James Thomas
Visual Editor, National
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Thomas is a visual editor and journalist with 14 years blending newsroom storytelling, design thinking, and software engineering to create interactive, data-driven stories. At The New York Times he transitioned from lead developer of projects like the Affordable Housing Finder and The Hunt quiz series to shaping the National desk’s visual output. His background spans web editing at the Detroit Free Press, a Knight-Wallace fellowship that combined CS and art/design, and early infographic work for national news services. Comfortable prototyping with code and collaborating with graphics teams, he excels at turning reporting needs into novel digital experiences that boost audience engagement. Based in New York, he brings a rare mix of hands-on engineering, visual journalism training, and practical newsroom judgment.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Newspaper Journalism, Newspaper Journalism at Florida A&M UniversityCollege Fellowship in Visual Journalism, College Fellowship in Visual Journalism at Poynter Institute
Github Skills (10)
audio8
data-journalism8
ffmpeg6
walkthrough5
nodejs5
media4
javascript3
journalism3
static-site-generator2
dashboard2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
parisminton/git-redact
Dec 2012 - Feb 2014
Contributions:52 commits in 1 year 2 months
parisminton/chuck.js
Dec 2011 - Feb 2012
Contributions:57 commits in 1 month
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