Data Journalism Editor, IRW
American University
Main Campus (Washington, DC)
Full-Time
$70,000
HybridExecutive
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The Investigative Reporting Workshop seeks an outstanding data journalist to lead our dataand artificialintelligencejournalism efforts, mentor others, and translate complex data into impactful investigative stories, while contributing creatively and strategically to the newsroom.
The DataJournalismEditor handles daily and long-term dataassignmentsforvarious journalism projects withinIRW, a nonprofit newsroom based at the School of Communication). The Data Editor works withother editorsand internsand graduate fellowson data collection, data cleaning, data management, data analysis, and data visualizations.
The DataJournalismEditor reports to the Executive Editor. This position works under general supervision and will interact with other staff, students, faculty, and consultantsat IRW. The DataJournalismEditorensuresthatour>
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