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74: What It's Like Being a Data Journalist — Featuring Danielle Alberti

Jun 30, 202247 min
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Episode description

Today, we have Danielle Alberti on the show to share a behind-the-scenes look at how to become and be a data journalist! She's the editor of the data visualization team at Axios and shares:

  • What's a typical day as a data journalist
  • Which skills are important
  • What she looks for in a resume and portfolio when hiring for a data journalist position
  • What she would do differently if she were starting her data journalist career over again

This interview with Danielle was the special opening segment to the Elevate Learning Community conference — you can watch the whole conference with thoughtful talks about information design here: https://elevatedataviz.com/live

Full shownotes: https://dataviztoday.com/shownotes/74

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