Alvin Chang
Assistant Professor at Freelance
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolAlvin Chang is a data and visual journalist and assistant professor at The New School with 11 years of experience turning complex reporting into clear, interactive stories. He has led visuals and data teams at major newsrooms including The Guardian US and Vox, and has produced end-to-end projects—reporting, coding, designing, and editing—for outlets from the Wall Street Journal to the Boston Globe. He specializes in data journalism, interactive storytelling, and video explainers, and is known for blending comics and visual narratives with rigorous analysis. As an educator he trains the next generation of data storytellers while continuing freelance work and editorial consulting. Raised in Kansas to Korean immigrant parents and holding an ITP master’s from NYU, he brings a practiced mix of technical craft, newsroom leadership, and cultural perspective to his work.
11 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Interactive Telecommunications Program, Master's degree, Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University
Github Skills (2)
docker8
frontend7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
the-pudding/yard-sale
Sep 2022 - Mar 2025
Contributions:38 pushes, 6 issues in 2 years 6 months
the-pudding/happy-days
Aug 2023 - Sep 2023
Contributions:40 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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