Ændra Rininsland
Senior Developer, Data Journalism Development
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolÆndra Rininsland is a senior developer specializing in data journalism and interactive graphics with 13 years of experience building newsroom tools and visual stories, currently at the Financial Times. They create production systems such as the "News" feed and an XBlock screenshot labelling service, and run a boutique JAMstack and data-visualisation agency that mentors apprentices. Ændra contributes to notable open-source projects—improving the C3 charting library and enhancing a higher-level GitHub API wrapper with testing and linting—bringing front-end polish and full-stack pragmatism. Comfortable across CMS, mapping, scraping and build tooling, they blend product-focused engineering with a journalist’s attention to clarity and data. Based in London, they pair an MA in Interactive Journalism with hands-on newsroom experience, often doing pro bono local civic tech work.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts, Interactive Journalism, Graduated with merit, Master of Arts, Interactive Journalism, Graduated with merit at City University (GB)BA, Communication Studies, BA, Communication Studies at University of Calgary
English, French
Github Skills (20)
data-visualizations10
javascript10
charts10
testing10
css10
sass10
data-visualisation10
charting10
github-api10
data-visualization10
d3js10
api-design9
gruntjs9
graph9
svg9
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
github-tools/github
Mar 2015 - Nov 2015
A higher-level wrapper around the Github API. Intended for the browser.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:39 commits, 89 PRs, 76 pushes in 7 months
Contributions summary:Ændra primarily focused on enhancing the functionality and quality of the `github-tools/github` repository. They implemented a `getCommit` method and tests, which involved modifications to the core JavaScript code and related testing files. The user also integrated linting and added a `.jshintrc` file to maintain code quality standards. Furthermore, they addressed merge conflicts and fixed licensing issues, contributing to the project's overall maintainability.
apibrowserjavascriptnodejstypescript
c3js/c3
Dec 2014 - Jul 2017
:bar_chart: A D3-based reusable chart library
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:32 commits, 50 PRs, 55 pushes in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Ændra primarily focused on improving the C3.js library's front-end aspects. Their contributions involved implementing new features by adding and modifying existing code. The user also updated the build process by integrating new tools and improving the code quality and consistency. These changes include refactoring code and modifying styles to improve the overall user experience.
visualizationchartsreactchartsvg
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