figure>\n<figure role=\"figure\" aria-label=\"Population density map of the United States with circles sized by population, colored white to red indicating concentration in the Midwest and Northeast.\" class=\"\">\n<img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/ejf/image/upload/c_scale,f_auto,q_auto:good,w_1280/v1755099710/screenshot_2025-08-13_at_11.41.38_AM.png\" alt=\"Population density map of the United States with circles sized by population, colored white to red indicating concentration in the Midwest and Northeast.\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/ejf/image/upload/c_scale,f_auto,q_auto:good,w_640/v1755099710/screenshot_2025-08-13_at_11.41.38_AM.png 640w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ejf/image/upload/c_scale,f_auto,q_auto:good,w_960/v1755099710/screenshot_2025-08-13_at_11.41.38_AM.png 960w, 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Northeast.</figcaption>\n</figure>","title":"COVIDcast","metadata":{"title":"COVIDcast","date":"2020-04-24T04:00:00.000Z","category":"Journalism","featured":false,"modified":"2025-08-26T19:53:05.000Z","url":"https://campustechnology.com/articles/2020/04/24/carnegie-mellon-maps-offer-more-data-for-covid-19-forecasting.aspx","tech":["Data Visualization","JavaScript","COVID-19 Data","Public Health"],"state":"deployed","ai-involvement":"human-only","context":"client","tags":["covid","dataviz","javascript","health"],"words":87,"images":3,"imageDetails":{"total":3,"cloudinary":3,"withDimensions":0},"links":4,"codeBlocks":0,"headers":{},"toc":[],"type":"post"}},"_links":{"self":"https://ejfox.com/projects/covidcast.json","html":"https://ejfox.com/projects/covidcast","index":"/projects.json"}}