Joe Murphy

New piece from @ErikaEdwardsNBC looks at the question: "What's the real cost of a measles outbreak?" nbcnews.com/health/kids-he…

A few posts about what it's like to work on the Data / Graphics team at @NBCNews: x.com/JoeMurph/statu…

JOB: NBC News' Data / Graphics team is hiring a data reporter. It's four days in the office (NYC, D.C. or L.A. – note that the job description only mentions NYC), and it's a union role. Job listing: smrtr.io/xfxS7 Our work: nbcnews.com/datagraphics

MAP: A nice big interactive map showing the hometowns of the 232 athletes on Team USA: nbcnews.com/data-graphics/…

The U.S. has counted more than 400 measles cases so in the first 22 days of 2026, which is more cases than get reported most entire years. The @NBCNews measles tracker is back for another year with more charts, more maps and more data: nbcnews.com/data-graphics/…

NEW: 24 members of Congress are 80 or older. More than half of them are running for re-election in 2026, even as voters clamor for generational change. Meet the last remaining members of the SILENT GENERATION on Capitol Hill. A big project w/@NBCNews data guru @JoeMurph & @mimms While PELOSI, HOYER AND McCONNELL are heading for the exits, a number of others who hold gavels or believe they're poised to hold gavels next year are hanging on. "If you’ve got your health and you’re doing what you want to do, why not?” says Senate Foreign Relations Chair Jim Risch, R-Idaho, who will be 83 on Election Day. "My work is not finished, and I don't know if it will ever be finished," adds @RepMaxineWaters, D-CA, who will be FinServ Chair if Dems take back the House. She'll be 88. “As long as I can be helpful to the constituents I represent, I'll keep working," says fmr Approps Chair @RepHalRogers, R-Ky., the longest-serving House member who also will be 88. nbcnews.com/politics/congr… nbcnews.com/politics/congr… via @nbcnews

Pitched this story for @NBCNews, and landed it with @ScottWongDC and @Mimms: 24 members of Congress are 80 or older. More than half are running for re-election. nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

The flu surge in the last week of the year was really something else (see the line chart). "About 5,000 people have died of the flu so far this season, including 9 children, as the Trump administration pulls back on advice to get kids vaccinated." nbcnews.com/health/health-…

Most tracked flight right now: a Department of Justice Boeing 757 flying from Guantanamo toward New York. flightradar24.com/3dc2246b

STUDY: Parents who delay baby's first vaccines also likely to skip measles shots: nbcnews.com/health/kids-he… This research published today in JAMA Network Open: jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

@_Steve_Bennett @nahmias @NYCMayor It's after, "All Executive Orders issued on or after September 26, 2024, and in effect on December 31, 2025, are hereby revoked." per nyc.gov/mayors-office/…

@nahmias @NYCMayor Before or after? After would seem to make more sense.

In his first day in office @NYCMayor issues five executive orders, including one revoking all executive orders issued prior to September 26, 2024 — the day former Mayor Eric Adams was indicted on federal corruption charges.

New from @NBCNews’ Digital Docs team: A 51-minute documentary on what covering the Israel-Hamas war from inside Gaza was like for two NBC News journalists. nbcnews.com/video/filmed-i… See the web edition of their story: nbcnews.com/specials/filme…

Contributed to the reporting on this day-two story about Friday’s Epstein document dump nbcnews.com/politics/justi…

The @NBCNews Data / Graphics team has a big map running on tonight's Nightly News with Tom Llamas broadcast (@NBCNightlyNews). Tune in! nbcnews.com/nightly-news

NEW: @SoSaysLucia found evidence of a new maneuver the Trump administration’s in its immigration crackdown, and @SuzGamboa reported it out for @NBCNews: nbcnews.com/news/us-news/i…

The team put together this nice little article with a map about where Christmas trees come from ( nbcnews.com/data-graphics/… ) and today I got the nicest reader email I've received in a long time.

And a bit on what it’s like to work here: x.com/JoeMurph/statu…

Hello budding data journalists. The @NBCNews Data / Graphics team is looking for a summer 2026 intern, full-time, $30 / hour, working at 30 Rock in NYC. The application deadline is Friday Dec. 5 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Details and link to application form: gist.github.com/freejoe76/569d…

[corrected] Turkey facts: Turkeys outnumber humans about 6 to 1 in Minnesota. There are about 32 million turkeys in the state, and around 200 million in the country. The U.S. is responsible for nearly half of the world’s turkeys. Source: USDA, U.S. Census Bureau.

Somehow, grocery store turkey prices stayed about even with last year, despite an 80% increase in whole-bird wholesale prices. With @EvanBush and Melinda Yao for @NBCNews: nbcnews.com/data-graphics/…