Suhail Bhat, Author at Ohio Valley ReSource

Suhail Bhat

Data Reporter, Louisville Public Media

Suhail Bhat is a data journalist and 2020 graduate of the Data Journalism program at Columbia Journalism School. Before attending Columbia, he was a correspondent at Reuters, where he covered Asian corporate news and Wall Street for four years.

Email Suhail Bhat @suhbhat

Nov 6

Coronavirus

Tracking COVID-19 In Kentucky

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By Suhail Bhat

Nov 6

Coronavirus

Tracking COVID-19 In Kentucky

Suhail Bhat

Nov 4

Democracy & Civic Life

2020 Voter Turnout Increased As Ohio Valley States Expanded Voting Options

Much of the Ohio Valley saw historic levels of voter turnout in the 2020 election, as election officials expanded voting options to reduce the risk from coronavirus. Compared to the 2016 election, voter turnout for the 2020 general election increased slightly in Kentucky and Ohio, while West Virginia — which had some of the nation’s […]

By Alana Watson and Suhail Bhat

Nov 4

Democracy & Civic Life

2020 Voter Turnout Increased As Ohio Valley States Expanded Voting Options

Alana Watson and Suhail Bhat

Oct 30

Democracy & Civic Life

The Missing Voters: The Ohio Valley Has Some Of The Nation’s Lowest Voter Turnout. What Could Change That?

This fall, Lexington, Kentucky, activist and artist Devine Carama launched a different kind of road trip across his home state. He visited a dozen cities and towns, from Pikeville, in the state’s Appalachian east, to Paducah, near where the Ohio River joins the Mississippi. He carried a sign that said “I’ll walk 400 miles if […]

By Suhail Bhat , Sydney Boles , , Alana Watson and Jeff Young

Oct 30

Democracy & Civic Life

The Missing Voters: The Ohio Valley Has Some Of The Nation’s Lowest Voter Turnout. What Could Change That?

Suhail Bhat, Sydney Boles, , Alana Watson and Jeff Young

Oct 14

Health

Why Kentucky Is Changing Some COVID-19 Data: The Positivity Rate Explained

Kentucky’s Public Health Commissioner Steven Stack on Tuesday announced some changes in how the state will gauge the spread of COVID-19 after the state came off a week that saw a surge in cases largely driven by infections in rural counties. While the commissioner’s plan does take cues from the models used by many states […]

By Suhail Bhat

Oct 14

Health

Why Kentucky Is Changing Some COVID-19 Data: The Positivity Rate Explained

Suhail Bhat