Andrew Calderón
Product Design & Tech Lead at News Futures
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolAndrew Calderón is a product design and technology lead who blends eight years of computational journalism, data storytelling, and UX-driven product management to build public-facing tools and design systems that amplify collaborative reporting. Based in New York, he has led data and AI-infused projects at The Marshall Project and now stewards product strategy and technical infrastructure at Journalism + Design, translating newsroom workflows into reusable systems. He teaches and advises at CUNY and Columbia, bringing classroom-tested approaches to co-design with communities affected by systems like criminal justice. Trained in data journalism and AI at Columbia and Caltech, Andrew pairs rigorous technical literacy with a background in philosophy and storytelling, which helps him surface ethical risks and practical solutions in emerging-tech projects. An often-overlooked strength is his long history as a writer and editor, which informs his ability to shape clear product narratives and persuasive stakeholder communications.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Arts Endorsed High School Diploma Theatre, Arts Endorsed High School Diploma Theatre at Frank Sinatra School of Performing ArtsCertificate Newsroom Automation and Artificial Intelligence Tools, Certificate Newsroom Automation and Artificial Intelligence Tools at Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.) Philosophy and Religious Studies, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Philosophy and Religious Studies at Lawrence UniversityCalifornia Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science - MS Data Journalism, Master of Science - MS Data Journalism at Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism
English, Spanish, French, Chinese
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Github Skills (12)
crossword8
wikidata7
java7
reconciliation7
data-wrangling7
journalism5
data-analysis5
python5
data-science5
wikimedia5
data-manipulation3
openrefine3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
AndrewRCalderon/andrewrcalderon.github.io
Feb 2018 - Nov 2023
My journalism portfolio
Contributions:2 PRs, 174 pushes, 9 branches in 5 years 9 months
journalism
themarshallproject/dhs_immigration_detention
Sep 2019 - Sep 2019
Contributions:12 commits in 5 days
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