Paroma Soni

data & graphics reporter @POLITICO. trashy movie connoisseur. formerly @FiveThirtyEight @cjr @buzzfeed @slate

[Paroma Soni @paromasoni]

Last week, after 5 frustrating months and nearly all my savings ($9.5k), I finally received my O-1 visa approval. The entire process was a shitshow. International students already know this, yet most Americans haven't the slightest clue how messy this system is. A wild🧵 (1/16):

[Nathaniel Rakich @baseballot]

ABC News has now taken all FiveThirtyEight articles completely offline. They now redirect to abcnews dot com/politics. A needless erasure of thousands of pages of knowledge.

[Rachel Shin @rachel_shin_]

Small farms keep going bankrupt. In the last 5 years farm numbers dropped 3x as fast as farmland area.

Avg farm size increased as number of farms decreased — which may suggest that smaller farms are consolidating into bigger ones.

w/ @paromasoni

[Paroma Soni @paromasoni]

Spoke with @JaneCoaston on @CrookedMedia's What A Day podcast this morning about our data analysis, and why the exclusions matter.

If Trump’s Tariffs Are SO Great, Why Is He Making SO Many Exemptions? https://t.co/wCePm1PxqO via @YouTube

[Paroma Soni @paromasoni]

New: our data-driven analysis on Trump’s tariffs found that more than half of U.S. imports are now excluded from Trump’s emergency tariffs — undercutting the administration’s claims about their scope and impact.

Key findings below 🧵

https://t.co/kh90pELFRy

[Paroma Soni @paromasoni]

Read our full analysis here: https://t.co/kh90pELFRy

[Paroma Soni @paromasoni]

New: our data-driven analysis on Trump’s tariffs found that more than half of U.S. imports are now excluded from Trump’s emergency tariffs — undercutting the administration’s claims about their scope and impact.

Key findings below 🧵

https://t.co/kh90pELFRy

[Paroma Soni @paromasoni]

The Trump administration has argued that higher tariffs would rebalance the United States’ trade deficits with many countries, in what Trump declared a “national emergency.” He used a 1977 emergency law to enact these tariffs, a move now being challenged in the Supreme Court.

[Jason Beeferman @JasonBeeferman]

NEW: POLITICO obtained private group chat messages between leaders of Young Republican groups across the country. They talk about putting their opponents in gas chambers, raping their enemies and refer to Black people as “monkey” and “the watermelon people”https://t.co/Ba28MweLYa

[Doug Meigs @DougMeigs]

Congratulations to all the winners and finalists in the 2024 IRE Awards!

There were more than 540 entries this year — and it was extremely difficult for screeners and judges to narrow the selections to what is presented here. /

[Jessie Blaeser @Jtblaeser]

Huge congratulations to everyone who collaborated on the work honored by the #TonersPrizes! This series outlined the impact of climate and infrastructure dollars under the Biden admin and the threat of repeal — something we're now seeing play out.

[Galen Druke @galendruke]

If you’re missing the 538 Politics podcast, go subscribe to what comes next at GDPolitics [dot] com.

I’ll have some updates there later today. You wont be podast-less for long 🫶

[Nathaniel Rakich @baseballot]

Just a reminder that all the data FiveThirtyEight collected—polls, election results, and much more—is available for download (for now) on our GitHub page. https://t.co/aZPWYlVD3o

[Kay Steiger @kaysteiger]

Where Kamala Harris lost big city voters in the battlegrounds https://t.co/VXWLcPD9bm Very cool interactive journalism from @jsscppr @paromasoni and @brakktonbooker

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

Well, well, well.

I'm just SHOCKED.

[Investigative Reporters & Editors @IRE_NICAR]

Students, looking for career guidance? IRE Board members @WriterAlejandra, @La__Ley, @brianmrosenthal and @paromasoni will lead this session at #AccessFest24.

Student registration is $50 for two-and-a-half days of training. See you online Oct. 17-19! https://t.co/VDG2twxNds

[Investigative Reporters & Editors @IRE_NICAR]

This week, IRE and @deadlineclub’s meetup brought together about 200 journalists in New York City! It’s always great to meet and mingle with fellow IRE members IRL.

📸: @crbustamante, @paromasoni, @andylehren

[emily scherer @_schem]

and with my time at @Forbes wrapping up, that means I am once again a free agent!
👋 Open to *remote* freelance, full time or part time. editorial design, art direction, photo illustrations, etc.
💌 DM's open, contact info on my site! let's work together!
https://t.co/3Vj0EaWp6p

[Bianca Pallaro @biancapallaro]

NEW: Secret Bundlers, Sham Donations: Adams Is Faulted in Campaign Audit
w/@byjayroot @nytimes

A 900-page draft audit of Eric Adams’s 2021 mayoral campaign found widespread errors that could lead to fines and forfeiture of public matching funds.
https://t.co/uyqO3SFOlf