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    Principal Data Analyst - Washington, United States - U.S. News & World Report

    U.S. News & World Report
    U.S. News & World Report Washington, United States

    3 weeks ago

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    Description

    Your role

    in helping us shape the future:

    U.S. News & World Report is seeking an experienced data analyst with a background or interest in journalism to gather and analyze data for our Government Rankings projects and participate in the broader news workflow. This full-time position requires solid data analysis and research skills, experience reporting findings in an intuitive way for a public audience, and the ability to identify, evaluate and leverage third-party data sets.

    The position is based in Washington, D.C., but is open to remote applicants.

    Are you up to the challenge?

  • Collect, analyze, organize and manage data for our , and rankings projects, special reports and other editorial content.
  • Work in-house and with external data partners on all aspects of News/Government Rankings data projects (such as sourcing, methodology, weighting and/or validating the data).
  • Assist News/Government Rankings editors and reporters by performing data analysis to inform rankings-based and other editorial content and participating in feature ideation.
  • Serve as the USN data expert for News/Government Rankings, ensuring data used within rankings projects and editorial content meets and exceeds our standards.
  • Develop and document processes, tools and standards for analyzing and displaying data across the News/Government Rankings verticals.
  • Assist with creating data visualizations to enhance newsroom rankings projects, daily editorial content, feature/enterprise content and overall products.
  • Write occasional stories based on in-house data and external data from public sources.
  • Work with communications and social media teams to facilitate outreach and promotion, forming responses to reader feedback and other inquiries.
    • Position Requirements

    You should definitely have:

  • A bachelor's degree in journalism with a focus on data journalism, or an undergraduate degree in a quantitative major with experience calculating statistics and developing models (e.g. mathematics, data science, data analytics, computer science, physics, etc.) and an interest or experience in journalism. Equivalent work experience may be considered in lieu of an undergraduate degree.
  • Strong research, writing and analytical skills.
  • Experience collecting, analyzing, transforming, aggregating and summarizing data from multiple sources.
  • Experience using statistics, encompassing concepts such as normalization, margin of error and developing composite indicators, among others.
  • Expertise working with spreadsheets, including creating pivot tables and using advanced formulas.
  • 5+ years of professional news editing or reporting and writing experience, preferably in an online news environment.
  • Interest in public policy in the fields of health, economics, education and governance.
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
  • Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and meet strict deadlines.

    • It would be nice if you had:

  • Experience building interactive data visualizations using platforms such as Tableau or Flourish, or building tailor-made visualizations using HTML, CSS and JS.
  • Experience with data analysis software, particularly writing analytics code in Python using platforms such as Jupyter or Google Colab, and libraries such as Pandas – or similar technologies.
  • Familiarity with data formats beyond spreadsheets.
  • Familiarity with creating and querying (SQL) relational databases.
  • Familiarity with content management systems and web production.
  • Familiarity with survey design and sample size evaluation.

    • What it's like to work with us:

    Talent is our best asset We invest in people with passion and potential who understand U.S. News' dedication to our consumers. We offer:

  • An entrepreneurial, mission-driven culture with core values of quality and integrity.
  • A focus on fostering personal and professional growth.
  • Competitive benefits including paid vacation time, medical, tuition reimbursement and training.
  • A collaborative work environment – fun, diverse, inclusive and ambitious co-workers.
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