Jelle Schutter is a data journalist with eight years of experience blending software development and data science to tell impactful stories, currently reporting at watson News after progressing from data analyst to data journalist. Trained in applied data science at FHNW and with a background in web development at BlueMouse, he bridges technical implementation and newsroom storytelling—moving from building web apps to producing data-driven journalism. His internship in ABB’s data science team and steady rise within watson show a knack for turning complex datasets into clear narratives and interactive visualizations. Based in Wettingen, Switzerland, he combines practical coding chops with journalistic curiosity, often bringing a developer’s rigor to editorial problems. An implicit strength is his versatility: comfortable shipping production code, analyzing data pipelines, and crafting stories that engage a broad audience.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BSc, Data Science, Bachelor of Science - BSc, Data Science at University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW
Informatiker EFZ (Applikationsentwicklung), Informatiker EFZ (Applikationsentwicklung) at Kantonsschule Baden (Informatikmittelschule)
Example for a frontend SPA using Vue for the redaxo "headless" addon.
Contributions:29 commits, 18 PRs, 48 pushes in 7 months
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