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Roque Ruiz is a visual editor for The Wall Street Journal covering graphics for the World and Life & Work desks, as well as breaking news, specializing in data visualization, cartography and graphics. Currently he is the visual editor for breaking news and the point person for World News and Personal Finance. Before joining the Journal, he worked for NBC News, The Associated Press and The Miami Herald.


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VISUAL EDITOR WORK


These are a collection of projects where I was the editor behind them. My involvement in them consists in conceptualizing and giving guidance to the graphics reporters working on these pieces. 
As editor, I am the liason between the graphics reporters and the text reporters and editors in the various sections of the newsroom. I assist the graphics reporters and find solutions looking for the best way to tell the story. We brainstorm, research, develop and produce the ideas together on tight deadlines. 
Stories I have covered include the U.S.-Venezuela operation, the Ukraine War, the Israel-Hamas conflict, the Turkey earthquake, the fall of the Assad regyme in Syria, China’s geopolitics, the Titan submersible and more.





“See How Russia Is Winning the Race to Dominate the Arctic” - analysis of the Arctic race by the world’s powers
Graphics by Daniel Kiss and Roque Ruiz
Words by Thomas Grove, Vipal Monga and Austin Ramzy








“See How a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Could Unfold” - How a Chinese operation could take place in Taiwan
Graphics by Daniel Kiss, Carl Churchill and Roque Ruiz
Words by Niharika Mandhana









“How American and Chinese Drone Arsenals Stack Up” - Comparison of the different drone types of the U.S. and China
Graphics by Jason French and Jemal R. Brinson
Words by Josh Chin and Liza Lin










“The Risky Mission to Salvage Mike Lynch’s Sunken Superyacht” - 3D explainer on how the mission to salvage the Bayesian wreckage was to unfold
Graphics by Peter Champelli
Words by Alessandro Boldrini











“Chinese Forces Battle Dizzying Altitudes to Expand Military Footprint” - analysis of China’s expanding air power and reach in the Himalayas
Graphics by Camille Bressange and Jason French
Words by Niharika Mandhana and Josh Chin







“A Visual Guide to Syria’s Long Struggle for Freedom” - the history behind the country
Graphics by Camille Bressange
Words by Michael Amon and Camille Bressange
Research by Roque Ruiz







“U.S.-China Rivalry Sparks a Submarine Arms Race” - A comparison of the Chinese and U.S. submarine fleet
Graphics by Daniel Kiss, Roque Ruiz and Peter Champelli
Words by Mike Cherney, Austin Ramzy and Alistair MacDonald







“A Never-Ending Supply of Drones Has Frozen the Front Lines in Ukraine“ - Analysis on how drones changed the Russia-Ukraine war
Graphics by Daniel Kiss
Words by Ian Lovett




“The World is on the Move” - explainer of the latest immigration trends around the world.
Graphics by Rosie Ettenheim
Motion graphics by Peter Champelli
Words by Tom Fairless

2024 New York Press Club Winner






“Drones are Changing How Wars are Fought” - in this story we explain how uncrewed vehicles make combat faster, cheaper and smarter showing different scenerios with animations. 
Story by Daniel Michaels and Stephen Kalin
Coding by Juanje Gómez
Graphics by Jemal Brinson







“Scatter and Survive: Inside a U.S. Military Shift to Deny China ‘Big, Juicy’ Targets” - a close look at U.S. refitting of the Tinian airbase in the Pacific
Story by Niharika Mandhana and Mike Cherney
Graphics by Camille Bressange







Story about the different types of weapons the U.S. provided to Ukraine. A chronology showing when these weapons were authorized and the amount in dollars of security assistance by the U.S. 
Video work by Peter Champelli
Coding by Juanje Gómez
Reporting by Daniel Nasaw






“Vietnam Is Building Islands to Challenge China’s Hold on a Vital Waterway’ Targets” - How Vietnam is catching up with China when it comes to artificial islands in the South China Sea
Graphics by Emma Brown and Ming Li
Words by Gabriele Steinhauser







“I Said Yes to Every Upgrade in Las Vegas. Here’s What it Cost” - we contributed a cost tally to this fun story by WSJ travel columnist. 
Story by Dawn Gilbertson
Coding by Jason French
Illustration by Elizaveta Galkina








Interactive map with audio snippets transporting the reader to different locations in the Gaza Strip. 
Coding by Juanje Gómez
Maps by Camille Bressange
Audio by Luke Vargas
Reporting by Chao Deng and Stephen Kalin

2024 SND Award of Excellence






Contributed to this text story by Sune Rasmussen a parallax package of maps showing the location of the FSO Safer, the protected areas in the Red Sea, surface oil concentrations scenarios and desalination plants, as well as a diagram of how the transfer of oil would work. 
Maps by Jake Steinberg
Diagram by Kevin Hand






We mapped the Russian fortifications (including trenches, foxholes, dragon’s teeth), explained what dragon’s teeth are and produced a scrolly piece analyzing the different types and layers of fortifications Russian has build to defend several towns including Tokmak, a logistics hub.
Production by Juanje Gómez
Map by Emma Brown
Diagram by Jemal R. Brinson








“The Bomb Is Back as the Risk of Nuclear War Enters a New Age“ - An overview of the nucler race as of 2025
Graphics by Daniel Kiss and Ming Li
Words by Laurence Norman and Peter Saidel







A charticle, showing different metrics, on how retirement will look like for Americans.
Story by Veronica Dagher and Anne Tergesen








“How China’s Military Is Flexing Its Power in the Pacific” - An overview of China’s military presence in the Pacific
Maps by Emma Brown
Words by Austin Ramzy









Explainer graphic standalone on ATACMS missile system. 
Diagrams by Jemal R. Brinson
Map by Emma Brown









Collection of maps explaining the military strategy Israel is taking in Gaza to oust Hamas. 
Maps by Camille Bressange
Coding by Juanje Gómez








A map heavy tappable story about the so-called landbridge that connects Russia to Crimea by way of the Donbas.
Maps by Emma Brown & Jake Steinberg








Contributed to this story by Jessica Toonkel and Sarah Krouse an interactive tool where ChatGPT creates (from predetermined options) a short movie script.
Coding/development by Jason French







A standalone explainer the search for the Titan submersible.
Diagrams by Jemal R. Brinson, Kevin Hand and Andrew Mollica
Maps by Jake Steinberg and Carl Churchill








On this text story we contributed a scrolly satelllite image showing how the earthquake affected the emergency structure and a map showing the fault lines and the drained lake in Hatay province.
Production by Juanje Gómez
Map by Emma Brown

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