Data journalist
Data Visualization Society, Oregon, WI, United States
Location: New York, NY (or remote or hybrid, as you wish). Posted 2 weeks ago.
Remapping Debate Asking the "why" and "why not".
Job Description Remapping Debate is looking for an experienced data journalist. The work is to develop data visualizations that materially deepen public understanding of public‑policy questions we are pursuing. We are interested both in problems that have already been treated as public‑policy questions and in problems that ought to be treated as such. Before applying, please look at some of what we have published.
Compensation And Benefits
$80,000 – $95,000 to start.
Six weeks of paid vacation.
Full employer reimbursement of healthcare premiums (up to the level of the "New York State of Health" Marketplace Platinum Plan we’ve benchmarked), covering you, your spouse or domestic partner, and children as applicable.
You will be able to work remotely.
Who We Are Looking For We want a data journalist who can take an assignment based on Remapping Debate’s hypothesis from data sourcing to finished visualization. In many cases there will be a larger reporting component than with most data visualizations. The data‑visualization side means: track down relevant data sources, assess their strengths and weaknesses, organize the data meticulously, work with us to interrogate the data, and build illuminating, publication‑ready visualizations in Tableau (see note near bottom). It also means documenting everything.
You should be comfortable discussing the reporting and reviewing the data at every stage of the process, and be ready to both give and receive suggestions. We are not willing to stray from the central question because another pattern in the data is interesting. This is not generic dashboard work—it is data journalism in the service of explanatory public‑policy reporting.
Remapping Debate’s reporting covers domestic public policy across a wide range of subjects—housing, health care, education, taxation, market and regulatory failures/successes, immigration, law, justice, civil rights, public safety, and more. Many of our recent stories are tied to New York City, but we also report on national issues. We often reframe questions (e.g., from "what is adequate?" to "what is optimal?").
How To Get In Touch Please email dataviz@remappingdebate.org. Include a letter of interest, résumé, and samples of work. All communications are treated as strictly confidential.
I’m your dream candidate — except for Tableau We are committed to continuing to use Tableau. Tableau lets readers examine large amounts of data deeply, including selecting multiple concurrent variables. If you believe another tool can replicate this functionality, let us know. If you have strong work with a non‑Tableau tool on questions Remapping Debate covers, and you are willing to learn Tableau intensively at the start of your tenure, we also want to talk.
What if I want to do freelance projects for you? We’re happy to discuss that. Email dataviz@remappingdebate.org, specify your interest in freelance, include a letter of interest, résumé, samples of work, and tell us your compensation requirements.
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Remapping Debate Asking the "why" and "why not".
Job Description Remapping Debate is looking for an experienced data journalist. The work is to develop data visualizations that materially deepen public understanding of public‑policy questions we are pursuing. We are interested both in problems that have already been treated as public‑policy questions and in problems that ought to be treated as such. Before applying, please look at some of what we have published.
Compensation And Benefits
$80,000 – $95,000 to start.
Six weeks of paid vacation.
Full employer reimbursement of healthcare premiums (up to the level of the "New York State of Health" Marketplace Platinum Plan we’ve benchmarked), covering you, your spouse or domestic partner, and children as applicable.
You will be able to work remotely.
Who We Are Looking For We want a data journalist who can take an assignment based on Remapping Debate’s hypothesis from data sourcing to finished visualization. In many cases there will be a larger reporting component than with most data visualizations. The data‑visualization side means: track down relevant data sources, assess their strengths and weaknesses, organize the data meticulously, work with us to interrogate the data, and build illuminating, publication‑ready visualizations in Tableau (see note near bottom). It also means documenting everything.
You should be comfortable discussing the reporting and reviewing the data at every stage of the process, and be ready to both give and receive suggestions. We are not willing to stray from the central question because another pattern in the data is interesting. This is not generic dashboard work—it is data journalism in the service of explanatory public‑policy reporting.
Remapping Debate’s reporting covers domestic public policy across a wide range of subjects—housing, health care, education, taxation, market and regulatory failures/successes, immigration, law, justice, civil rights, public safety, and more. Many of our recent stories are tied to New York City, but we also report on national issues. We often reframe questions (e.g., from "what is adequate?" to "what is optimal?").
How To Get In Touch Please email dataviz@remappingdebate.org. Include a letter of interest, résumé, and samples of work. All communications are treated as strictly confidential.
I’m your dream candidate — except for Tableau We are committed to continuing to use Tableau. Tableau lets readers examine large amounts of data deeply, including selecting multiple concurrent variables. If you believe another tool can replicate this functionality, let us know. If you have strong work with a non‑Tableau tool on questions Remapping Debate covers, and you are willing to learn Tableau intensively at the start of your tenure, we also want to talk.
What if I want to do freelance projects for you? We’re happy to discuss that. Email dataviz@remappingdebate.org, specify your interest in freelance, include a letter of interest, résumé, samples of work, and tell us your compensation requirements.
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