Elaine He

Former Data Editor

Elaine He is Bloomberg Opinion's data visualization editor. Before joining Bloomberg, she was a graphics editor at the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.

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2025: The Year in Graphics (4x3 animated GIF V2)

Year in Review: 2025 in Graphics, Maps, and Visual Stories

The Year in Graphics

December 12, 2025

December 12, 2025

Year in Review: 2025 in Graphics, Maps, and Visual Stories

The Year in Graphics

2025: The Year in Graphics (4x3 animated GIF V2)

March 26, 2025

March 26, 2025

OpinionMark Gongloff and Elaine He

Years of Climate Action Demolished in Days: A Timeline

Trump’s environmental directives are gutting basic protections for Americans and the agencies designed to deliver them.

Years of Climate Action Demolished in Days: A Timeline

December 24, 2024

December 24, 2024

2024: The Year in Graphics

The Year in Graphics

2024 Year in Graphics

June 20, 2024

June 20, 2024

OpinionLiam Denning, Jeff Davies, Elaine He, Carolyn Silverman and Taylor Tyson

Biden Is Giving Red Districts an Inconvenient Gift: Green Jobs

The White House’s policies have fueled plans for more than $200 billion in cleantech manufacturing investments — mostly in districts with Republican lawmakers opposed to the agenda.

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March 26, 2024

March 26, 2024

OpinionJohn Authers, Richard Abbey, Elaine He, Carolyn Silverman and Taylor Tyson

The Great Rates Descent Will Be Nasty, Brutish and Long

In a new monthly project, Points of Return will track the world’s perilous journey out of the most far-reaching inflation and interest-rates turmoil in decades.

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December 15, 2023

December 15, 2023

2023: The Year in Graphics

Bloomberg News told some of 2023’s most important stories with charts, data, and maps. These graphics and visual stories help break them down.

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December 1, 2023

December 1, 2023

OpinionParmy Olson and Elaine He

Google Can’t Catch All the AI Images. Can You?

Its role as the world’s indexer of information is on shaky ground as fake images infiltrate top search results.

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October 30, 2023

October 30, 2023

OpinionShuli Ren and Elaine He

How Xi Jinping Led China’s Economy Astray

It’s impossible to measure the Chinese leader’s popularity, but slumping property prices and high youth unemployment are enough to make many unhappy.

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September 26, 2023

September 26, 2023

OpinionTim Culpan

Apple’s Supply Chain Is on a Collision Course With Climate Change

The iPhone-maker will need to be resilient as it spreads its manufacturing base across the places most impacted by global warming.

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April 2, 2023

April 2, 2023

OpinionPaul J. Davies and Elaine He

Silicon Valley Bank’s Fall and the Way Forward for US Banking

Five charts follow the money as it vanished amid SVB’s damaging accounting decisions.

Silicon Valley Bank Shut Down By Regulators

December 22, 2022

December 22, 2022

2022 in Data and Graphics

Here’s how Bloomberg News told some of 2022’s most important stories with charts, maps and visuals.

2022 in Data and Graphics

June 27, 2022

June 27, 2022

OpinionSarah Green Carmichael and Elaine He

Interactive Map: How the Abortion Ruling Changes Everything

Abortion bans ignore the realities of pregnancy.

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June 11, 2022

June 11, 2022

OpinionRobert Burgess, Elaine He and Eliza Winger

How Close Are We Really to 1970s-Style Inflation?

The highest inflation rates in four decades have spooked an entire generation of consumers. How do today’s rising prices compare with previous inflationary periods?

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March 1, 2022

March 1, 2022

OpinionBloomberg Opinion and Elaine He

One Year, 14 Metrics: The State of Biden’s Presidency

Bloomberg Opinion measures the President's wins and losses in his first year in office.

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December 17, 2021

December 17, 2021

2021 in Graphics

Here’s how we told some of the year’s most important stories with charts, maps and visuals.

2021 in Graphics

December 16, 2021

December 16, 2021

OpinionTimothy L. O'Brien and Elaine He

The Sports Gambling Gold Rush Is Absolutely Off the Charts

As more and more states legalize wagering on games, lucrative bonds are forming between media companies, professional teams and casino operators.

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September 21, 2021

September 21, 2021

OpinionTherese Raphael and Elaine He

Confused About Masking? It’s Time to Get Tactical

Whether you hate the heck out of masks, wouldn’t dream of leaving home without one or are confused about how useful they are, there’s news for you.

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August 8, 2021

August 8, 2021

OpinionTim Culpan and Elaine He

Here’s a Surefire Way to Boost Your Olympic Medal Count

The games don’t gin up an economy, and money doesn’t buy gold. But playing host has a clear advantage.

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March 30, 2021

March 30, 2021

OpinionJustin Fox and Elaine He

The Pandemic Was Historically Bad for Working-Class Women

One year later it’s clear: The pandemic’s biggest job-market victims were Black and Hispanic women, and those without college degrees.

New Orleans French Quarter Restaurants And Businesses Start to Reopen With Social Distancing Practices in Place

February 1, 2021

February 1, 2021

OpinionLiam Denning and Elaine He

When the Electric Car Is King, Less Energy Is More

Electrifying the vehicle fleet would save more energy than we get from the entire power grid today.

When the Electric Car Is King, Less Energy Is More