Data Reporter: AI-Driven Stories & Interactive Maps

Amgmarketing; Woodbridge Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision plans

Mental health support options

Flexible spending accounts

Fertility assistance

401(k) plan

Generous paid time off

Paid parental and caregiver leave

Employee assistance program

Legal assistance (optional)

Life insurance options

Flexible holidays

Job summary

NJ Advance Media's NJ.com is seeking a data-focused Reporter to turn public records, live data, and smart analysis into actionable reporting readers can use. You’ll craft stories, build interactive maps and lookup tools that readers can explore directly within articles.

You will join the newsroom’s largest team, reporting on breaking news, public safety, weather, real estate and education while supporting investigative, politics, sports and health efforts.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in journalism, communications or a related field, or equivalent education and work experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of professional journalism experience, including published work that shows you can find, analyze and report a story out of a data set.
• A clear and engaging writing style, and the ability to make a complicated number feel like a human story.
• Experience using AI tools in a professional workflow and understanding their limits.
• Familiarity with public data sources such as the Census Bureau, state agency portals and municipal records.
• Ability to work independently under deadline pressure and prioritize appropriately.
• Understanding of news writing ethics and disclosure, including AI use.
• Experience using social media to find stories and promote content.
• Ability to collaborate with editors, reporters and editors under deadline.

Responsibilities

• Produce multiple data stories a week, including quick-turn pieces tied to breaking news published while readers are still looking for the answer.
• Scrape, clean, join and structure public records and data sets, using AI-assisted workflows to compress the grunt work and spend time on the reporting.
• Create visualizations and custom interactive pages — searchable tables, maps, lookup tools, trackers and dashboards — designed mobile-first and embedded in articles.
• Use AI coding tools to move from idea to working prototype in days and iterate based on reader use.
• Reach readers beyond the article page into newsletters, alerts and social video.
• Interview experts, officials and ordinary people to give numbers a pulse and build sources.
• Ensure accuracy with human review and proper disclosure for AI-assisted stories.
• Collaborate with reporters, multimedia journalists and editors on joint coverage.

Skills

Journalism

Data storytelling

AI tooling

Public records

Deadline-driven

Collaboration

Portfolio

Education

Bachelor's degree in journalism or related field

Tools

AI tools

Social media platforms

Job description

NJ Advance Media's NJ.com is seeking a data-focused Reporter to turn public records, live data, and smart analysis into actionable reporting readers can use. You’ll craft stories, build interactive maps and lookup tools that readers can explore directly within articles.

You will join the newsroom’s largest team, reporting on breaking news, public safety, weather, real estate and education while supporting investigative, politics, sports and health efforts.