Hello! My name is Michelle Cheng.

I'm a New York City-based journalist who writes stories combining data with narrative in business, technology, and economics.

I have written for outlets including Quartz, Inc. Magazine, FiveThirtyEight, and MIT Technology Review.

My data-driven work includes analyzing datasets to report on how most students study "practical" majors, which was referenced in The New York Times, as well as on the black-white unemployment gaps in major US cities, female truck drivers, and state funding of colleges.

Some of my other favorite stories include covering Uber's Prop 22 win, Facebook corporate posters, whether an app can teach you how to sing, the $15 federal minimum wage debate, and the risk of employee strikes surfacing in S-1 filings.

I received my undergraduate degree in journalism from Boston University, and I'm a first-generation college student. In a previous life, I was a competitive dancer.