Two decades after Bill Clinton signed his welfare reform law, most states have higher rates of families living in poverty and are spending a smaller percentage of their welfare dollars on basic assistance. What do those changes look like over time?
Jieqian Zhang
2016 Google News Lab Fellow
Jieqian Zhang is the 2016 Google News Lab Fellow at Reveal. She recently graduated from the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. During her time in Berkeley, she ignited her passion for data and graphic reporting, as well as international reporting. She was a contributing graphic designer at Google Trends and a visual intern at the Asia Society's ChinaFile. Before coming to the United States, she worked as an associate news producer in China for foreign organizations such as RTL Nieuws, Swiss Radio and Television and Le Figaro.