Jeff Hargarten
Interactive Data Journalist
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJeff Hargarten is an Interactive Data Journalist in Minneapolis with 11 years of experience translating complex datasets into clear, impactful reporting and visualizations for the Star Tribune. He blends data analysis, coding and design to drive enterprise investigations into public safety, environment and elections, and has built internal mapping, charting and code-versioning infrastructure for newsroom use. His background spans hands-on reporting, long-form investigative work (including a nationwide veterans database project), web strategy and technical support, giving him a rare combination of newsroom instincts and engineering rigor. Comfortable from database compilation to front-end visuals, he focuses on creating accessible journalism that supports an informed public.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
AS, Computer Science, AS, Computer Science at North Hennepin Community CollegeStudy Abroad, Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis, A, Study Abroad, Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis, A at City University LondonUniversity of Minnesota Twin Cities
English
Github Skills (8)
data-driven7
aggregate6
statistics4
python4
visuals1
finance1
yeoman1
database1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
striblab/crimedash
Apr 2024 - Apr 2025
Contributions:151 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
jhargarten/standard_candles
Jan 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:101 PRs, 105 pushes, 2 branches in 7 months
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