John Burn-murdoch
Columnist at Financial Times
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Burn‑Murdoch is a data journalist and columnist with 11 years’ experience crafting high-impact, data-driven stories and visualizations for the Financial Times and other leading UK news organisations. He blends newsroom storytelling with technical skills in web scraping, data cleaning, statistical methods and digital cartography, and has worked alongside developers and designers to deliver interactive projects under tight deadlines. A seasoned presenter and educator, he has taught postgraduate data journalism and regularly speaks on data protection, big data and investigative techniques. His background in geography and an MSc in Data Science give him a unique spatial and analytical lens for interpreting complex datasets, often revealing policy-relevant insights that aren’t obvious at first glance.
11 years of coding experience
Master of Science (MSc) Data Science, Master of Science (MSc) Data Science at University of DundeeBSc Geography, BSc Geography at Durham UniversityMA Interactive Journalism, MA Interactive Journalism at City St George’s, University of London
French
Github Skills (16)
git10
github10
graphic9
data-journalism8
vocabulary8
d3-geo6
data-visualization4
journalism4
datasets4
polling3
vega2
charts2
accessibility1
geo1
visualization1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
johnburnmurdoch/johnburnmurdoch.github.io
Nov 2014 - Oct 2022
Contributions:394 commits, 290 pushes, 2 comments in 7 years 11 months
ft-interactive/baseline
May 2017 - Nov 2018
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
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