2023
Hanna Duggal, AJ Labs, Al Jazeera Digital
Entry type: Portfolio
Country/area: Qatar
Publishing organisation: AJ Labs, Al Jazeera Digital
Organisation size: Big

Cover letter:
Hanna Duggal is an interactive producer with Al Jazeera’s AJ Labs data journalism unit.
AJ Labs is a small yet diverse team of editors, journalists, designers and developers comprising five members – each wearing many hats.
Hanna predominantly wears the hat of journalist and designer and has written extensively on the war in Ukraine. Hanna’s main focus has been on providing a human voice to data stories by speaking to the people who have been impacted on the ground.
Hanna holds a BA in International Relations from King’s College London and a Data Journalism PgCert from Birmingham City University.
Description of portfolio:
Over the past year, Hanna has produced dozens of data/visual stories contextualising and analysing the human impact of the war in Ukraine as well as the global energy crunch and cost of living crisis.
Notable stories include:
2022 review: Visualising how the Russia-Ukraine war unfolded
Staying warm this winter: How to beat rising home energy costs
Ukraine’s wartime winter: Which energy facilities are at risk?
100 days of war, 100 stories from Ukraine
The human toll of the Russia-Ukraine war
In addition to covering Ukraine, Hanna has also produced infographic stories covering the Rohingya exodus, Afghanistan – the people behind the numbers, and 30 years since the Bosnian War.
Project links:
https://www.aljazeera.com/author/duggalhaljazeera-net
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2022/6/3/100-days-of-war-100-stories-from-ukraine
https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2022/human-cost-of-russia-ukraine-war
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/13/can-ukraines-energy-infrastructure-withstand-the-winter
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/25/rohingya-exodus-explained-in-maps-and-charts
https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2022/afghanistan-people-behind-the-numbers/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/6/infographic-30-years-since-the-bosnia-war-interactive