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Everything You Want to Know About Boeing’s 737 Max 8 Anti-Stall System
This is a straightforward look at the anti-stall safety system aboard Boeing’s 737 Max 8 commercial aircraft. This ran March 14, 2019, as part of our coverage of the Ethiopian Airline crash in which 157 people died. The Max 8 jet … Continue reading
Yes, a Story About Dogs Being Killed for Food is Difficult to Write and Will Break Your Heart
This longform graphic, another volunteer effort of mine, seeks to concisely explain the history of dog farms and dog consumption in South Korea, and why it’s on the wane. It accompanies a March 6, 2019, story by Thomas Maresca, a … Continue reading
Horning in on a White Rhino Story
I volunteered to do this longform explainer graphic on white rhinos after overhearing staff at the Nashville Tennessean talk about the pending arrival of a new white rhinoceros at the Nashville Zoo. I asked Duane Gang, a Tennessean content editor … Continue reading
Why Mavericks Waves are So Deadly
This longform graphic explains why the waves at Mavericks — a surfing location for fanatics on the California coast — are so high and so deadly. Putting this together required a substantial amount of research, including translating bathymetric1 terminology not … Continue reading
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Answering Q’s on Amazon’s HQ2
I put together this longform graphic — a more sophisticated presentation for USA Today explainer graphics — as Amazon was narrowing its choice of a new second headquarters. Using Seattle as the obvious example, I wanted to show what the … Continue reading
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Personal Data in Plain English
This was a primer I did on the collection and use of personal data. The explainer uses a simple step-by-step explanation describing your private information, how it’s collected, who’s using it, and how you can be affected. A link to … Continue reading
Looking Back at Tet
My first visit to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., was — fittingly — at night. I came with a few colleagues; we ended up drifting away from one another as the black wall drew us in. I was … Continue reading
The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
This is a centerspread graphic I did showing a chronology of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and how it fit into the American civil rights movement. I researched and wrote it for a special tabloid publication dedicated to Black … Continue reading
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George Petras: Graphics and Story Portfolio 