Investigative Data Reporter — Remote

MemberSuite, Inc.; New York (NY); Remote; USD 110,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

Remote-friendly

Job summary

ProPublica is looking for a data reporter to uncover abuses of power and betrayals of the public trust. Data reporters use data analysis to uncover scoops, stories and deep dives, including investigations into foundations, public health, education and more.

This role joins a data and news apps team and reports to a deputy data editor. Journalism experience and the ability to code are must-haves, with remote work possible across the U.S. depending on project needs.

Qualifications

• At least five years of experience working on data projects in a newsroom.
• Ability to use data and code to drive accountability reporting.
• Track record of data-driven news storytelling.
• Excellent written and editorial judgment under deadline.

Responsibilities

• Find or build data to uncover stories with an accountability lens.
• Conduct analyses that detect bias, influence and harms.
• Report and write investigative stories that seize attention and spur change.
• Scrape websites and wrangle data, including unstructured data.
• Develop stories by combining data analysis, interviews and on-the-ground reporting.
• Assist reporters with data brainstorming, acquisition, cleaning and analysis.
• Clean, bulletproof and spot-check data underpinning investigations.
• Teach best practices and newsroom data policies.
• Collaborate with top reporters on major data journalism projects.

Skills

Data journalism

Data analysis

Storytelling

Editorial judgment

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree in journalism or data science

Tools

Python

R

SQL

Google BigQuery

Web scraping

Job description

ProPublica is looking for a data reporter to uncover abuses of power and betrayals of the public trust. Data reporters use data analysis to uncover scoops, stories and deep dives, including investigations into foundations, public health, education and more.

This role joins a data and news apps team and reports to a deputy data editor. Journalism experience and the ability to code are must-haves, with remote work possible across the U.S. depending on project needs.