Emma Lewis
Senior Newsroom Developer at Financial Times
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolEmma Lewis is a Senior Newsroom Developer with 11 years of front-end experience, currently building interactive data visualisations and graphics at the Financial Times. She specialises in HTML, CSS and JavaScript, with a particular affinity for D3.js, canvas work, social media APIs and experimental physical tech. Her background spans newsroom engineering, local government and agency freelance roles, giving her a knack for translating complex data and current-affairs narratives into clear, responsive visual stories. Emma pairs rigorous technical training (MEng Cambridge, MSc Edinburgh) with a creative impulse to combine technology with fiction, music, sport and maths—often prototyping unusual integrations like IoT-driven visual projects. Quick to learn new languages and libraries, she’s the go-to developer for ambitious, media-rich storytelling projects.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Design and Digital Media, Distinction, AHRC Scholar, MSc, Design and Digital Media, Distinction, AHRC Scholar at The University of EdinburghGCSEs, GCSEs at Idsall School, ShifnalMEng, Information and Computer Engineering, Distinction, 1912 Scholar, MEng, Information and Computer Engineering, Distinction, 1912 Scholar at University of CambridgeA Levels, A Levels at New College, Telford
English, Japanese
Github Skills (72)
calculator9
sass9
knockoutjs9
mhealth9
wordpress-api8
javascript8
starter-kit8
frontend8
user-interface8
appointment8
wordpress-plugin8
layout8
reservation-system8
wordpress7
wordpress-admin7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ft-interactive/business-book-award
Apr 2022 - Mar 2024
Microsite: FT Business book of the year.
Contributions:14 reviews, 14 PRs, 24 pushes in 1 year 10 months
microsite
CodeForAfrica/FlowMaps
Oct 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:1 release, 9 commits, 8 pushes in 17 days
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