all the secrets to making it BIG in data journalism 😤

hi!

👋🏽 i'm aditi bhandari

👩🏽‍🎓 graduated in 2017

📊 data visualisation developer at reuters

🐦 twitter: AditiHBhandari

some of my work!

Northwestern

student fellow

Knight Lab

designer/dev

Campus pubs

web dev intern

Boston Globe

data visuals fellow

Texas Tribune

accessibility intern

NPR

web producer

WAMU 88.5

data reporter

Hindustan Times

data viz dev

Reuters

journalism major

my career path so far:

writing,reporting,
editing,multimedia

html,css,js

illustrator,
photoshop

D3,excel + illustrator

excel, google sheets, FOIA-ing

UX testing,accessible web and mobile app design,UI prototyping

copy-editing,social media,homepage editing

data
reporting

D3,QGIS,js,
illustrator

Northwestern

Knight Lab

Campus pubs

Boston Globe

Texas Tribune

NPR

WAMU 88.5

Hindustan Times

Reuters

Northwestern

Knight Lab

Campus pubs

Boston Globe

Texas Tribune

NPR

WAMU 88.5

Hindustan Times

Reuters

• application:
  • cover letter: NPR's guide is super helpful
  • examples of your work: website > list of links/screenshots in a pdf > nothing

most hiring processes:

• sample assignment
  • "visualise this data"
  • "pitch a graphic"
  • "how would you change this existing project?"

• large team at legacy media orgs --> specialization, often standalone

most newsrooms:

• lone rangers --> depends on the individual + org support

data journalism

• design
• development
• data reporting
• mapping
• automation/bots
• news app development

• tightknit vs. insular
• lots of people vs. lonely at times

• meet in person (once's it's safer!): conferences, workshops, meetups etc

find your community

• figure out WHAT about data viz excites you; viz? coding? maps? something else?

• online communities: twitter, slack, facebook, discord, reddit threads

• make FRIENDS NOT just professional connections

more resources

https://bit.ly/2W8qdR8

questions??

concerns??

feedback??