Alec Glassford
Senior Engineer, News Apps And Product at ProPublica
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlec Glassford is a senior engineer specializing in news applications and product development with 11 years of experience blending journalism and software engineering. He builds data-driven reporting tools and production workflows—turning messy government documents and large datasets into human-friendly interfaces—work exemplified by his past Nonprofit Explorer contributions. Alec pairs a CS background with an MA in Journalism, giving him fluency in both technical implementation and editorial storytelling. He’s worked across newsroom and tech environments at ProPublica and Google, and has taught data visualization, produced narrative radio, and shipped backend and front-end features in clinical and nonprofit contexts. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex data into clear, publishable narratives and resilient pipelines.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Lakeside SchoolMaster of Arts - MA Journalism, Master of Arts - MA Journalism at Stanford University
English, Italian, Chinese, Latin
Github Skills (153)
google-cloud-platform10
python10
testing10
vertex10
gcp10
google-cloud10
javascript10
google-cloud-run10
webapp10
html10
compiler10
angular10
typescript10
vue10
svelte10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
alecglassford/portfolio
Feb 2017 - Nov 2024
My portfolio/homepage
Contributions:4 PRs, 16 pushes, 8 branches in 7 years 10 months
alecglassford/guides
Jan 2017 - Apr 2022
ProPublica's News App and Data Style Guides
Contributions:2 PRs, 5 branches in 5 years 3 months
newsstyle-guidesnews-apppropublica
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