Senior Data Journalist: Lead Data Stories & Interactive Tools

Daily Mail; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Daily Mail is seeking a sharp, highly motivated Senior Data Journalist to join our Deep Dive team in London. You will produce must-read data-led stories and interactive tools for our readers, working closely with the Data Editor and a cross-functional team of designers, developers and writers.

In an AI-assisted but human-led environment, you will manage projects from ideation to publication on topics like health, finance, weather, crime and election results, ensuring verifiability, editorial

Qualifications

• Significant practical experience in data journalism or related field.
• Track record of owning projects from start to finish and coordinating cross-functional teams.
• Strong data wrangling skills in Python (or R) and Excel.
• Sound data verification judgement and adherence to editorial standards.
• Understanding of data visualization and UX principles.

Responsibilities

• Project management: coordinate cross-functional teams to build data pages and interactives.
• Methodological data wrangling: build verifiable datasets and robust analyses.
• Visual storytelling: prototype and implement tools, graphics and stories.
• Collaboration: work with designers, developers, writers and editors.

Skills

Data journalism

Project management

Python

Excel

Data visualization

Data wrangling

Collaboration

Mentoring

On-camera presence

Tools

Python

Excel

R

QGIS

Job description

The Daily Mail is seeking a sharp, highly motivated Senior Data Journalist to join our Deep Dive team in London. You will produce must-read data-led stories and interactive tools for our readers, working closely with the Data Editor and a cross-functional team of designers, developers and writers.

In an AI-assisted but human-led environment, you will manage projects from ideation to publication on topics like health, finance, weather, crime and election results, ensuring verifiability, editorial