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<h1>irena li</h1>
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<h2>work</h2>
<p>
last spring, I interned at the research and copy desks for FiveThirtyEight (RIP). I helped gather data for
aggregation and forecasting, including the 2024 presidential forecast. I also copy-edited and fact-checked
stories and interactives.
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<p>some of my favorite projects I worked on at 538 (all archive links):</p>
<ul>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240501203653/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/types-democrats-republicans-house-2024/"><li>congressional clustering aka "quiet caucuses"</li></a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250305135954/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2024-election-forecast/"><li>2024 election forecast</li></a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250312041948/https://abcnews.go.com/538/feels-government-shut/story?id=108891202"><li>how congress uses continuing resolutions to punt funding deadlines</li></a>
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last summer, I worked as a summer engineering analyst at goldman sachs in manhattan, new york.
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I've previously worked in a computational social science lab and a psycholinguistics lab at the university of michigan.
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over the years I've worked at libraries, edited for newspapers, and served at a Thai restaurant.
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<h2>writing</h2>
<p>I have bylines in my <a href="https://www.michigandaily.com/author/irenayli">school paper</a>, <a href=https://web.archive.org/web/20250306225803/https://abcnews.go.com/author/irena_li>538</a> [archive link], and <a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/about/irena-li">bridge michigan</a>. here are some of my favorite pieces.</p>
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<a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/business-watch/tight-labor-market-helps-michigans-ex-prisoners-find-jobs"><li>how michigan's returning citizens are coming home and finding work</li></a>
<a href="https://www.michigandaily.com/news/focal-point/university-of-michigan-board-of-regents-allegedly-considering-cuts-to-dei/"><li>univeristy of michigan board of regents allegedly considering cuts to dei</li></a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250306034107mp_/https://abcnews.go.com/538/abortion-rights-ballot-measures-leading-polls/story?id=110877241"><li>abortion-rights ballot measures are leading in the polls [archive link]</li></a>
<a href="https://www.michigandaily.com/news/focal-point/daily-investigation-finds-allegations-petition-circulators-misrepresented-republican-backed-petition-initiatives/"><li>investigative piece on alleged misrepresentation of ballot initiatives</li></a>
<a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/long-covid-remains-debilitating-medical-mystery-michigan-sufferers"><li>long covid remains debilitating medical mystery for michigan sufferers</li></a>
<a href="https://www.michigandaily.com/news/administration/whats-happening-with-nurses-at-michigan-medicine/"><li>michigan medicine nurses on strike</li></a>
<!-- <li style="color: #795996">trial coverage on sexual assault case against a cse professor:</li>
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<a href="https://www.michigandaily.com/news/public-safety/jury-selection-begins-for-former-cse-professor-peter-chen-trial/"><li>start of trial</li></a>
<a href="https://www.michigandaily.com/news/public-safety/read-the-transcripts-from-preliminary-testimony-in-peter-chen-sexual-misconduct-trial/"><li>released transcripts from preliminary testimony</li></a>
<a href="https://www.michigandaily.com/news/news-briefs/cse-professor-peter-chen-found-not-guilty-of-criminal-sexual-conduct/"><li>jury verdict: not guilty</li></a>
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<a href="https://www.michigandaily.com/news/academics/umich-undergraduate-robotics-program-to-open-this-fall/"><li>umich debuts undergraduate robotics program</li></a>
<a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/cocaine-bear-dungeons-dragons-michigan-dnr-turns-humor"><li>the man behind the michigan DNR's twitter account</li></a>
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<h2>misc</h2>
<!-- <img id="sketches" src="/images/podcast-cover.png" alt="">
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I produced a full-length podcast episode for digital 200: the art of podcasting, where I interviewed Izzy Brourman, an artist, U-M alum, and survivor.
listen <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/3wV92LIXpe1yIAjtmWFDUC?si=hoHeI3nfR6u7MU2Nn15Rhg">here</a>
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<h3>visual art</h3>
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my favorite subjects to paint are birds, ducks in particular
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<img src="/images/bufflehead.jpg" alt="">
<p>bufflehead, watercolor</p>
<img src="/images/white-cheeked-pintail.jpg" alt="">
<p>white-cheeked pintail, acrylic (WIP)</p>
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last updated: march 2025
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