Nami Sumida
About me
I’m a data journalist at the San Francisco Chronicle where I use data and interactive graphics to report on local government, elections, education and occasionally sports.
I am a NJ native living in San Francisco. In my spare time, I like to read and play ultimate frisbee.
SELECTED WORK
California Proposition 13
How S.F.’s iconic Painted Ladies explain California’s most important housing law
Ranked-choice voting
How/if ranked-choice voting can be gamed
Evolution of Stephen Curry
Analysis on how Stephen Curry continues to evolve as an NBA superstar
Great Highway proposition
Understanding the impact of a local ballot measure through manual data collection
S.F. Japantown history
Measuring the impact of WW2 mass incarceration on the Japantown neighborhood
California demographics
Detailed look into the different ethnicity groups represented in the state’s population
Pandemic migration
Where people moved to during COVID and how much money they took with them
Native-born population
Why California is increasingly made up of people born in California
UC transfer rates
Admissions rates for transfer students from California community colleges
Warriors lineups
Analysis of the most popular Warriors lineups early in the season
UC acceptance rates
A tool to explore admissions rates for every California high school
California colleges
The most attended California colleges by race/ethnicity
San Francisco budget
Visualizing which departments received budget increases and cuts
Progressive Voter Index
An estimate of the progressiveness of each S.F. precinct’s electorate
Asian Americans in CA
How California’s Asian American population has grown and changed over time