Jason Kao was a reporter in the Graphics department and a member of the 2022–23 New York Times Fellowship class, a program for journalists early in their careers. He left The Times in May 2023.
We used a professional sound meter to measure the din of daily life and talked to scientists about the health risks it can pose.
By Emily Baumgaertner, Jason Kao, Eleanor Lutz, Josephine Sedgwick, Rumsey Taylor, Noah Throop and Josh Williams
See full results and maps from the 2022 Massachusetts elections.
See full results and maps from the 2022 Massachusetts elections.
These New York City maps show how, among a wave of new Republican support, areas with a majority of eligible Asian voters had the largest move to the right, according to a New York Times analysis.
By Jason Kao
Video footage released by the City of Memphis on Friday shows how Tyre Nichols suffered a severe beating after a traffic stop.
By Alexander Cardia, Jason Kao, Christoph Koettl, Eleanor Lutz, Anjali Singhvi and Robin Stein
See full results and maps from the 2022 California elections.
See full results and maps from the 2022 California elections.
See full results and maps from the 2022 Colorado elections.
See full results and maps from the Georgia U.S. Senate runoff election between Senator Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker.
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By Jason Kao, Christine Zhang, Denise Lu and Saurabh Datar