Senior Data Journalist

Required

• Demonstrated experience in data journalism, with a portfolio of data-driven stories that combine rigorous quantitative analysis and clear written narrative
• Advanced SQL and dbt skills, with real production experience building and maintaining data models, not just querying existing ones
• Working knowledge of statistics, including sampling, significance testing, and how to avoid common pitfalls in observational data, strong enough to defend a methodology under questioning
• Python or equivalent scripting ability for data transformation and analysis beyond what SQL alone can do
• Ability to independently QA your own work, build reproducible, version-controlled analyses that are retrospectively defensible if and when questioned, and maintain a high bar for quality and reliability with no analytics team backstopping you
• Strong writing and the ability to translate complex, technically rigorous data into compelling, accessible stories for a broad audience
• Track record of working independently to identify, develop, and publish stories without heavy direction
• Ability to hold a narrative strategy and push back constructively when requests fall outside of it
• Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments where the function, and its technical infrastructure, is being built for the first time
• Experience with dbt testing frameworks, data pipeline orchestration, or building analytics infrastructure from scratch
• Data visualization or graphic design skills
• Background in economics or applied statistics, or familiarity with consumer finance, payments, or related verticals
• Experience at a media outlet, think tank, nonprofit, or organization with an established data journalism function