Jasmine Mithani is a journalist covering gender, technology and politics. She has worked as a game developer,¹ civic tech software consultant,² alt-weekly editor³, user experience designer,⁴ and visual journalist.⁵

She’s currently a tech & data reporter at The 19th, an independent nonprofit newsroom covering gender, politics and policy. Jasmine is also a 2025 Reporting Fellow at Tech Policy Press.

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Jasmine is happy to consult with creators to help create more accurate online content about tech policy. She’s available for media hits and loves to join podcasters for longform, in-depth conversations.

She’s excited to speak about her reporting or gender and technology at events. Jasmine regularly leads sessions for other journalists on best practices on working with data on LGBTQ+ people, accessibilty and thoughtful reporting on mixed-race people.

Browse previous work ⤳
Data visualization, product design, and stories on everything from predictive policing to mascot taxonomy.

some favorite work ☂︎ ☆ ☀︎ ⚘ ☺︎ ❊ ☊ ⚡︎ !

“They’re crimes — so why do we keep calling them ‘porn’? “ ⤳
When we use outdated terms like ‘revenge porn,’ we blur the line between consensual entertainment and abuse.

“Who The Census Misses” ↬
Large groups of people have always fallen through the cracks of its racial categories — often by design.

“What We Know About Crises And Domestic Violence — And What That Could Mean For COVID-19” ⇝
There’s no perfect case study to draw from, but we can make some reasonable conclusions by looking at research on intimate partner violence and past disasters with some similarities to the COVID-19 crisis.

“Do fanfiction reading habits change after a celebrity death?” ↬
Morbid thought, couldn’t shake it. Had to know.

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