Alex Newman
Data Visualization Team Lead
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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RockstarAlex Newman is a data visualization team lead based in New York with a decade-plus career translating complex data into clear, engaging journalism across top newsrooms. Currently leading visual teams at Bloomberg News, he previously shaped interactives and graphics at CNN, FiveThirtyEight, The Wall Street Journal, Al Jazeera America and PRI, blending editorial judgment with technical execution. He’s equally comfortable managing hiring and budgets as he is prototyping interactive storytelling—having overseen app launches, award-winning designs, and novel experiments like data sonification and game-like interfaces. Colleagues rely on him to bridge newsroom constraints and developer workflows, turning audit findings into streamlined products and sustainable publishing practices. His background teaching digital journalism and hands-on production gives him a practical, mentorship-first leadership style that speeds team skill growth. Notable but less obvious: he pairs newsroom strategy with product-minded audits that drive measurable changes in newsletters, brand structure, and audience research.
4 years of coding experience
Github Skills (2)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (1)
fivethirtyeight/data
Sep 2022 - Oct 2022
Data and code behind the articles and graphics at FiveThirtyEight
Contributions:15 commits, 7 pushes in 1 month
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