Kyle Kim

JournalistData visualistMapmakerCoder

New York City
kylekim.me/maps

Data visualization specialist with 12+ years of experience in newsrooms. I analyze and translate complex data into visually compelling charts, maps and other graphics, working end to end from reporting and analysis to design and code.

Experience

Bloomberg NewsGraphics reporterAug. 2022 – Present

Design and deploy static and interactive data visualizations, often leading end-to-end data analysis and reporting.
Build static and interactive maps from a wide range of raster and vector geospatial data, mostly for climate stories.
Partner with reporters, editors and developers to turn complex information into clear visuals.
Presented to the graphics team on LLM-assisted and agentic workflows.

The Wall Street JournalGraphics reporterApr. 2020 – Aug. 2022

Led reporting and analysis for enterprise visual investigations in business, sports and features.
Partnered with cross-disciplinary teams to turn data into publication-ready graphics for Page One and national coverage.
Helped graphics leadership coordinate visual coverage strategy across multiple desks.

Los Angeles TimesGraphics and data journalistMay 2014 – Apr. 2020

Analyzed data to produce visual investigations for enterprise and breaking news coverage.
Helped lead breaking news graphics coverage.

Awards

Pulitzer Prize

2024Explanatory Reporting, finalist

2015Breaking News Reporting, staff

Society for News Design

2025Award of Excellence (2)

2016Award of Excellence (2)

2015Silver Medal, Information Graphics

Malofiej

2015Bronze: Breaking News, Features

New York Press Club

2024Climate and Environment (National)

Los Angeles Press Club

2024Graphic, 3rd place

2017Local Political/Government Reporting, 3rd place

California Journalism Awards

2018Informational Graphic

Best American Infographics

2015“The evolution of California’s drought”

Skills

Visualization & design: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Figma
Data analysis: R, Python, Excel
Web development: HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Svelte
GIS & 3D: QGIS, GDAL, remote sensing, Blender
AI tools: LLM-assisted scripting, analysis and prototyping

Education

Whitworth University

2011

B.A. Journalism and Mass Communication, minor in Visual Communication