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Since 2019 I’ve freelanced on various Motion & Animation projects for the WSJ video team
on topics ranging from reviewing webcams in a cat cafe to the ethics of reselling trash on Amazon.
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The Ambiguous Word That Can Legally Bulldoze Neighborhoods
Politicians across the county are seizing property for billions of dollars of redevelopment projects using one term: blight. The word generally refers to substandard and unsanitary conditions, but determining what is and isn't blighted can be subjective.
Domino’s Pizza Empire Was Built on Delivery. Now, That May Not Be Enough
Domino’s dominates U.S. pizza sales, thanks in part to its innovations in delivery. But now, a shortage of delivery drivers is challenging this foundational part of its business.
A White-Collar Recession? Why Layoffs Are Hitting Professional Workers
As interest rates rise and companies tighten their belts, white-collar workers have taken the brunt of layoffs and job cuts, breaking with the usual pattern leading into a downturn. WSJ explains why many professionals are getting the pink slip first.
CISCO smart office| Open Office | WSJ
Cisco’s redesigned New York office is both a showcase of the company’s technology and an example of how it sees the workplace evolving. WSJ takes a tour to learn how its harvesting data and facilitating hybrid work.
What We Know About How a Russian Nuclear Strike Could Play Out
As Russia suffers losses in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin has made veiled threats to use nuclear weapons—a scenario that security experts still deem unlikely. WSJ looks at satellite images and documents to understand how the process of launching a strike would work.
Setting Up a Home Security Camera: What to Know
Security cameras can help protect your home, but what about your privacy? With smart cameras drawing interest from law enforcement – and hackers! – here are some do's and don’ts for setting one up in your own home, plus a guide to enabling encryption.
Iphone 13’s Cinematic mode reviewed in a music video
A cool feature, not yet ready for the Silver Screen All of the iPhone 13 models have a new Cinematic mode that’s essentially “portrait mode for video.” WSJ’s Joanna Stern tried to use it to shoot an entire music video. She found it’s a potentially cool feature but it needs work.
Boening 777 engine failures
A type of Pratt & Whitney engine on Boeing 777s has failed catastrophically three times in a three-year span. Federal investigators are trying to figure out why.
Why Your Amazon purchase could come from the trash
Some Amazon third-party sellers sell second-hand products as new on the site—some even claim to sell products they found while digging through garbage dumpsters. The Wall Street Journal set out to test their claims by setting up an Amazon storefront and gathering some trash.
apple store closures may tell us where covid hits next
Apple has consistently been one of the first retailers to close its doors in areas of the U.S. just as they see a surge in Covid-19 cases. WSJ tracked hundreds of store closures, coronavirus statistics and lockdown measures to piece together Apple’s shutdown strategy.
What Laptop has the ‘best‘ webcam?
In our coronavirus-tainted world, we’re realizing that we depend a lot on our laptop webcams… and they’re not good. WSJ’s Joanna Stern compared the new MacBook Air to the Dell XPS 13, Google’s Pixelbook Go and Microsoft’s Surface Laptop 3.