Elena Mejía

Los defensores de los derechos de los inmigrantes han denunciado que la segunda administración de Trump está aplicando lo que ellos llaman 'diesel therapy', que se refiere a traslados repetidos de detenidos antes de ser deportados. Con @elena___mejia: bit.ly/3Zs9PeD

ADDICTED TO ICE: Small, rural communities are convinced their economic well-being depends on ICE contracts that keep private jails open for immigration detention -- no matter what happens inside bloom.bg/4j28jqp

NEW: ICE is transferring people to detention facilities across the US at a rate we haven't seen in over a decade of data. Read our story about the rising cost for detainees and US taxpayers: w/ @LeonYin @elena___mejia @polly & @JasonKao bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-…

Immigrants detained by ICE in the first month of Trump’s second term were taken across state lines at a higher rate than previous administrations, boosting American taxpayers’ costs. 🔗: bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-…

Trump wants to eliminate the US trade deficit by imposing tariffs on major trade partners. So what drives the deficit and who's actually getting hit? @raeedahwahid and I took a look at everything from toys from China to oil from Canada. gift link: bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-…

Eric Adams may have dodged a federal corruption trial thanks to President Donald Trump, but their unlikely alliance risks destroying the NYC mayor’s support among a core group of Democratic voters. 🔗🗳️🗽: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

For years, I’ve seen journalists cover the “manosphere” as a random group of friends who show up on each other’s podcasts. Today, I and other reporters published a story firmly showing how these YouTubers boost each other and politicians while steering male culture to the right

Bloomberg reviewed +1K hours of YouTube vids from 9 popular streamers and podcasters who cater to American men. We analyzed 2 yrs of guests and transcripts to see how they discussed political topics and understand their role as a new mainstream info hub bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-…

How podcasters like Joe Rogan and Logan Paul turned young men, a once apolitical demographic, into a massively powerful voting bloc. @daveyalba @LeonYin @byJuliaLove @ashleyrcarman @rachaeldottle @elena___mejia via @bbgvisualdata bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-…

See The Big Take: How podcasters like Joe Rogan and Logan Paul turned young men, a once apolitical demographic, into a massively powerful voting bloc. 🔗📺🗳️: bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-…

Join our DVS NYC meetup on Dec 12 to hear from speakers Elena Mejía from Bloomberg News and Bianca Ng from The Information Lab. Sign up: eventbrite.com/e/dvs-nyc-dece…

New York’s Nassau County hasn’t supported a GOP presidential candidate since 1988, with the results this year mirroring shifts across the US bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Made some maps to show how conflict in Africa has spread and intensified over the past three years bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

NEW! Our exclusive analysis of satellite images exposes how billions of dollars of sanctioned Iranian oil are flowing to China via ship-to-ship transfers on the sea 🛰️👀🚢🚢 bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-… Fun project w/ @k3blu3 @helloimserene @ClaraDFMarques @soonweilun

we built a custom model to identify ships engaging in illicit ship-to-ship transfers of oil from optical and radar satellite imagery. read this story by @ClaraDFMarques @helloimserene @soonweilun and @YasufumiSaito. 🎁: bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…