Paula Friedrich

Designer and front-end developer. I like: design (both technical and weird), the space right in between design and front-end, and building editorial products. I currently work on the interactives team at POLITICO. You can also find me on email.

Projects

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  • 📐 Design
  • 📈 Data viz
  • 📋 Reporting, editing and content strategy
  • ✏️ Illustration
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California Ballot Measure Guide

A voter guide highlighting the expertise of Politico's ballot measure team, whose job is ballot measure.

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POLITICO Election Results

I worked on a small team to redesign and develop POLITICO's election pages from the ground up. We built a style library in Figma and Storybook that comes together as flexible modules used across pages.

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The Recast Power List

Horizontal scroll for Politico's 2023 Power List

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Online donations

I designed and developed this series of charts looking at online donations to downballot races from January to April 2024.

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Inflation Cheeseburger

I designed and developed this piece that looks at the causes of inflation through the lens of a cheeseburger.

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How To Have The Best Day Ever In The Bay Area

I designed this series of neighborhood eating guides for The San Francisco Chronicle. Developed with Gatsby.js.

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San Francisco Chronicle Fire Tracker

I redesigned this tracker in 2021 to have an easier overview and to include historical fire perimeters (though this feature looks to be now broken now.)

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How To Vote By Mail In Illinois

This tool allowed Illinois residents to answer a few questions and get personalized, step-by-step for voting by mail in 2020. Developed in Observable for The Chicago Reporter and WBEZ.

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Which Chicago Mayoral Candidate Do You Agree With Most?

A questionnaire and quiz to help Chicago voters compare 14 candidates for mayor.

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400 Ways To Enjoy Summer In Chicago, According To Chicagoans

I led the crowdsourcing effort for this summer activity guide for WBEZ. I designed and developed the filterable presentation and illustrated the header.

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Chicago Teachers Strike Tracker

This piece was developed during the Chicago teachers strike in 2019 to show how negotiations were progressing with a simple side by side comparison of where the two sides stood throughout the process.

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How To Build A Cow Out Of Butter

I reported, illustrated and developed this look at the making of a state fair classic, with fun details such as: The butter is recycled every year and smells like 'old parmesan.'