Visual Data Journalist

Data Journalist

The Visual Data Journalist will work with The Ken s editors, reporters, engineers, and other team members to turn messy datasets into stories that people want to read and interact with.

About the role

You ll plan, design, and create interactive illustrations and data-driven artifacts that make complex information click for users. This means designing programmatic visualisations, building scrapers that pull useful signals from noise across the web, and analysing datasets to find angles nobody else has spotted. Your work will support both editorial projects and experimental initiatives, so you ll move fluidly between journalistic investigation and strategic undertakings.

You have top-notch technical acumen:

Strong programming skills Python, JavaScript, or similar

Experience with data visualisation libraries and frameworks

Proficiency in web scraping and API integration

Solid grasp of data analysis and manipulation

Comfortable working with databases and managing large datasets

You also have sharp editorial instincts:

Keen narrative intuition

The sense to identify compelling stories rooted in data

Clear communication skills to connect with technical and general audiences

Understanding of journalistic ethics and data privacy

Experience working in newsroom environments or similar cross-disciplinary, collaborative settings

What you re expected to do

Design and build interactive data visualisations and web-based artifacts

Develop data pipelines to collect information at scale

Analyse datasets to identify undiscovered patterns and insights

Collaborate with reporters and editors to enhance storytelling

Support business team initiatives with data-driven insights

Maintain and optimise data infrastructure for ongoing projects