74: What It's Like Being a Data Journalist — Featuring Danielle Alberti
Data Viz Today · Alli Torban
June 30, 202246m 48s
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Show Notes
Today, we have Danielle Alberti on the show to share a behind-the-scenes look at how to become and be a data journalist! She's the editor of the data visualization team at Axios and shares:
- What's a typical day as a data journalist
- Which skills are important
- What she looks for in a resume and portfolio when hiring for a data journalist position
- What she would do differently if she were starting her data journalist career over again
This interview with Danielle was the special opening segment to the Elevate Learning Community conference — you can watch the whole conference with thoughtful talks about information design here: https://elevatedataviz.com/live
Full shownotes: https://dataviztoday.com/shownotes/74