@jeffhargarten
journalist. artsy. adventurer.
A Minneapolis-based journalist at the intersection of data analysis, reporting, coding and design.

 

A pivotal 2020 election
Once a bastion of split-ticket voting, CD7 voted straight GOP this time
Absentee balloting helped drive Minnesota's highest voter turnout in six decades
Minnesotans gave record amounts to campaigns during a chaotic year
For Black Minnesota voters, equality is on the ballot
Once regional, early voting has swept across Minnesota
2020 Election: Tracking Minnesota's early vote
• Native American voters across Minnesota turned out to oust Trump
• Minnesota GOP claims election 'abnormalities' without evidence
• A look back at Collin Peterson's decades-long political career
• Biden recaptures lost ground as many Minnesota counties move left
• More than 1.1 million Minnesotans have voted early ahead of Nov. 3 election
• Minnesota's primary had few late or rejected mail ballots
• Across state and on both sides, Minnesotans overwhelmingly are voting absentee
• What would it take for Trump to win Minnesota over Biden?
• 2020 Minnesota Election Guide
• Minnesota voter turnout triples as majority cast absentee ballots
• Republican Lacy Johnson makes $1 million bet to challenge Ilhan Omar
• How Minnesota voted in the 2020 presidential primary, neighborhood by neighborhood
• Three metrics that suggest who Minnesotans might vote for besides Klobuchar
• Bernie Sanders gets the most cash from Minnesota small-dollar donors
• With the country's eyes on Iowa, Minnesotans have been voting for weeks
• Klobuchar among candidates whose bank accounts are low headed into February races
• How Klobuchar's surge affected the New Hampshire primary
• How Amy Klobuchar performed at the Iowa caucuses
• Minnesotans Googled these Democratic candidates the most throughout 2019
Aftermath of George Floyd's death
How Minneapolis policing changed during a historic summer of turmoil
Following historic unrest, data show a quieter Minneapolis
Stark racial disparities remain as police use-of-force rate rises
Businesses damaged in Minneapolis, St. Paul after riots
• U.S. attorney, other Minn. law enforcement officials assess work of task force now winding down
• Minneapolis police to reduce allowable use of force under new policy
• Black drivers make up majority of Minneapolis police searches during routine traffic stops
• Minneapolis police face staffing challenges as violence rises
• Gun violence soars amid crises of health, public trust, officer reluctance
• From building up to boarded up, St. Paul's University Ave. neighborhoods hope to come back stronger
• After George Floyd's death, Minneapolis police chief is caught in force's racial legacy
• Minneapolis' Third Precinct served as 'playground' for renegade cops
• Tentative agreement would ban chokeholds, neck restraints by Minneapolis police
Minnesota life in a global pandemic
A look at Minnesota's digital divide during a pandemic
Summer might be canceled, but Minnesotans are distancing less
Three charts tracking how Minnesotans are socially distancing
• Taxes and fees for roadwork expected to plunge as Minnesotans drive less
• Coronavirus pandemic creates an instant recession
Skills
HTML
CSS
PHP
Javascript
D3
Node.js
Python
R
Svelte
Github
Mapbox
QGIS
Microsoft Excel
SQL
Newswriting
News reporting
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Education
University of Minnesota
2011-2014
City University London
2014
North Hennepin Community College
Stanford Online Machine Learning Certificate
2018
Workplaces
Star Tribune
2014-now
KOUM (Radio K)
2014
Star Tribune
2013
MinnPost
2013
News21
2013
Pioneer Press
2012
Minnesota Daily
2011-2014
Murphy News Service
2011-2012
University of Minnesota
2011-2014
Awards
SPJ Page One Award: Third Place
06.09.2020
SPJ Page One Award: Second Place
06.04.2019
IRE Awards: Finalist, Breaking Investigation
04.18.2017
Al Nakkula Award for Police Reporting
03.29.2017
Star Tribune Excellence Award
02.15.2017, 03.08.2018
Elliston Undergraduate Scholarship
09.11.2012
Selmer Birkelo Scholarship
09.11.2012
University of Minnesota Dean's List
06.20.2011, 06.03.2013
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