Scrollytelling
A scroll-driven narrative wrapper that keeps a chart panel sticky while the reader scrolls through annotated steps. Each step can update the chart state, highlight a period, or swap datasets entirely. Built on IntersectionObserver with no external dependencies.
Unemployment Through the Pandemic
Unemployment rate, 2020–2024
Quarterly, seasonally adjusted
In April 2020, the US unemployment rate surged to nearly 15% — the highest since the Great Depression — as the pandemic forced mass layoffs across the economy.
Step 1
The pandemic shock
Step 2
Uneven recovery
Step 3
Return to normal