Data Reporter, Education

Hearst • San Antonio, TX

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The San Antonio Express-News seeks a data reporter to produce high-impact data stories that help readers understand and explore how schools and other public institutions shape their daily lives. This position is part of our data visualization team, which produces quick-turn, graphics-focused stories, interactive projects and data-driven deep dives for the San Antonio Express-News and the Austin American-Statesman. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with reporters and editors across the San Antonio newsroom — particularly on the education beat — to find original angles and deliver high-impact journalism that readers can’t get anywhere else. We’re seeking a self-starter with high standards who can collaborate well, has excellent communication skills, and is comfortable providing and taking feedback. We want a teammate who aspires to be a key player in an exciting, modern news operation that values a smart, local readership and aims to take risks in how we report and present journalism online.

Requirements

• Experience working collaboratively in a deadline-driven newsroom environment.
• Experience as a data journalist in a modern newsroom or similar environment.
• Ability to self-manage and handle multiple projects concurrently.
• Command of Excel and Google Sheets.
• Comfort with Python, R or similar tools to clean, analyze and present data.
• Comfort with data visualization tools such as Datawrapper or Adobe Illustrator/ai2html.
• Working knowledge of Git and Github.
• Desire and ability to learn on the job.

Nice To Haves

• Mapping tools such as ArcGIS or QGIS.
• APIs and web-scraping tools.
• Federal and Texas open-records law.

Responsibilities

• Write audience-focused stories and build data visualizations.
• Analyze, interpret and visualize large public datasets to produce compelling graphics- and data-driven stories.
• Collaborate with beat reporters and editors to identify opportunities where data can strengthen coverage.
• Help raise data literacy across the newsroom by documenting work, sharing methods and occasionally leading trainings.
• Write and document reproducible, bulletproof code for data analysis.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees