Alex Lim

Personal news: I've joined the ABC's new Climate team! Graphics are key to getting over some big challenges in climate reporting: big numbers, repetitiveness, misinfo, doom & gloom, etc. How does Australia adapt to a changing, warming world? Let's take a look. I'm so excited :)

Some maps 📍 to help put the Geelong refinery fire in context. My colleagues and I matched images of damage to the area of the facility where the fire burned. abc.net.au/news/2026-04-1…

This is, of course, open to applicants from anywhere! I just happen to have largely American followers on X

If any American news graphics designers are brave enough to move to Australia like I did, there's a very cool opening at the ABC currently. It's a very creative, wide-ranging role. Happy to answer questions. Closes 17 Feb (Aus. time) careers.abc.net.au/en/job/505248/…

Thanks for the shoutout @Datawrapper! And in the same post as my ST Graphics pals @straits_times :)

@robfarago @abcnews Hey Rob, glad you enjoyed the article. Looks like we've made a mistake and that should be c/W not c/Wh, referring to Fig 3.1 in the IRENA report. Thanks for pointing this out!

@journalims @abcnews great article but I don't understand how you get 88c/Wh in your graphic. it's not the PV cost in c/W (which is under US10c/W) nor is it the c/kWh (which is around US4.9c/kWh) irena.org/Publications/2…

It's a good time to be a solar panel, they're taking off all over the world. The @abcnews Story Lab and Climate teams looked at how #solar is exceeding all expectations 💯☀️ abc.net.au/news/2024-12-1…

Check out the story for more: abc.net.au/news/2024-12-1…

Countries like China and India are rapidly building solar farms the size of cities. The picture in Australia, on the other hand, is much different. It's a world leader in rooftop solar. abc.net.au/news/2024-12-1…

Slowly stepping into the world of illustrated news graphics. Here's one from a story about how a construction decision flattened Darwin when Cyclone Tracy struck 50 years ago. abc.net.au/news/2024-12-0…

Grateful to be a Walkleys finalist for Explanatory Journalism with @Mridula_Amin. A data story meets photo essay for a topic on a lot of people's minds in this explainer for @abcnews. abc.net.au/news/2024-03-2…

This summer alone, in the northern hemisphere, thousands have died during extreme heat events. “This study is all about human survivability,” says Dr Jem Cheng. abc.net.au/news/2024-09-0…

Researchers are forming a better understanding of how humans cope with extreme heat. In certain conditions, the thresholds for when heat turns deadly are lower than we thought. abc.net.au/news/2024-09-0…

@datakid23 @abcnews Some of the details are noted at the bottom of the article. Segment Anything for image analysis, selenium for web scraping, and good ol’ Google sheets to crunch numbers

My deep dive into mullets in the AFL won a Kennedy Award for Outstanding Digital Innovation. 🏆 I’m really proud of that! Big thanks to my team and editors @abcnews who let me take some risks with this one. And thanks to our hair/makeup dept for the wigs! abc.net.au/news/2024-05-2…

The Kennedy Award for Outstanding Digital Innovation goes to Alex Lim, Katia Shatoba, & Thomas Brettell from @abcnews for The Mullet is Alive & Well in AFL.

My first @aaja convention was incredibly fortifying. I got to meet some of my favorite journalists like @joseiswriting & @Angela_Y_Yang, make new friends like @journalims & @troydoesnews and explore downtown Austin during Pride weekend. My heart is so full ❤️

@roselyn_romero @aaja @joseiswriting @Angela_Y_Yang @troydoesnews Also you killed it at karaoke 🤩

how it started vs how it’s going an honor to have the iconic CONNIE CHUNG now in a gala room full of asian american journalists 🌟thank you, @aaja

Hey friends, I’m in Austin at the @aaja convention this week. Very happy to be here in person this year and keen to chat about about any aspect of journalism + design, data, dev etc. See you around! #aaja24