Alex Richards
Assistant Professor at S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University
City of Syracuse, New York, United States
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Top SchoolAlex Richards is an associate professor at Syracuse University's Newhouse School who brings 11 years of investigative and data-journalism experience from top newsrooms and startups. He transitioned from roles at NerdWallet—where he led investigative reporting and later edited home coverage—to teaching and developing data-driven reporting curricula at Syracuse. Previously a data reporter and editor for the Chicago Tribune, The Chronicle of Higher Education and the Las Vegas Sun, he also ran nationwide training as training director for Investigative Reporters & Editors. Known for turning complex public-data projects into clear, accountable stories, he combines newsroom rigor with hands-on instruction and curriculum design. Based in Syracuse with an MA in Journalism from the University of Missouri, he blends academic scholarship with practical newsroom leadership.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
University of Missouri
Github Skills (14)
python-scripts9
camp8
python7
editors6
monitor6
r-package3
census3
orleans2
tidy2
missing-data2
tidymodels1
scraper1
dplyr1
tidyverse1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ireapps/coding-for-journalists
May 2015 - May 2016
A repo to support IRE's multi-day Python bootcamp for journalists
Contributions:39 commits, 3 PRs, 39 pushes in 11 months
pythonjournalistspython-bootcampdaypython-script
richardsalex/ire18-python2
Jun 2017 - May 2018
Contributions:11 commits, 2 PRs, 10 pushes in 10 months
pythonpython3python-2
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