Data Reporter, NBC News Digital

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The NBC News Data Graphics team is looking for a journalist to find and utilize data to find urgent, exclusive and distinct stories that will resonate across platforms. 

This journalist will work within the NBC News Digital newsroom to identify data sources that can help the audience understand a wide range of news, from major breaking events of national interest to deep and complex investigations. The person will find new data sources, interview experts, analyze the data and develop ways to tell the story visually.

This journalist should be curious and well versed on the news and have a keen understanding of how to play in the big storylines of the moment. The person should also be highly collaborative, partnering with reporters and editors in the digital newsroom as well as with stakeholders on the NBC News Decision Desk, product and engineering teams, the Art & Photo desk, the network-wide AI team and more.

Previous journalists in this role have created a metric for measuring how hard it is to buy a home, and pushed forward our newsgroup's reporting on AI.

This position is represented by the NY News Guild CBA.

What you’ll do:

• Work with journalists to learn about what projects are in development and finding data to complement and strengthen those projects
• Discover new datasets and reports from government agencies, academics and private organizations to utilize in our storytelling
• Convey complex information using clear and compelling charts, graphics and data visualizations.
• Pitch articles, visualizations and interactives based on data

• At least 1 year in a newsroom environment
• The ability to spot trends in data and the judgment to know why those trends matter to the news
• Strong familiarity with Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets
• Experience analyzing data using Python or R
• Experience scraping, cleaning and processing data – bonus for experience creating data pipelines
• Some experience building front-end web projects using HTML, CSS and Javascript.
• Experience and skill with news writing
• Experience with Git / Github
• Experience filing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests is a bonus

Additional Requirements:

• Hybrid: This position currently has a hybrid schedule, which requires contributing from the office a minimum of four days per week. The Company reserves the right to change in-office requirements at any time.

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website.

Salary range: $93,000- $115,000

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [email protected].