Alvin Chang
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● Professor @journalismdesign.bsky.social
● Interactive data journalist pudding.cool
● Moar buttondown.com/charthead // alv9n.com
● Interactive data journalist pudding.cool
● Moar buttondown.com/charthead // alv9n.com
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Our data team is seeking an enterprising senior or grad student to join us next summer, working on data analysis and/or reporting tools. You should have solid coding skills, smart ideas and enthusiasm for learning alongside our collaborative, fun team: washpost.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/washin...
Newsroom Summer Internship Program 2027: Data Journalist
Application Instructions Please list all professional experience and explain any gaps in employment history. All of your application materials, which may include PDF files of work samples and/or links...
washpost.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
September 14, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Our data team is seeking an enterprising senior or grad student to join us next summer, working on data analysis and/or reporting tools. You should have solid coding skills, smart ideas and enthusiasm for learning alongside our collaborative, fun team: washpost.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/washin...
Just got Julie's book in the mail! Get your own copy!
Giveaway alert for FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS
Enter to win FINDING RENEE RICHARDS: The Groundbreaking Story of Tennis's Trans Pioneer!
Enter to win FINDING RENEE RICHARDS: The Groundbreaking Story of Tennis's Trans Pioneer! To enter the contest, fill out the form here between Friday, August 21, and Friday, September 11. Entrants are ...
www.eriegaynews.com
August 21, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Just got Julie's book in the mail! Get your own copy!
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⭐We’re hiring for a Content & Community Lead at Roundabout, our local community app!⭐
This senior role will own content & audience strategy for Roundabout. We’re looking for someone who can help bring the best parts of the local newspaper, community bulletin board, & online community to neighbors!
This senior role will own content & audience strategy for Roundabout. We’re looking for someone who can help bring the best parts of the local newspaper, community bulletin board, & online community to neighbors!
Content and Community Lead, Roundabout - NewPublic.org - Career Page
Apply to Content and Community Lead, Roundabout at NewPublic.org in Remote.
newpublicorg.applytojob.com
August 14, 2026 at 5:32 PM
⭐We’re hiring for a Content & Community Lead at Roundabout, our local community app!⭐
This senior role will own content & audience strategy for Roundabout. We’re looking for someone who can help bring the best parts of the local newspaper, community bulletin board, & online community to neighbors!
This senior role will own content & audience strategy for Roundabout. We’re looking for someone who can help bring the best parts of the local newspaper, community bulletin board, & online community to neighbors!
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Interested in narrative data visualisation? We're looking for a PhD candidate to join our team at the Center for Digital Narrative, with me and @lauragarrison.bsky.social as supervisors. Apply by 30 August!
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhD Research Fellowship in Narrative Data Visualisation (303954) | University of Bergen
Job title: PhD Research Fellowship in Narrative Data Visualisation (303954), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Sunday, August 30, 2026
www.jobbnorge.no
August 12, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Interested in narrative data visualisation? We're looking for a PhD candidate to join our team at the Center for Digital Narrative, with me and @lauragarrison.bsky.social as supervisors. Apply by 30 August!
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
always love going to foxnews dot com after a bad jobs report.
August 7, 2026 at 2:44 PM
always love going to foxnews dot com after a bad jobs report.
i found a website that used AI to very closely copy one of my Pudding pieces -- it's an unmistakable aesthetic, color palette, and even topic. i don't want to link to it but, damn, i put months into the project. come up with your own shit!
August 5, 2026 at 6:49 PM
i found a website that used AI to very closely copy one of my Pudding pieces -- it's an unmistakable aesthetic, color palette, and even topic. i don't want to link to it but, damn, i put months into the project. come up with your own shit!
This chart shows that we're teaching more abstract words to ESL students compared to 1953.
My untested theory: This why my parents and I use English to talk about physical things but Korean to talk about feelings and thoughts.
pudding.cool/2026/07/esse...
My untested theory: This why my parents and I use English to talk about physical things but Korean to talk about feelings and thoughts.
pudding.cool/2026/07/esse...
July 27, 2026 at 2:00 PM
This chart shows that we're teaching more abstract words to ESL students compared to 1953.
My untested theory: This why my parents and I use English to talk about physical things but Korean to talk about feelings and thoughts.
pudding.cool/2026/07/esse...
My untested theory: This why my parents and I use English to talk about physical things but Korean to talk about feelings and thoughts.
pudding.cool/2026/07/esse...
The ethical duty to understand large numbers, from @ashendruk.com. My irrational hot take: We should say $1,400 million instead of $1.4 billion.
www.not-ship.com/large-number...
www.not-ship.com/large-number...
Understanding large values: It's our ethical duty
We can't be numb to big numbers.
www.not-ship.com
July 15, 2026 at 12:51 PM
The ethical duty to understand large numbers, from @ashendruk.com. My irrational hot take: We should say $1,400 million instead of $1.4 billion.
www.not-ship.com/large-number...
www.not-ship.com/large-number...
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we are hiring a data journalist to join my team - if you know someone who might be interested please pass this on to them! workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Data journalist
Guardian Australia is part of Guardian News & Media (GNM), publisher of theguardian.com. As a leading global media organisation, we are renowned for our pioneering independent journalism and our award...
workwithus.theguardian.com
July 9, 2026 at 4:19 AM
we are hiring a data journalist to join my team - if you know someone who might be interested please pass this on to them! workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
"I wasn’t allowing myself to believe it for a while,” she said. “It was like, ‘Holy shit, did I actually make a dividing cell?’"
www.quantamagazine.org/for-the-firs...
www.quantamagazine.org/for-the-firs...
For the First Time, a Cell Built From Scratch Grows and Divides | Quanta Magazine
Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the l...
www.quantamagazine.org
July 2, 2026 at 6:14 PM
"I wasn’t allowing myself to believe it for a while,” she said. “It was like, ‘Holy shit, did I actually make a dividing cell?’"
www.quantamagazine.org/for-the-firs...
www.quantamagazine.org/for-the-firs...
Beautiful www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
An American Mosaic (Gift Article)
This map shows how people in the United States identify their ancestry or family origin. Explore the many ways we describe our heritage and ourselves.
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Beautiful www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Drilled is hiring an experienced print story editor for a 6-month contract. We're a small but mighty team comitted to climate justice. Job is remote, Spanish proficiency and climate beat experience a plus @drilledmedia.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...
Drilled Media hiring Series Editor in United States | LinkedIn
Posted 9:45:26 PM. Drilled is seeking a series editor for a 6-month contract, beginning in July. The editor would be…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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June 24, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Drilled is hiring an experienced print story editor for a 6-month contract. We're a small but mighty team comitted to climate justice. Job is remote, Spanish proficiency and climate beat experience a plus @drilledmedia.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...
I've lost hours going through each menu and picking out what I'd order. Now craving a martini and clams.
pudding.cool/2026/06/menu...
pudding.cool/2026/06/menu...
5,000 Restaurant Menus, Years 1880-1920
Explore the Buttolph Collection from the New York Public Library's archive of historic menus
pudding.cool
June 23, 2026 at 5:19 PM
I've lost hours going through each menu and picking out what I'd order. Now craving a martini and clams.
pudding.cool/2026/06/menu...
pudding.cool/2026/06/menu...
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Have you ever thought about how you mow a lawn? We have. (A lot.) We partnered with Citizen Codex on a research project — and this is where it starts. Give it a go, drop your score in the comments, and follow along for the full story in a few weeks. #dataviz
pudding.cool/2026/06/mow/...
pudding.cool/2026/06/mow/...
Lawn Mowing Experiment
Mow a series of lawns as efficiently as you can. We will publish the analysis in a few weeks.
pudding.cool
June 18, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Have you ever thought about how you mow a lawn? We have. (A lot.) We partnered with Citizen Codex on a research project — and this is where it starts. Give it a go, drop your score in the comments, and follow along for the full story in a few weeks. #dataviz
pudding.cool/2026/06/mow/...
pudding.cool/2026/06/mow/...
My latest: A love story pudding.cool/2026/06/love...
A love story
Tracking 1,000+ people through the ups and downs of their relationships
pudding.cool
June 10, 2026 at 12:50 PM
My latest: A love story pudding.cool/2026/06/love...
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We are commissioning an artwork or visualisation representing our research and findings.
It needs to be simple, visually engaging and effective at communicating with multiple audiences. We are looking for a high-profile, high-impact visualisation or artwork through this commission.
It needs to be simple, visually engaging and effective at communicating with multiple audiences. We are looking for a high-profile, high-impact visualisation or artwork through this commission.
June 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM
We are commissioning an artwork or visualisation representing our research and findings.
It needs to be simple, visually engaging and effective at communicating with multiple audiences. We are looking for a high-profile, high-impact visualisation or artwork through this commission.
It needs to be simple, visually engaging and effective at communicating with multiple audiences. We are looking for a high-profile, high-impact visualisation or artwork through this commission.
Literally making leaders of secretive dark money groups sweat. Great local journalism.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOoZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOoZ...
News 4 investigates dark money groups
YouTube video by KFOR Oklahoma's News 4
www.youtube.com
May 29, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Literally making leaders of secretive dark money groups sweat. Great local journalism.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOoZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOoZ...
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We got our hands on internal ICE records that show how widespread use of force, like punches, kicks, takedown maneuvers, restraint holds, and less-lethal weapons such as Tasers and pepper spray in detention centers has grown wapo.st/4tdgBRA (1/)
May 4, 2026 at 2:45 PM
We got our hands on internal ICE records that show how widespread use of force, like punches, kicks, takedown maneuvers, restraint holds, and less-lethal weapons such as Tasers and pepper spray in detention centers has grown wapo.st/4tdgBRA (1/)
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The FT @financialtimes.com is hiring a new data journalist to join our US data and visuals team in New York.
Great job, great team, great place to work.
Apply here 👉 job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
Great job, great team, great place to work.
Apply here 👉 job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
US Data Journalist
New York; Washington DC
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io
April 27, 2026 at 1:11 PM
The FT @financialtimes.com is hiring a new data journalist to join our US data and visuals team in New York.
Great job, great team, great place to work.
Apply here 👉 job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
Great job, great team, great place to work.
Apply here 👉 job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
March 24, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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My colleague shared this happiness map, and man, at this moment in time, AM I HERE FOR THIS.
pudding.cool/2026/02/happ...
pudding.cool/2026/02/happ...
Happy map
100,000 moments of human happiness, mapped
pudding.cool
March 3, 2026 at 9:40 PM
My colleague shared this happiness map, and man, at this moment in time, AM I HERE FOR THIS.
pudding.cool/2026/02/happ...
pudding.cool/2026/02/happ...