Lazaro Gamio

I make things.


@LazaroGamio lazaro.gamio@gmail.com 305-409-9218

Work

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Demographics in Miami-Dade Schools

Published May 17, 2014 | Miami Herald

A look at school demographics in Miami-Dade County reveals that many school are racially or ethnically 'isolated.'

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Boom, Bust & Back

Published May 4, 2014 | Miami Herald

This series looks at the widening gulf between South Florida's rich and poor, based on an analysis of 11 years of home sales in Miami-Dade and Broward counties parsed by ZIP code.

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Innocents Lost

Published March 16, 2014 | Miami Herald

An investigative project dealing with the deaths of children who had a prior history with Florida's Department of Children & Families

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Documenting the World

Published Feb. 15, 2014 | Miami Herald

A showcase of Pulitzer prize-winning Miami Herald photography.

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Portraits of Guantanamo

Published Jan. 21, 2014 | Miami Herald

An interactive gallery to show snapshots into the lives of captives in Guantanamo Bay.

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2013: Year in Review

Published Dec. 24, 2013 | Miami Herald

A micro-site that compiled all of the top-ten articles being done across the newsroom into a comprehensive guide

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Field of Dakota Dreams

Published Dec. 22, 2013 | Miami Herald

A custom-designed story for a long-form feature on four kids that escaped Miami's inner city to play college football at a tiny North Dakota college.

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Rick Scott Jobs Project

Published Dec. 6, 2013 | Miami Herald

A three-part project that analyzed jobs data, including hundreds of layoff notices and state-crafted jobs incentive deals.

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The Rogues of Medicare

Published Nov. 3, 2013 | Miami Herald

A sortable and searchable rogues gallery of 90 Medicare fraud fugitives.

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The Land Beneath the Parks

Published Nov. 3, 2013 | Miami Herald

A custom story design for a deep dive on the toxic history of some parks in Miami-Dade County.

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Husky Stadium

Published Nov. 3, 2013 | The Seattle Times

A double-truck print graphic for a special section commemorating the reopening of Husky Stadium in Seattle, Wash. I researched and made all the main graphics for both print and online.

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2012 CEO Pay

Published June 22, 2013 | The Seattle Times

A sortable table the wonderful Jon Schleuss and I built during our internship at the Seattle Times.

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Older work samples are available on my old site.

Resume

Experience

The Miami Herald, Miami, Fla. Aug. 2013-Present

Data/Multimedia producer. Develop, design and deploy all aspects of interactive projects.

The Seattle Times, Seattle, Wash. SUMMER 2013

News graphics internship. Responsible for daily graphics, larger enterprise and feature projects. Also collaborate with the online desk to create graphics for the website.

National Geographic Magazine, Washington, D.C. SUMMER 2012

Information graphics internship. Helped art directors produce graphics for the magazine, as well as working on individual projects for the magazine. Also converted large graphic projects for the magazine's iPad edition.

The New York Times Student Journalism Institute, Tucson, Ariz. JANUARY 2012

Selected as one of 23 students to participate in a two-week workshop with New York Times and Boston Globe editors. Focused on web and information design.

The Miami Herald, Miami, Fla. Jan. 2011-Summer 2013

Worked as a freelance page designer; also as a web producer, maintaining the Herald's website and creating special projects for online.

Education

New World School of the Arts, Miami, Fla. Fall 2011-Winter 2013

Received a B.F.A. degree in Electronic Media; focusing on motion graphics and web design.

Miami Dade College, Miami, Fla. FALL 2009-SUMMER 2011

Completed credits for transfer into NWSA's upper division, received Associate's degree.

Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Oh. FALL 2007-SPRING 2009

Completed freshman foundation year and one year of the Illustration program.

Design and Architecture Senior High, Miami, Fla. FALL 2003-SPRING 2007

Participated in the only industrial design education program in the United States.

Skills

Proficient in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Leaflet and the Adobe Creative Suite, namely Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects. Other things I'm familiar with: QGIS, D3, Python, NodeBox, R.


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