In Manhattan Real Estate, Cash Is Everything
All-cash purchases shot up to 64 percent of home sales in the borough. Here’s who’s buying.
By Ronda Kaysen and Ella Koeze
Ella Koeze
I’m a graphics editor in the Business section of The New York Times, using data and visuals to enhance our business reporting.
What I Cover
I bring data, graphics and interactive elements to our coverage while collaborating with reporters across the Business section. I’ve worked on a variety of stories, including visualizing the scale of job losses at the start of the pandemic, illustrating the overuse of certain medical procedures, and showing what happens when investors buy all the houses in a neighborhood.
My work includes designing graphics, coding interactives, analyzing data, and writing and reporting stories. I’ve helped build news games, surveyed economists and used animated emojis to talk about holiday shopping trends.
I believe that data and visuals help ground abstract economic and business concepts, and sometimes even surprise and delight. My goal is to help make our business coverage more engaging and more accessible for all kinds of audiences.
My Background
I have a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where I studied English and geography and wrote an honors thesis on visualizing the narratives in Jane Austen’s “Persuasion.” I also have a master’s from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in geographic information systems and web mapping. Before I started at The Times in 2020, I was a visual journalist at FiveThirtyEight, a data journalism website with a focus on politics and sports.
I have received awards for my work from the Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, Malofiej Awards for Infographics, SABEW Best in Business Awards and the Sigma Awards for Data Journalism.
I’m also part of the leadership of the Times Guild, our newsroom union.
Journalistic Ethics
We must be honest with readers about the limits of any given data set or analysis. Even the most rigorously collected data will be imperfect, and a graph is only a best representation of reality. Times graphics always note their sources and, whenever necessary, we write explanations of our processes. It’s also important for Times journalists to be receptive to criticism and feedback on our coverage. I try to take reader feedback seriously and to be open and honest when mistakes are made, or when an approach should have been reconsidered.
Contact Me
Email: [email protected]
Featured
Credit 
Credit 
Credit 
CreditElla Koeze/The New York Times 
Credit
Latest
The Dali Is a Big Ship. But Not the Biggest.
The ship that crashed into the bridge in Baltimore holds barely half of what some of the largest container ships these days can carry — a sign of how huge the industry has become.
By Ella Koeze
Who Still Works From Home?
Four years after the pandemic began, American employers have reached a new hybrid-work status quo.
By Ben Casselman, Emma Goldberg and Ella Koeze
‘Barbie’ Ruled the Box Office, but 2023 Was Tough for Women in Hollywood
The number of top films with actresses in leading roles was the lowest in a decade, and women have been joining the film academy at a considerably slower rate.
By Nicole Sperling and Ella Koeze
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (for the Economy)
Three decades of monthly retail spending show how important the holiday season is to our economy.
By Ella Koeze
You Paid $1,000 for an iPhone, but Apple Still Controls It
The company codes its devices with software that complicates repairs by triggering safety warnings and malfunctions.
By Tripp Mickle, Ella Koeze and Brian X. Chen
Most Americans still have to commute every day. Here’s how that experience has changed.
More than three years since the beginning of the pandemic, more than 100 million workers are back to commuting or never stopped. For many, their commutes have changed in ways both good and bad. Take a data-driven dive into what’s happened to the American commute.
By Lydia DePillis, Emma Goldberg and Ella Koeze
What Happens When Wall Street Buys Most of the Homes on Your Block?
As Wall Street investors pluck up starter homes and convert them to rentals, first-time buyers are being squeezed out and residents are being forced to grapple with what the changes mean for their lives and their communities.
By Ronda Kaysen and Ella Koeze
Airline Close Calls Happen Far More Often Than Previously Known
Near misses involving U.S. commercial airlines happen on average multiple times a week, a New York Times investigation found.
By Sydney Ember, Emily Steel, Leanne Abraham, Eleanor Lutz and Ella Koeze
The Frequent Fliers of Congress Consider New Flights for Washington Airport
Dozens of lawmakers are seeking to loosen a law that limits long-distance flights to and from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. For some of them, success could mean a shorter commute.
By Kate Kelly, Mark Walker and Ella Koeze
Page 1 of 6