Data Journalist Job at Norstella

Norstella is hiring for the Role of Data Journalist!

Responsibilities of the Candidate:

• Use Norstella databases and other  data sources to create data-driven stories and brainstorm ideas on their development and visualisation 
• Create compelling data visualisations and find patterns in data
• Identify opportunities for sharing data and tools
• Assess leads and pitch captivating story ideas to editors
• Work well independently or in a team
• Explore opportunities for using AI in content creation Requirements
• Present data insightfully and with context to other team members and management
• Prioritise and multitask to meet deadlines
• Write detailed articles presenting your data analysis
• Visually depict complex ideas clearly, accurately and creatively
• Possess excellent organisational skills and work well in a team
• Possess exceptional writing and research skills
• Use statistical tools and graphics packages to present data stories to a wider audience, including those with a non-statistical background
• Collaborate with the editorial team to provide data and support data analysis for the creation of editorial content
• Process, clean and verify the integrity of data used for analysis and editorial content
• Work independently on longer-term data reports/analysis/projects
• Develop interactive data/graphics around key subjects
• Produce data-rich content
• Produce trend analyses using data
• Identify and integrate new data tools, methods, techniques into editorial content
• Extensive experience with modelling statistical relationships and predictive analytics, using both regression-based and machine-learning methods
• Use statistical tools to identify statistical trends and present results in a clear manner

Requirements:

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, maths, statistics or a related field
• At least five years of experience in journalism, corporate data science or academic social or natural science
• Excellent knowledge of programming languages, such as R or Python
• Advanced MS suite skills, particularly Excel
• Ability to work with data visualisation tools
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills