Hannah Recht

I’m a data journalist at KHN, where I report on health care. On the side, I run an open-source R package, censusapi, which makes it easy to grab U.S. Census Bureau data programmatically.

Previously, I worked as a data and graphics reporter at Bloomberg News. Before journalism, I worked in public policy research at the Urban Institute as a data analyst and data visualization developer. I graduated from the University of Rochester with a degree in mathematics and statistics and a minor in epidemiology.

Software

censusapi package

An R wrapper for the U.S. Census Bureau APIs

Journalism

Underfunded and Under Threat

A KHN-AP series examining how the U.S. public health front lines have been left understaffed and ill-prepared to save us from the coronavirus pandemic.

Hollowed-Out Public Health System Faces More Cuts Amid Virus

Politics Slows Flow of US Pandemic Relief Funds to Public Health Agencies

Florida’s Cautionary Tale: How Gutting and Muzzling Public Health Fueled COVID Fire

How We Reported ‘Underfunded And Under Threat’

Get the Data: ‘Underfunded And Under Threat’

Lack of Antigen Test Reporting Leaves Country ‘Blind to the Pandemic’

A KHN review found more than 20 states either don’t count or have incomplete data on the use of COVID-19 antigen tests, leaving the public in the dark about the true scope of the pandemic.

The Other COVID Risks: How Race, Income, ZIP Code Influence Who Lives Or Dies