Selected work for The Associated Press · 2019—2026

Notable stories,
told in pieces.

A small archive of design, illustration, motion graphics, data visualization and interactive work I'm proud of.

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Emailmarshallritzel@gmail.com
Phone718-757-6043
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2026 Breaking news · Interactive cartography

When the ground shook in Venezuela

Two earthquakes, 38 seconds apart. As the news broke, I built a set of live maps overnight — a guided walk through the doublet, a look at where the damage likely fell, and a map of how AP mobilized to cover it.

Two earthquakes, 38 seconds apart
Where the damage likely fell
How AP mobilized to cover it
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2025—2026 Pulitzer Prize · International Reporting

The Pulitzer-winning surveillance investigation

Visual design, motion graphics, and two fully produced videos for AP's investigation into surveillance technology built in Silicon Valley and deployed against Uyghurs in China and migrants at the U.S. border.

How AP photographers capture infrared technology used in phones and surveillance

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March 2026 Data visualization · Interactive

Trade with Cuba collapses as Trump escalates pressure on Communist Party leadership

Using NASA satellite data, I produced original maps visualizing the 2026 Cuban blackout from the last available imagery — a technique mirrored by several outlets in the days that followed.

NASA Black Marble night-lights view of Cuba, March 2026
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2022—2024 Pulitzer Prize · Academy Award

AP's Pulitzer-winning Ukraine coverage

Awarded the 2023 Pulitzer Prize, with the companion documentary — produced in collaboration with PBS Frontline — winning the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. From Xerox copies of architectural plans recovered by reporters in the field, I built a 3D reconstruction of the theatre. With colleagues, we then used the model to develop a methodology for calculating the true death toll.

AP evidence points to 600 dead in Mariupol theater airstrike

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2026 Interactive · Audio visualization

Oldest known whale recording could unlock mysteries of the ocean

Using the oldest known humpback whale recordings alongside contemporary recordings collected by researchers, I built an interactive comparing frequency and chromatic value — a way to hear and see how humpback songs have changed over time.

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2023—2024 News & Documentary Emmy Multimedia investigation

Adrift

An immersive investigation into the deadly Atlantic crossing of a migrant boat — reconstructed through reporting, documentary video and photography. Winning the 45th News & Documentary Emmy.

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2022—2026 Interactive cartography · Live data

Data mapping

A selection of interactive maps built for AP — combining live data feeds, geospatial reporting, and editorial cartography.

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2024 3D illustration · Visual reporting

Some Russian soldiers take drastic measures to flee the war in Ukraine

With anonymity essential and conventional photography off the table, I built a 3D illustration technique from first-hand accounts of Russian deserters — a visual language for stories that couldn't otherwise be shown.

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2024—2025 Pulitzer finalist Investigation

Lethal Restraint

A 2025 Pulitzer finalist. AP, in collaboration with PBS Frontline and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, examined more than 1,000 deaths in police custody — all caused by force that wasn't supposed to be lethal.

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2023 Video investigation

The murky rules of the aquarium fish trade

Millions of saltwater fish are caught in Indonesia and other countries to fill aquariums around the world. The trade is difficult to regulate with murky rules on how fish go from ocean to tank.

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Tooling, built in-house

To work around newsroom bottlenecks — and at the request of colleagues looking for more direct control over how their stories were presented — I built a suite of no-code, CMS-friendly web presentation tools. They're now used by many AP journalists to finalize their work.

Disco Stacker — a no-code web presentation tool, dashboard view showing modules for storytelling components
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