Umi Syam is a graphics and multimedia editor at The New York Times, where she tackles many visually driven features and award-winning storytelling projects. Here’s everything she’s worked on since joining almost a decade ago:
2025
- — Are You Smarter Than A.I.? BUSINESS | Mar. 26, 2025
- — Metroidvanias: The Video Games You Can Get Lost In ARTS | Feb. 20, 2025
- — Inside a Rikers Island Kitchen, Dull Knives and Critical Jobs DINING | Feb. 4, 2025
- — The Decade That Changed Fitness Forever WELL | Jan. 15, 2025
- — How China is Erasing Tibetan Culture, One Child at a Time WORLD | Jan. 9, 2025
2024
- — Find Your New Favorite Song From 2024 ARTS | Dec. 26, 2024
- — 25 Jump Scares That Still Make Us Jump ARTS | Oct. 25, 2024
- — The Restaurant List 2024 DINING | Sept. 24, 2024
- — A Decade of NYT Cooking: Our 50 Greatest Hits, According to You DINING | Sept. 17, 2024
- — The Burger Is a Portrait of America DINING | Aug. 29, 2024
- — Hip-Hop Arrives at the Paris Olympics With Breaking’s Debut ARTS | Aug. 5, 2024
- — 57 Sandwiches That Define New York City DINING | Jun. 18, 2024
- — Gaza’s Historic Heart, Now in Ruins ARTS | May. 28, 2024
- — The Battle for the Streets of New York NYREGION | May. 13, 2024
- — The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City in 2024 DINING | Apr. 1, 2024
- — The Menu Trends That Define Dining Right Now DINING | Jan. 23, 2024
2023
- — A Story Revealed in Data, Dining and Dosas INSIDER | Nov. 1, 2023
- — How to Win the Restaurant Reservation Game DINING | Oct. 24, 2023
- — The Restaurant List 2023 DINING | Sept. 19, 2023
- — How Cooking Videos Took Over the World DINING | Aug. 8, 2023
- — America’s Groundwater Climate Series: Aug-Dec 2023
- How America’s Diet Is Feeding the Groundwater Crisis CLIMATE | Dec. 25, 2023
- Who Gets the Water in California? Whoever Gets There First. CLIMATE | Dec. 14, 2023
- As Groundwater Dwindles, Powerful Players Block Change CLIMATE | Nov. 24, 2023
- A Tangle of Rules to Protect America’s Water Is Falling Short CLIMATE | Nov. 2, 2023
- ‘Monster Fracks’ Are Getting Far Bigger. And Far Thirstier. CLIMATE | Sept. 25, 2023
- A Colorado City Has Been Battling for Decades to Use Its Own Water CLIMATE | Sept. 5, 2023
- Big Farms and Flawless Fries Are Gulping Water in the Land of 10,000 Lakes CLIMATE | Sept. 3, 2023
- America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow CLIMATE | Aug. 28, 2023
- — DMs From New York City NYREGION | Jun. 26, 2023
- — Where to Eat in New York City This Summer DINING | Jun. 13, 2023
- — What’s a President to Do When a Nation’s Capital Is Sinking? Move It. HEADWAY | May. 16, 2023
- — The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City DINING | Apr. 18, 2023
- — How Strong Are Your Relationships? WELL | Jan. 1, 2023
2022
BEIJING WINTER OLYMPICS
- — 5 Tastes of Asia TRAVEL | Sept. 29, 2022
- — America’s Best Restaurants in 2022 DINING | Sept. 19, 2022
- — Why the Cost of Dinner Has Soared DINING | Aug. 9, 2022
- — Documenting Atrocities in the War in Ukraine WORLD | May 2022
- — What is Poetry? BOOKS | Apr. 15, 2022
- — Two Years of the Pandemic in New York, Step by Awful Step NYREGION | Mar. 17, 2022
- — Manhattan’s Chinese Street Signs Are Disappearing NYREGION | Mar. 11, 2022
- — Midterm Election Primary 2022
2021
TOKYO SUMMER OLYMPICS
- — The Year in Pictures WORLD | December 2021
- — Vote For the Best Book BOOKS | November 2021
- — The Restaurant List 2021 DINING | November 2021
- — The Hidden Melodies of Subways Around the World ARTS | Aug. 13, 2021
- — These 8 Democrats Want to Be Mayor of New York City. We Have Questions. NYREGION | May. 17, 2021
- — What Loss Looks Like WELL | Apr. 6, 2021
- — Why Opening Windows Is a Key to Reopening Schools SCIENCE | Feb. 26, 2021
- — Who Wants to Be Mayor of New York City? NYREGION | Feb. 3, 2021
- — Joe Biden’s Long Road to the Presidency POLITICS | Jan. 20, 2021
- — Georgia Runoff Election Homepage Jan 5, 2021
2020
NYTIMES
- — For Europe, It's Wave After Wave of Coronavirus EUROPE | Dec 22, 2020
- — Jackson Heights, Queens: Walk Where the World Finds a Home ARTS | Aug 27, 2020
- — Transit Workers Were N.Y.C.’s Pandemic Lifeline. These 3 Paid a Price. NYREGION | Jul 26, 2020
- — Meet The Nighbors STYLE | May 6, 2020
- — The World’s Stadiums Become a Lifeline SPORTS | May 1, 2020
- — Sex Work Comes Home STYLE | April 10, 2020
- — Here’s What’s at Stake in Super Tuesday States POLITICS | March 2, 2020
- — Framing the Impeachment Case: An Inside Look at Opposing Legal Teams POLITICS | January 28, 2020
- — Broadway Shows: What to See and How to Get Cheap Tickets THEATER | January 27, 2020
- — Ready, Set, Vote: Here’s Everything You Need to Know for the 2020 Primaries POLITICS | January 24, 2020 Award of Excellence in “Story Page Design: Politics", SND42 Best of Digital Design 2020
.... and a bunch of 2020 Election Homepage work for the primaries, caucuses and the presidential election.
2019
NYTIMES
- — The Decade in Pictures WORLD | December 2019
- — The Year in Pictures WORLD | December 2019
- — The Most-Read New York Times Stories of 2019 READER CENTER | December 24, 2019
- — A-Rod Didn't Want It, So Marilyn Minter Had to Buy It STYLE | November 14, 2019
- — Notre-Dame’s Toxic Fallout EUROPE | September 14, 2019 Silver Medal in “Information Graphics – International" & Award of Excellence in “Story Page Design – International", SND41 Best of Digital Design 2019
- — Tell Us Who You Are NYREGION | May 2019
- — The Royal Baby: Frequently Asked Questions and Answers to Everything You Ever Wanted to Know — and Some Things You Didn’t STYLE | April 9, 2019
- — Glimpses of the Mystery That Is the Mueller Investigation US | March 21, 2019
- — The 50 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now TELEVISION | February 2019 - present
- — The 50 Best Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right Now TELEVISION | February 2019 - present
- — For Black History Month, Remarkable Women and Men We Overlooked Since 1851 OBITUARIES | February 2019
- — You Don't Need A Recipe DINING | January 2019
2018
NYTIMES
- — 2018: The Year In Dissonance (extremely addictive shaker game) STYLE | Dec. 11, 2018
- — What the Lion Air Pilots May Have Needed to Do to Avoid a Crash ASIA PACIFIC | November 16, 2018
- — Everything You Need to Know for the Midterm Elections POLITICS | Oct. 2, 2018
- — SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father POLITICS | October 2, 2018. Bronze medal in “Story Page Design – News Features or Planned Coverage: National, SND40 Best of Digital Design 2018
- — Gifts for Book Lovers: Our Picks for the Holiday Season BOOK REVIEW | Winter 2018
- — 73 Books to Read While the Sun Is Out and the Days Are Long BOOK REVIEW | Summer 2018 Bronze medal in “Story Page Design Format: Use of Illustration, SND40 Best of Digital Design 2018
- — 60 Times Madonna Changed Our Culture ARTS | Aug 16, 2018
- — The Flourishing Business of Fake YouTube Views TECHNOLOGY | Aug 11, 2018
- — Join the Archival Storytelling Team at The New York Times JOBS | June 2018
- — Staffing ‘The Weekly’ JOBS | June 2018
- — How Saying #MeToo Changed Their Lives ARTS | June 28, 2018
- — ‘ALL IN ONE PIECE’ SUNDAY REVIEW | June 1, 2018
- — Clouds in My Coffee! A Supertall Skyscraper Sleepover STYLE | Feb 22, 2018
- — How Six Americans Changed Their Minds About Global Warming CLIMATE | Feb. 21, 2018
- — 28 Days, 28 Films for Black History Month MOVIES | Feb. 1, 2018
- — You Asked About CES 2018. We Answered. TECHNOLOGY | Jan. 8, 2018
2016-2017
NYTIMES
- — 2017 Year in Review READER CENTER | Dec. 2017
- — The Year in Illustration 2017 OPINION | Dec. 2017
- — The Best of ‘The Daily’ in 2017 OPINION | Dec. 2017
- — Live Chat: Emmy Awards Analysis ARTS | Sept 19, 2017
- — Tragedies and Triumphs: Canadians Tell Their Family Histories OPINION | June 24, 2017
- — Ronald Markman, an Artist Who Conjured His Own Kingdom, Dies at 86 OBITUARIES | June 14, 2017
- — Loving, 50 Years Later OPINION | June 12, 2017
- — Welcome Back to Twin Peaks: An Illustrated Glossary ARTS | May 17, 2017
- — The Hunted SUNDAY REVIEW | May 5, 2017
- — The Refugee King of Greece SUNDAY REVIEW | April 14, 2017
- — Q&A Series: May-June 2017
- 'Men Need to Step Up': Readers and Experts Reflect on Raising Feminist Boys
- What Apple Announced at WWDC
- Q&A: First-Generation Students
- Trump's First Foreign Trip
- Jolie Kerr: A Smarter Way to Clean Your Home
- Lucas Peterson (The Frugal Traveler) on Summer Savings
- — The State of Your Block, 2017 NYREGION | March 24, 2017
- — March Madness NCAA 2017 Tournament Livescore: First Round, Second Round, Round of 16 SPORTS | Mar - Apr 2017
- — Are You Ready for Math Whiz Camp? NYREGION | Feb 17, 2017
- — Brady vs. Dunkin’: Rank the New England Institutions SPORTS | Feb 3, 2017
- — How Much Sugar Can You Avoid Today? OPINION | Dec 30, 2016
- — A Parole Decision in Minutes NYREGION | Dec 4, 2016 (An interactive quiz package for "Race Behind Bars", a 2017 Pulitzer finalist in Local Reporting, by Michael Schwirtz, Michael Winerip and Robert Gebeloff. Read part 1 and 2 of the story.)
- — Flashback: The New York Times Archives @nytarchives 2016-2018