Curt Merrill - Senior Developer, CNN Digital Data & Graphics
Curt Merrill
Senior Developer, CNN Digital Data & Graphics
Curt Merrill is an interactive developer on CNN Digital's Data and Graphics team. He combines journalism and programming skills to create interactive explainers and data visualizations on a range of topics including politics, weather, health and the economy.
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Tracking Trump’s executive actions
Apr 2, 2025
President Donald Trump has vowed to enact a sweeping agenda and reshape the federal government. CNN is tracking his executive actions posted by the White House.
Turnout in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race was remarkable for an off-year election
Apr 2, 2025
The liberal prevailed in a technically nonpartisan Wisconsin State Supreme Court race that took on national importance. Voter turnout is an indication that Americans remain deeply engaged in the electoral process.
Tracking Trump’s picks for his Cabinet and administration
Mar 27, 2025
President Donald Trump moved swiftly to announce his selections for his next Cabinet and key administration posts in the days and weeks following the election. Now that Trump has been sworn in, it’s the Senate’s job to consider his nominations.
Tracking destructive and deadly tornadoes in the US, in maps and charts
Mar 4, 2025
More than 1,000 tornadoes sprout up across the US in the average year, causing billions of dollars in damage and killing scores of Americans. Track them here.
Visualizing the Los Angeles wildfires in maps and charts
Feb 11, 2025
A series of life-threatening fires have destroyed homes and taken lives across Los Angeles County and surrounding areas in the past month. CNN tracked the fires — now contained — in maps and charts.
Mass Shootings in the US Fast Facts
Jan 28, 2025
Read CNN’s Fast Facts about mass shootings in the United States.
Visualizing how mass shootings in 2025 compare with past years
Jan 28, 2025
CNN is tracking mass shootings in the United States using data from the Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit group formed in 2013 to track gun-related violence. Here’s how 2025 compares with previous years.
What’s your snow situation this season?
Jan 21, 2025
How much snow is in the forecast, and how much has fallen so far? A weak La Niña is bringing colder and wetter conditions to parts of the US this winter.
Visualizing how mass shootings in 2024 compare with past years
Dec 18, 2024
CNN is tracking mass shootings in the United States using data from the Gun Violence Archive, a non-profit group formed in 2013 to track gun-related violence. Both CNN and GVA define a “mass shooting” as a shooting that injured or killed four or more people, not including the shooter.
4 charts show how early voting went in the US
Nov 5, 2024
As of November 4, the day before Election Day, more than 78 million Americans had already cast their ballots in the 2024 election, either by mail or through early in-person voting. Here’s what we know about those who got a head start on shaping the presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.
Maps and charts: Visualizing Milton’s historic impact across Florida
Oct 11, 2024
Hurricane Milton slammed into Florida’s western coast on Wednesday night, making landfall as a powerful Category 3 storm. The intense hurricane spawned tornadoes, dumped rain across much of the state, left millions without power and claimed at least nine lives, including five people in St. Lucie County.
What Hurricane Helene’s 500-mile path of destruction looks like
Oct 1, 2024
Hurricane Helene has laid waste to the southeastern United States. Its sheer wind force and deadly floods left behind a path of destruction stretching over 500 miles from Florida to the Southern Appalachians.
Visualizing how the 2024 hurricane season compares to past years
Sep 26, 2024
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season could be abnormally active, with as many as 25 named storms forming from June to November. Track the number of storms here.
Mass Shootings in the US Fast Facts
Feb 14, 2024
Read CNN’s Fast Facts about mass shootings in the United States.
About
Curt Merrill is an interactive developer on CNN Digital’s Data and Graphics team. He combines journalism and programming skills to create interactive explainers and data visualizations on a range of topics including politics, weather, health and the economy.
His work has been recognized with awards from the Online News Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Webby Awards.
Merrill grew up in Alaska and is now based in Atlanta. He earned his BA in journalism from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and a Master of Internet Technology degree from the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia.
