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Sophie Warnes CV

Senior Data journalist

Profile

I’m a passionate senior data journalist with broad experience working for national newspapers, and broadcasters.

I produce a weekly newsletter about data journalism and data visualisation called Fair Warning, and in the last year I have also developed my public speaking skills, talking about data journalism as a field and helping others learn key skills.

Professional Experience

Office for National Statistics

Senior Data Journalist

I work in a team of journalists, designers and data visualisation specialists, collaborating with statisticians to produce stories for the public. I co-run the data journalism team of four and am responsible for ensuring that our output meets the highest standards. Key achievements: I’m responsible for many ‘firsts’ in our team: I managed a project creating a prototype Alexa Skill for ONS; I worked with the Data Science Campus to help them visualise their data on green streets in the UK; I led a project developing the ONS’s first chatbot.

Ampp3d/The Mirror

Data Journalist

Ampp3d was the Mirror.co.uk’s data-driven journalism microsite, and I was one of the lead writers. I wrote about things like benefit sanctions, housing benefit, and cats. Key achievements: I was the first member of the team to get an exclusive for the paper, and was involved in several collaborative stories involving data skills as well as traditional investigative journalism skills.

Multiple organisations

Freelance Journalist

When in-between roles, I worked freelance for various organisations including: ITV News, The Wellcome Trust, NCVO, The Guardian, The Week.

Skills

R
Python
Adobe Creative Suite
SQL
QGIS
Tableau
Open Refine