Rosa de Acosta - Editor, CNN Digital Data and Graphics
Rosa de Acosta
Editor, CNN Digital Data and Graphics
Rosa de Acosta is a data and graphics editor on CNN’s Digital Data and Graphics team. Based in Hong Kong, she pitches and writes data-driven stories across a broad range of topics with a focus on Asia. She also collaborates with others in the newsroom to produce compelling visual coverage.
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‘Are we not eating tonight?’ Myanmar’s military junta accused of using hunger as a ‘weapon’ by blocking vital food aid
Nov 7, 2024
Disturbing accounts from multiple aid workers suggest hunger is being used as a weapon of war in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state.
Making America great again with tariffs may be bad news for Asia
Nov 27, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump vowed during his presidential campaign he would impose new tariffs on imported goods. Although the potential effects are uncertain, this would likely hurt countries in Asia that rely on exports to the US, altering America’s trade relationship with some of its biggest trading partners.
Diaper change: Japan’s aging society is transforming the baby care business
Jul 5, 2024
The world’s population is getting older in what the United Nations calls an “irreversible global trend,” driven by longer lives and smaller families.
How the Ukraine war brought China and Russia closer together
May 16, 2024
As countries around the world ramped up sanctions on Russia in the wake of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, it became clear that the Russian president still had a powerful friend in Xi Jinping.
India election: A visual guide to voting in the world’s largest democracy
Apr 19, 2024
How the world’s most populous country will vote in their election beginning April 19 and spanning 44 days.
How Tesla and its Chinese competitor compare, in 4 charts
Apr 3, 2024
The Shenzhen-based firm has become the world’s leading manufacturer of electric vehicles (EVs), having surpassed American giant Tesla in global sales in the last quarter of 2023. Here’s how they compare.
How Indonesia’s future is in the hands of young voters, in 5 charts
Feb 11, 2024
With a majority of the electorate under 40 years of age, the presidential candidates are all vying for young voters to claim victory.
A visual guide to Taiwan’s high-stakes presidential election
Jan 12, 2024
Voters will head to the polls in Taiwan on January 13 to elect a new president and parliament amid increasing tensions between the self-governing island and China, which has ramped up its military presence in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea in recent years.
Visualizing the Israel-Hamas war
Dec 1, 2023
As fighting intensifies across Gaza and Israel, CNN is visualizing the war through maps, charts and more.
These charts show the scale of loss in the Israel-Hamas war
Nov 7, 2023
It is a month since Hamas launched its unexpected and brutal attack on Israel. More than 1,400 Israelis were killed in the assault, and more than 240 were taken hostage, according to a count by Israeli officials. The Hamas-run Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip says more than 10,000 Palestinians have died in the military campaign launched in response by Israel.
About
Rosa de Acosta is a data and graphics editor on CNN’s Digital Data and Graphics team. Based in Hong Kong, she pitches and writes data-driven stories across a broad range of topics with a focus on Asia. She also collaborates with others in the newsroom to produce compelling visual coverage.
Before joining CNN in 2023, de Acosta worked at The Wall Street Journal in Brussels and Hong Kong as a graphics and visual editor. Born in Spain, she graduated with a degree in political science and international relations from the University of Santiago de Compostela.
