David Montgomery
Senior Data Journalist
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Montgomery is a senior data journalist with 11 years of experience blending rigorous reporting, data analysis and programming to explain politics, urban affairs, public health and the economy. Fluent in R and experienced with GIS and Illustrator, he builds reproducible workflows and R packages to automate analysis and deliver clear visual storytelling from large surveys and complex datasets. At YouGov he analyzes American public opinion and streamlines newsroom tools, and his work at MPR, the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and CityLab demonstrates a track record of turning technical analysis into accessible journalism. He also produces The Siècle podcast, a long-running history project with over half a million downloads, showing a knack for deep research and narrative across formats. Colleagues rely on him not just for charts and code but for creative ways to frame data-driven stories that resonate with busy audiences.
10 years of coding experience
B.A., Political Science, B.A., Political Science at Grinnell CollegeHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Oak Lawn Community High School
English, French
Stackoverflow
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630reached
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Github Skills (67)
bitly10
data-journalism9
tinyurl9
lumen-framework9
graph9
methodology8
yourls8
php8
url-shortener8
shorturl8
r7
r-package7
ggplot6
spatial5
image-processing5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
dhmontgomery/nicar20
Mar 2020 - Jan 2021
Contributions:6 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
dhmontgomery/personal-work
Dec 2015 - Jun 2022
Contributions:120 commits, 1 PR, 116 pushes in 6 years 7 months
personal-projects
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