Join Our Team in Illinois: We’re Looking for a Data Reporter

by ProPublica Illinois

ProPublica is seeking a smart, motivated data journalist to join its Chicago-based newsroom.

Because our newsroom is small, multitalented and highly collaborative, we expect this position will ultimately be tailored to the strengths of the person who fills it, so please tell us about all your skills, both data-related and beyond. To get started, here’s a list of some of the work we’d like you to do:

• Collaborate with and guide other reporters to elevate our journalism by working with them to best use data.
• Develop and produce your own accountability story ideas, both independently and in partnership with others, by combining data work, interviewing and on-the-ground reporting with excellent storytelling.
• Manage our newsroom’s data, including FOIAing for it, scraping it, cleaning it, analyzing it and preparing it for publication.
• Bulletproof and spot-check data work done by other journalists in the newsroom.
• Teach and encourage best practices and newsroom data policies.
• Work alongside our news applications developer on interactive data projects that help Illinoisans understand their world and make good decisions.

Learn more about the role and apply to join the team.