CHRIS KIRK

Slate, 7/19/2012

This interactive compiles constitutional proposals written by law professors and Slate readers. Powered by Javascript

Slate, 7/12/2012

This interactive charts Breaking Bad's Walter White on two spectrums, "bad" to "evil" and "bad" to "badass." Powered by Javascript

Slate, 6/8/2012

This map charts reported drone strikes in Afghanistan over the Obama and Bush administrations. Powered by Javascript

Slate, 5/24/2012

This is a bingo game launched with the release of Moonrise Kingdom and illustrates Wes Anderson's filmmaking style. Powered by Javascript

Slate, 5/3/2012

This map illustrates how many major league trophies cities have won through time. Powered by Javascript, Raphael

Slate, 3/26/2012

This interactive charts cheating and hooking up in AMC's Mad Men. I did all of the coding and some of the writing and design. Powered by Javascript

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12/12/2011

This interactive features videos and photos from Post-Gazette photographers in a feature about the famous Pittsburgh photographer, Charles 'Teenie' Harris. The piece includes video interviews with some of Teenie's former subjects, as well as Teenie's photos of them and modern photos of them. I designed the entire Web presentation of the project, including a feature by which the videos tour the user through the slideshows. Powered by Javascript, PHP

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 11/14/2011

This interactive is a chronology of the Penn State scandal with events that the user can filter by the people involved in the scandal. I based the information on the reporting of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporters as well as a grand jury presentment. I alone conceptualized and programmed the interactive. I also wrote the copy for each event and selected all the photos. I ensured that the interactive could be easily repurposed for future projects and updated regularly by the Post-Gazette's interactives editor. This interactive uses jQuery, PHP and XML. Powered by Javascript, PHP, XML

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12/5/2011

This interactive illustrates how tax brackets and rates have changed since the government instituted the federal income tax in 1913. I was responsible for desinging and coding the interactive as well as finding the data. The interactive uses jQuery and PHP. Powered by Javascript, PHP

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 11/14/2011

This interactive simulates a study of perceptions of the U.S.'s wealth distribution. It asks users what they think the wealth distribution of the country is, what they think it should be, and then reveals what the actual distribution of wealth is, as well as how other users of the interactive and subjects of the study answered. The interactive uses jQuery and PHP. It also uses SQL to store and retrieve user data. Powered by Javascript, PHP, mySQL

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12/5/2011

This interactive includes some descriptive data about Penn State University's academic and sports programs and compares the university with other members of the Big Ten. I used HTML5 to create the line graphs and javascript to create the sortable tables. Powered by Javascript, PHP, HTML5 Canvas