Election Data Visualization & Analytics Associate

The Cook Political Report; Virginia; Presencial; USD 60.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Cook Political Report in Arlington, Virginia seeks an Associate, Election Data & Analytics to join our editorial team. This role sits at the intersection of data and journalism — maintaining and analyzing candidate, race, and election data that underpins our nonpartisan ratings and analysis, and turning that data into clear visualizations for our readers.

The ideal candidate will combine strong writing and data skills, work with R and Datawrapper, and collaborate across race pages and

Formación

• 1–2 years in data analysis, research, journalism, or related field.
• Strong writing and communication skills.
• Proficiency with R and advanced spreadsheets (Excel/Google Sheets).
• Experience with Datawrapper or similar data visualization tools.
• Familiarity with CMS platforms (Drupal a plus).
• Attention to detail and ability to judge data classifications.
• Interest in AI tools to improve workflows.
• Interest in U.S. politics and nonpartisan analysis.
• Bachelor's degree in political science, data science, statistics, journalism, or related field.

Responsabilidades

• Maintain and update candidate profiles, polling, and election data across House, Senate, Gubernatorial, and Presidential contests, exercising sound judgment when reconciling ambiguous or conflicting information.
• Build charts, maps, and interactive graphics in Datawrapper for our newsletter, website, and social media, including on tight turnarounds around election nights and primaries.
• Enter and QA new data as it becomes available (FEC filings, election results, candidate announcements), flagging discrepancies to editors as needed.
• Use R and spreadsheets to clean, organize, and analyze data to support editorial research and trend analysis.
• Write brief campaign summaries for race pages as requested.
• Collaborate with editors and analysts across our House, Senate, Governor, and Presidential teams to support their data & research needs.
• Maintain data integrity and consistency across our CMS (Drupal) and related spreadsheets/databases.
• Explore and pilot AI tools to improve data workflows, and stay current on emerging AI/data tools relevant to political data journalism.
• Provide support to Cook Political Report newsletter and content publishing as needed.

Conocimientos

Data analysis

Writing

R

Spreadsheet proficiency

Data visualization

Attention to detail

AI tools

U.S. politics interest

Educación

Bachelor's degree in political science or related field

Herramientas

Datawrapper

Drupal

Descripción del empleo

The Cook Political Report in Arlington, Virginia seeks an Associate, Election Data & Analytics to join our editorial team. This role sits at the intersection of data and journalism — maintaining and analyzing candidate, race, and election data that underpins our nonpartisan ratings and analysis, and turning that data into clear visualizations for our readers.

The ideal candidate will combine strong writing and data skills, work with R and Datawrapper, and collaborate across race pages and