Sam Joiner
@samjoiner
Followers
7,147
Following
1,154
Media
1,013
Statuses
10,762
Visual stories and investigations editor @FT | Formerly @thetimes @guardian @microsoft
London
Joined May 2011
Don't wanna be here?
Send us removal request.
Explore trending content on Musk Viewer
#WeAreSeriesEP14
• 610940 Tweets
Epstein
• 330767 Tweets
PondPhuwin WeAre EP14
• 288733 Tweets
Bozkurt
• 284569 Tweets
Kamala
• 271424 Tweets
गगन प्रताप
• 250226 Tweets
Project 2025
• 235021 Tweets
4th of July
• 159883 Tweets
The Sun
• 123662 Tweets
Lagos
• 118655 Tweets
#週刊ナイナイミュージック
• 70911 Tweets
Calafiori
• 51753 Tweets
Bill Gates
• 50094 Tweets
#JO1ANNX
• 42765 Tweets
Latinus
• 42652 Tweets
Independence Day
• 39395 Tweets
推しの子
• 37998 Tweets
ファンタ学園
• 34122 Tweets
Keith Lee
• 19976 Tweets
アーリャさん
• 19643 Tweets
まっすー
• 19195 Tweets
ロシア語
• 18467 Tweets
シカ色デイズ
• 18032 Tweets
Taraji
• 16275 Tweets
Quavo
• 15753 Tweets
Mark Cavendish
• 15478 Tweets
Suiza
• 15344 Tweets
ファタール
• 13596 Tweets
岡村さん
• 12913 Tweets
Pinned Tweet
🚨 EXC: Thousands of mosques in China have been altered or destroyed as Beijing’s suppression of Islam spreads to almost every region of the country.
W/
@YuanfenYang
@upyorkshire
@peterjandringa
@evawxiao
@inari_ta
@maxharlow
@leahyjoseph
@sunyu1117
👉
545
1K
3K
Cummings will dominate, but this
@thesundaytimes
Insight investigation documenting how the government were too slow in taking Covid-19 seriously is truly damning. It led to 1.5m people being infected by the time of lockdown and cost thousands of lives
64
1K
2K
Ukraine’s lightning counter offensive in the east led to the recapture of some 3k square kilometres of territory. First map is September 8. Second September 11.
Source
@TheStudyofWar
. Keep up to date:
54
205
1K
EXC: The
@FT
has found four missing Ukrainian children up for adoption in Russia. One of the children has been given a new Russian name and age.
W/
@alisonkilling
@ChristopherJM
@peterjandringa
@sam_learner
@digitalcampbell
@NastyaStognei
28
504
771
Exit poll: 91% of black women in Georgia voted Biden; 81% of black men. Combined that is 30% of the total vote in the state. Follow
@KillerMike
and
@staceyabrams
8
86
543
Satellite-based analysis of 2,312 mosques once featuring Islamic architecture shows that three-quarters have been modified or destroyed since 2018.
40
203
526
Free to read: A failure to regulate low Earth orbit could have disastrous consequences for modern life, and a burgeoning space economy worth up to $3tn.
Our latest project by the fab
@peggyhollinger
, with truly remarkable visuals by
@sam_learner
🚀🛰️💫
21
203
512
@leafarbuthnot
“I come home and he’s playing all sorts of music,” Ms Wischnewski said. “One of his favourites is Kings of Leon, which he dances to. “Foo Fighters, he likes them.” It’s not even 10am and this has already made my day
5
79
454
New: How Ukraine broke Russia’s grip in the Black Sea.
Drone attacks have pushed Moscow’s warships to newly protected bases in the east and enabled trade from key ports to return to pre-war levels.
W/
@sam_learner
@Dan_Clark5
@inari_ta
@ian_bott_artist
12
146
400
We can confirm usage of unprecedented is indeed unprecedented
@GaryLineker
. Read the full story on the language of the pandemic by
@MattChorley
@Dan_Clark5
👉
There is unprecedented use of the word unprecedented in these unprecedented times.
731
2K
22K
18
122
384
Buildings have been stripped of their Arabic features, with Islamic architecture often replaced with traditional Chinese designs. Some mosques have even been torn down. Modifications were more systematic in areas with larger Muslim populations.
33
89
365
New: Our latest visual story maps the supply chains of two weapons that changed the Ukraine war to reveal the complex web of companies being tested as the US defence industry returns to a wartime footing 🇺🇸🚀👇
10
123
360
Football is a simple game. 22 players chase a ball for 90 minutes, and at the end the team with the highest wage bill wins.
Great column by
@jburnmurdoch
showing how City’s on-pitch performances have far exceeded expectations…
13
61
337
New: This is the story of how a luxury development in Antakya became an earthquake death trap — and a symbol of the rot in Turkey’s construction system.
W/
@aylajean
@adamsamson
@Dan_Clark5
@inari_ta
@ian_bott_artist
@JALWilliams_
@maxharlow
🧵👇
5
148
319
The rise of omicron has thrust LFTs back into the spotlight, with thousands of us using them to go about our daily lives.
@hannahkuchler
explains why they’re still such a vital part of the government’s £37bn testing programme - and reminds us their effectiveness remains limited
25
101
322
"I found a database of all 8.3m trees in London!" And so our project on the UK's urban forests began. We combined the dataviz skills of
@annalom87
@Cappaert1410
&
@ST_Graphics
with
@rosiekinchen
's beautiful writing and I'm blown away by the results 🌳🌲🍃
5
78
320
Our first
@FTMag
piece, and it made the cover! 🤩
@alexandraheal
takes a dive into the world of wireless earbuds, lifting the lid on the myriad repair and recycling issues associated with tiny consumer electronics in this brilliantly written and forensically researched piece. 1/5
11
67
307
Generative AI exists because of the transformer. In our latest visual story, we explain how it works.
With a crack team of
@madhumita29
@Dan_Clark5
@sam_learner
@inari_ta
@olihawkins
and
@EadeMoon
!
6
83
278
Yesterday we switched our symbol map of coronavirus cases in the UK to a ridge map. This was for two key reasons:
1) the number of cases meant the circles were beginning to overlap making areas – and crucially peaks – difficult to see
2) it allowed us to label noteworthy areas
7
57
272
FREE TO READ: Combining mapping, open source reporting and expert analysis, this is the story of how Russia’s mistakes and Ukrainian resistance altered Putin’s war:
11
87
252
NEW: Our latest visual story explains the miracle of modern chip manufacturing — and why in the race for performance and profits engineers are rethinking chip architecture like never before
W/
@upyorkshire
@Dan_Clark5
@inari_ta
@sam_learner
@BobHaslett
👉
11
89
256
NEW: In our latest visual investigation, we reveal the network of triads, ghost ships and underground banks that finance North Korea’s nuclear ambitions.
W/
@crsdavies
@primroseriordan
@ThomasHHChan
@sdbernard
@Dan_Clark5
&
@carolinenevitt
🇰🇵🛢️👇
7
74
241
Critics say Arsenal are unprepared for Wenger's departure but there's a quiet revolution happening in the background whether the Frenchman likes it or not. Great piece on the lessening of Wenger's power by
@OliverKayTimes
5
111
213
Mosque demolitions and modifications have been documented in Xinjiang, the northwestern region where hundreds of thousands of Turkic Muslims have been detained, and there has been some evidence of architectural changes elsewhere in China.
3
62
224
NEW: Ahead of
#COP26
, compare every country’s historic emissions, climate pledges, energy mix and more with our live climate dashboard 📈📊📉
👏
@Dan_Clark5
for pulling all this data into a one stop climate shop
@sdbernard
for his eagle eye on design.
23
109
219
Spotted David Moyes on Hackney Marshes. Asked him if he was doing some scouting. “I hope not!” he laughed back before stopping to watch a game 😁
14
24
208
But our visual investigation is the first to document the scale and spread of the policy, finding that Beijing’s crackdown on Islamic culture has spread to almost every region of the country.
7
62
200
A bit of work news: after four years running the Times and Sunday Times interactive team, I’ve been asked to manage the newly created data and digital storytelling desk, covering data and visual journalism, bespoke projects and new formats for reporting 🤗🗞🧮📊
14
8
210
New: evidence suggests Israeli missile strikes hit cars along an evacuation route in Gaza on Friday afternoon. Multiple civilians were killed, including three children.
Latest visual investigation w/
@peterjandringa
@MehulAtLarge
@joedyke
@Nikolaj_Houmann
29
118
196
We identified and located the abducted children by comparing photographs from a database of missing Ukrainian children with public profiles of children up for adoption in Russia using an image recognition tool.
2
58
187
NEW: These are the battlegrounds that could decide a US-China war over Taiwan.
Working with
@KathrinHille
and
@Dimi
, our latest visual story explores five military contests that would help define the outcome of a conflict.
15
78
180
New: This is the story of how Ukraine recaptured 6,000 sq km of the north-east in a matter of days — and why it has turned the tide of the seven-month-long conflict with Russia.
W/
@HenryJFoy
@sam_learner
@carolinenevitt
4
49
167
New: Satellite analysis shows thousands of tonnes of aid stuck at Gaza’s border while the enclave nears famine. Our latest visual story on the continuing problems with delivery & distribution by
@upyorkshire
@Dan_Clark5
@inari_ta
@JALWilliams_
@janatausch
7
130
168
The sunsets from Times towers are gawped at / tweeted regularly, but I have never seen one quite like this
8
23
163
NEW: How does Europe get its gas? In our latest project we map the continent’s sprawling network of gas pipelines, explaining why prices and doubts over supplies are exposing Europe’s reliance on the fuel that underpins much of its economy ⛽️🌍
4
57
162
“It seems to have been hiding for a year…” The effort to explain how Omicron’s raft of mutations emerged under the radar is puzzling scientists and leading to competing theories. Great piece by
@mroliverbarnes
@clivecookson
and
@JamieSmythF
36
82
155
Today’s Big Read is on the graphics that helped us make sense of 2021, and the lessons we learned making them. Across hugely diverse themes, what unites the collection — and the work of my ridiculously talented
@ftdata
colleagues more broadly — is the intention to provide context
1
30
159
We confirmed the children’s identities with the help of the Ukrainian Child Rights Protection Centre. The CRPC is working with a relative of one child identified and is attempting to return them home to Ukraine.
1
46
159
Can the EU kick its Russian gas habit? Our cartogram, sankey and waterfall chart look great in today's print edition of the
@FinancialTimes
thanks to
@digitalcampbell
and
@osullivan65Tom
1
40
156
In the besieged city of Mariupol, scene of the heaviest fighting in Russia’s three-week war on Ukraine, people are now so hungry they are killing stray dogs for food. Horrifying report from
@GuyChazan
13
117
153
New: How long can Russia keep fighting in Ukraine?
We assess four key areas Putin must draw on to sustain the war: ammo, finances, mobilisation and public support.
W/
@maxseddon
@polinaivanovva
@NastyaStognei
@digitalcampbell
@Dan_Clark5
@carolinenevitt
8
67
150
🚨 Job alerts! 🚨
Very excited to announce we're expanding the visual storytelling team, adding a new unit focused on producing visual investigations.
There are three roles: senior reporter, graphics journalist and digital designer.
Details below; DMs open for questions!
1
88
144
The CRPC are awaiting confirmation on two more children found by the
@FT
who they strongly believe are Ukrainian and working to confirm the identities of dozens more. Read the full investigation:
0
48
148
Petitioning to make all December and January birthdays summer events for the next few years
10
9
139
Investigation with a truly brilliant team of
@YuanfenYang
@upyorkshire
@peterjandringa
@evawxiao
@inari_ta
@maxharlow
@leahyjoseph
and
@sunyu1117
. Huge thanks to many of the wider
@ftdata
team for their help with this story too
25
23
129
We won! Thrilled our visual storytelling on the Ukraine war has been recognised at the
@pressgazette
#FutureMediaAwards
🎉
Congrats
@Dan_Clark5
@alexandraheal
@niko_tinius
@carolinenevitt
@sam_learner
12
11
131
New: For the past 50 years, Xi Jinping has been on a journey towards effectively becoming a modern emperor. This is how China’s premier cemented his status as the country’s most powerful leader since Mao — and how he plans to expand his power base 👇
14
29
120
Priti Patel has lobbied Robert Jenrick twice this year to oppose new homes in Witham, her Essex constituency. Patel has opposed at least four developments, which would have provided 141 affordable homes... Great scoop by
@Gabriel_Pogrund
and
@TomCalver2
2
62
120
.
@thetimes
' attempts to explain Stormzy's Pogba lyrics to their readers is the best thing to happen in ages
3
148
116
Fair to say the Algerian community in Finsbury Park were pretty pleased with that Mahrez freekick
2
23
104
Is it just me, or is a fan making faces at Thierry Henry out of a car window an odd ad for Sky to launch given Carragher’s spitting incident last year? If it‘s making light of it, it’s even weirder 🤷♂️
6
23
107
New: What will it take to rebuild Ukraine?
Drone footage tells the story of Soborna street, Irpin, as residents of this once leafy suburb attempt to piece their lives back together.
W/
@maxseddon
@Dan_Clark5
@sam_learner
@carolinenevitt
&
@alexandraheal
16
48
104
Thrilled to be expanding our visual work into investigations - and to have
@alisonkilling
on board to lead the way. Exciting times ahead for
@ftdata
1
19
107
Can you save the planet from the worst effects of climate change? In our new, free-to-play game, it's time to take on the role of global minister for future generations and find out:🌍
7
50
102
China’s advanced machine tool exports to Russia, vital to Moscow’s military industries, soar after Ukraine invasion. Great story by
@leahyjoseph
@xtophercook
@maxseddon
@maxharlow
2
68
101
Mass flooding is a great way to discover how much of your Twitter-sphere live in the same neighbourhood
#FinsburyPark
3
0
95
NEW: How liveable could earth be in 2070?
I worked with
@sdbernard
and
@Dan_Clark5
to map different climate models and population projections across six continents to answer that question, and the results are deeply concerning... 🌍🌡️🏜️
16
64
93
New: This is how Putin's war upended Ukraine's agricultural industry, threatening hunger and food security across the globe.
Story w/
@JohnReedwrites
@EmikoTerazono
@alexandraheal
@sam_learner
@Dan_Clark5
@digitalcampbell
@carolinenevitt
@ian_bott_artist
6
58
95
New: You're the CEO of Signary, a successful virtual medicine company. Unfortunately, Signary has just been hit by a ransomware attack. Can you minimise the impact on your business and avoid a crippling payout?
Find out in our latest news game 👇
8
34
90
Thrilled to win a Sigma award for our investigation exposing the scale of China’s suppression of Islamic culture. A huge team effort w/
@YuanfenYang
@upyorkshire
@inari_ta
@peterjandringa
@evawxiao
@maxharlow
@leahyjoseph
@sunyu1117
and many others in
@ftdata
"How China is tearing down Islam"
by
@ftdata
(United Kingdom) just won a
@sigmaawards
for
#datajournalism
3
13
36
7
16
82
NEW: Do we want London to reach for the stars? In one of the best visual pieces we’ve produced architecture correspondent Jonathan Morrison explains how the city’s skyline has evolved since the 1960s — and what’s next for skyscrapers in the capital 🤩🏙💫
3
31
81
Will a cup of coffee become a costly luxury? Or perhaps worse, not taste as good?
In an extensively researched and beautifully presented visual story,
@upyorkshire
assesses whether the world can produce enough beans to fulfil growing demand ☕️
4
37
76
One of my favourite charts produced by the team so far this year uses a heat map grid to show how rush hour has all but disappeared in major cities in Britain (and ROW).
A real team effort to come up with a way to display hourly data and the overall trend in the same viz📊
4
16
81
Proud of this one: Could you be an assistant referee? Play our offside game & see if you can correctly flag offside
8
30
76
Craig Pawson telling Christian Pulisic his foul throw is the worst he’s ever seen 🤣🤣🤣
8
13
75
NEW: This is the global network behind the fentanyl crisis, according to federal indictments and FT reporting in China, Mexico and the US.
Visual story w/
@JamieSmythF
@leahyjoseph
@chrissiemurray
@sam_learner
@ollie
@Dan_Clark5
@inari_ta
@ian_bott_artist
8
37
72
New: Can Europe keep the lights on?
The colder months will be the most brutal test yet for the bloc’s interconnections — the sprawling network of cables that enables Europe to share electricity 🌍⚡️💡
5
23
72
NEW: A 25-year-old man with Covid sits down for a pint in your local pub. What are your chances of catching the virus and how can you lower the risk? With indoor dining back on the menu from Monday, we explain all in our latest visual project 🍻✨👇
6
41
70
NEW: With its long boulevards, malls and restaurants, the Rimal area of Gaza City was known for its buzz. Now air strikes have reduced much of it to rubble.
We spoke to business owners and residents about what they’ve lost and their hopes for the future.
14
41
69
NEW: Salmon sold by major supermarkets in Europe is harming food security in west Africa. This is how.
Visual investigation by
@alexandraheal
@upyorkshire
@JALWilliams_
@inari_ta
@Dan_Clark5
@jack__thompson
@guypeterson_
and Ely Cheikh Mohamed Vadel.
4
21
67
I love
#GamesOfThrones
and that episode lived up to the hype, but I wish the producers created it for the TVs most of us have, not the 40ft cinema projectors they’d like us to. My poor normal TV cannot handle that depth of black
#TheNightIsDarkAndItsHardToSee
6
2
66
Delighted to produce my first
@FT
project with estimable colleagues
@joannaskao
@emmalewis
@Dan_Clark5
and
@bydavidcrow
Biden wants to raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations.
@christinezhang
and
@JamesPoliti
explain why that’s going to be hard 📊🧮💫
4
22
67
We've been playing around with our
#coronavirus
visuals at Times towers and now have a set we think accurately and responsibly tells the story. We will keep them up to date and use them across our coverage to contextualise the global epidemics
6
22
66
Am I the only one who thinks using VAR for penalties is a mistake? Despite watching it umpteen times Wenger is adamant Bellerin’s tackle on Hazard was a dive (it wasn’t). Pens are often controversial and hard to call no matter how many times you watch them
104
12
59
Not only is
@Datawrapper
brilliant for building viz for our digital editions, it also makes an occasional appearance in print.
The newly released spike map was the perfect opportunity to let
@TomCalver2
run wild, & the result is this terrific spread of cases per 100k people 🤩
0
8
60
The infamous break up chart 😅. Lots of brilliant ideas flying about at the David McCandless
@infobeautiful
workshop so far today 💡
#iibwab
0
19
56
New with
@ChrisGiles_
: FT analysis shows the UK will be under far less pressure to raise taxes in the coming years to pay for the costs of the country’s ageing population because of falling birth rates, declining life expectancy and rising immigration. 1/4
2
25
57
New: Meet the FT EV Mark 1. It looks a lot like your petrol-engine car, but under the bonnet it’s a very different beast
Delighted to launch the Visual Storytelling Team contribution to a new
@FT
series on the electric car revolution sweeping the globe ⚡️
8
23
57
Experts say the subsea cable market is in danger of dividing into eastern and western blocs amid fears of espionage and geopolitical tensions.
This is the how the US is pushing China out of the internet’s plumbing.
4
24
56
New: Does the UK have enough space to feed the population and meet its climate goals?
Our in-depth look at the future of UK land use by the brilliant
@alexandraheal
@upyorkshire
@JALWilliams_
@ejhollowood
@carolinenevitt
@olihawkins
@inari_ta
2
19
55
The print version of yesterday's high street spending story is 🔥 Brilliant graphic work by
@sdbernard
0
12
55
NEW: After two years of ruthless efficiency, China’s zero-Covid policy is limiting the freedoms of 1.4bn people and crippling the country’s economy. From Omicron to Xi’s personal aims, this is how
w/
@edwardwhitenz
@imandylin2
@Dan_Clark5
@carolinenevitt
3
18
50
New year, same commute? Why not listen to Inside the Times, an audio series revealing the methods star reporters
@thetimes
&
@thesundaytimes
use to find and tell their biggest scoops. Hugely proud to launch this with
@alexissogl
. Hope you enjoy it!🎙️🕵️♀️🎉
3
16
52
This is a good read on Emery’s impact at Arsenal by
@henrywinter
. One thing to add: his aloof style and focus on the collective means mud doesn’t stick. If Wenger had dropped Cech, Ozil and Ramsey there would have been negative headlines for months
4
16
52
🚨NEW🚨 After a week of diplomatic talks, the question remains: how serious is Putin about launching a major Ukraine offensive?
In a new story with
@maxseddon
we explain why, if Russia was ever to renew its invasion, all signs point to the time being now.
5
30
52
Our investigation features stunning drone footage by
@AdamAXOI
, who has done a truly remarkable job capturing the devastation wrought by February’s earthquake.
1
19
52
NEW ⚽️ PROJECT ALERT: Using data from
@StatsBomb
we analysed every shot taken last season by the Premier League top-scorer contenders — factoring in shot position and defensive pressure — to predict who will win the this year’s Golden Boot
4
8
52
For today's Times
@Smyth_Chris
and I analysed the latest Public Health England figures on coronavirus cases by age group. It revealed that most confirmed cases are now in younger people in an “extraordinary” shift. 1/4
17
18
51
Free to read: We dive into the world of carbon food labels to reveal the climate footprint of the UK’s fave supermarket items 🍤🥦🥩🥑🧀🍅 But would it change how you shop? Find out with our interactive ⚖️
W/
@niko_tinius
@carolinenevitt
@EmikoTerazono
6
14
49
NEW: Where are you in the vaccine queue? With news of the south going into tier 4 it looks like we're in a straight race against covid: inject or infect. Now you can find out how long it will take you to be vaccinated with our postcode calculator 🦠💉🩹
3
24
50
New project: As India overtakes China as the most populous nation, will the country seize its demographic dividend, or squander it?
In our latest visual story
@JohnReedwrites
@b_parkyn
and
@jyots43
speak to young people across India to find out 🇮🇳 📊👇
1
17
49
Who earns most at each Premier League club? The Sanchez/Mkhitaryan swap and De Bruyne's new deal have changed the landscape at the top. Other notable points: Defoe, Benteke and Bony earn A LOT based on recent contributions, Kane is underpaid and Van Dijk has a lot to live up to
12
26
48
New: Verified video and witness testimony reveal how Hamas militants invaded one Israeli community, killing, kidnapping and roaming the streets for up to 17 hours.
Visual investigation w/
@JohnReedwrites
@NeriZilber
@peterjandringa
@Dan_Clark5
9
27
45
Exclusive – A third of British billionaires have moved to tax havens. 6,800 others control 12,000 UK firms from low-tax jurisdictions. Find out more about the tax haven elite and where they've moved to with our explosive investigation
4
39
47
The bottom line: Putin’s war machine is under enormous pressure and could struggle to mount the decisive offensives he has promised. But Russia has the resources to keep fighting for some time to come...
3
18
49
I have some brilliant colleagues, but no one wows me like
@mortenmorland
. In our latest project he teamed up with
@hzeffman
to guide you through a race for the White House like no other. Grab a tea, sit back and enjoy an illustrated masterpiece! 🤩🇺🇸🦠
4
15
47