Visual data journalist @TheEconomist
High Wycombe/London
Joined September 2012
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I wrote about how The Economist makes charts for Instagram medium.economist.com/chartin…
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We're hiring! @TheEconomist is seeking a political data scientist to join our award-winning data-journalism team. Based in London, New York or DC, the successful candidate will manage our existing election-forecasting models and design and build new ones
infographics.economist.com/2…
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VITAL point: journalism is so elitist (socio-economically) and it’s in absolute denial: “Stop awarding fellowships to elite universities only. Stop developing relationships with elite universities only. And stop making a degree a requirement for jobs because that's absurd.”
I was recently interviewed by @HackWelsh for his excellent 'The Angry Editor' newsletter. I, ummm, went off on a bit of a rant. angryeditor.substack.com/p/a…
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📈 I’m very proud to share that Off the Charts, @TheEconomist’s data newsletter has been shortlisted for the @sigmaawards! The newsletter is a true labour of love from the data and the newsletter team
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I've written my first 'Off the Charts' @ECONdailycharts newsletter about the process behind making maps🗺️ for @TheEconomist
Read it here👉 view.e.economist.com/?qs=1ec…
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Excellent newsletter edition on mapping by my colleague @AdMeara in this week's Off the Charts 🗺🌐🌍
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Have you ever wondered what it's like to work in The Economist's data team? I wrote about what I got up to one Friday in our latest data newsletter
view.e.economist.com/?qs=8bd…
If you want to see more of what we do, you can sign up here economist.com/newsletters/of…
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We're hiring! Come and join @TheEconomist's data team for a six-month traineeship
infographics.economist.com/2…
In our latest data newsletter, I wrote about the different ways we can use colour in charts 🌈 view.e.economist.com/?qs=e2e…
What data vis tools do we use to make our charts at @TheEconomist ? I answered this frequently asked question in our weekly data newsletter view.e.economist.com/?qs=215…
ALT A polling chart made with Silver Bullet next to the same chart made with R
We write about our work every Tuesday! You can sign up for free here: economist.com/offthecharts/
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NEW: a common response to reports of hospitals struggling this winter is "it’s no different to a bad flu season!"
I’ve tracked down historical data on flu ICU admissions, including winter 2017-18, a record high.
Here’s how England’s Covid winter compares to a bad flu season 📹
📣 Job alert! 📣
We’re hiring in the data team, and looking for both an experienced data journalist and a newbie! And if you’re thinking “I will never get hired by The Economist”, then we *especially* want to hear from you. It’s what I did 🤓 infographics.economist.com/2…
First time on @chilternrailway to the office since 16th March 😯. Hope the snack box on my desk hasn’t taken on a life of its own 🦠
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🎉 @TheEconomist now has 5m followers on Instagram. We’ve seen phenomenal growth on a platform that is increasingly becoming a news source for younger audiences. This is how we’ve done it: medium.com/economist-group-m…
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Toponymical maps of GB, looking at the density of common forms in place names, full suite here 👉 rb.gy/kq4num
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A tweet thread looking a UK covid-19 death statistics in five charts.
Everyday the British gov't presents this chart at its daily press conference showing covid-19 deaths by date of registration. There are reasons to believe it is simplistic and misleading. (1/6)
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The data team at @TheEconomist are working around the clock to keep you up-to-date on the most important data stories about covid-19. Here's a look back at some of those we've shared recently👇 (1/9) econ.trib.al/qh75voA
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We need rules to help us avoid common mistakes in #dataviz. But we shouldn’t be afraid of breaking them if it makes our chart clearer or more engaging
I’ve written a blog for @ECONdailycharts exploring when, why, and how to ignore some of these rules
medium.economist.com/why-you…