FT seeks data visualization reporter

Money-Media, a fast-growing division of the Financial Times, is an online media firm which provides news and intelligence for specialized businesses through their extensive suite of products.

The team is hiring for a data visualization reporter to cover the Property and Casualty and Health Insurance industry. This reporter will help shape the overall data visualization strategy for two well-respected publications.

The ideal candidate will be able to scrape, clean, analyze and otherwise wrangle data to write stories, produce interactive features and create compelling visualizations online and in print.

This person should be on the cutting edge of data journalism.

This reporter will be responsible for conceiving and executing long-term data analysis projects as well as helping other reporters to create data visualizations and use data properly in their work.

Candidates will need to interact with members of the financial community in different ways: as a reporter writing news, as a researcher obtaining data and as a coach helping other reporters.

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

• A keen interest in data-driven reporting, visual journalism and business news
• Experience planning and executing quantitative analyses, and using those results to create compelling stories and/or visualizations
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and other front-end web tools
• A solid understanding of data analysis tools such as Python
• Experience working as a journalist, preferably on a daily deadline
• A track record of working successfully as part of a team
• Strong ability to generate and pitch creative ideas
• A detail-oriented, inquisitive individual who works constantly to improve their skills