Corin Faife
Data Journalist
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCorin Faife is a data journalist and senior technology reporter with a decade of experience covering cybersecurity, privacy, and surveillance from New York. Having reported for The Verge, The Markup, AFP and major outlets like The Guardian and VICE, Corin blends investigative reporting with data-driven analysis to expose how technology shapes public life. Their background includes civic innovation work at Cornell Tech and program coordination on emerging threats, reflecting a mix of newsroom rigor and policy-minded research. Comfortable with freelance beats and collaborative investigations, Corin brings both narrative clarity and technical curiosity to stories about platforms, power, and digital rights. An MA in World Cities & Urban Life and a BA in French and Politics inform a global, interdisciplinary perspective often visible in their reporting.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts (M.A.), World Cities & Urban Life, Master of Arts (M.A.), World Cities & Urban Life at Goldsmiths College, U. of LondonBachelor of Arts (B.A.), French and Politics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), French and Politics at University of Nottingham
French
Github Skills (5)
vera7
ios4
android4
datasets3
adobe-illustrator2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
corintxt/incarceration-interactive
Mar 2019 - Mar 2021
Interactive exploration of incarceration data provided by the Vera Institute
Contributions:22 PRs, 52 pushes, 9 branches in 2 years
veraincarcerationinstitute
corintxt/corinfaife-co
Jul 2023 - Mar 2026
Contributions:100 pushes in 2 years 8 months
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