John Hancock
Tech Lead, Newsroom Development Team at Boston Globe Media
Dallas, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Hancock is a tech lead specializing in newsroom development with 11 years of experience building interactive presentations and data visualizations for investigative and narrative journalism. Currently leading the Newsroom Development Team at The Boston Globe, he combines hands-on front-end craft with newsroom collaboration to turn complex reporting into engaging, responsive web experiences. His background spans editorial design to engineering—rising from graphic designer roles to lead computational journalism teams—giving him a rare blend of visual storytelling and technical leadership. He has a track record of partnering closely with reporters and editors to shape data-driven stories and bespoke newsroom apps. Based in Dallas, he brings a practical newsroom-first perspective to product and tooling decisions that prioritize clarity, accessibility, and storytelling impact.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts, Journaliism, Bachelor of Arts, Journaliism at The University of Texas at Austin
English
Github Skills (17)
height10
yeoman10
width10
iframe9
yeoman-generator7
dmn7
turfjs5
react3
nodejs3
mapbox-gl2
snow2
administration2
google-maps2
gulp1
displays1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
DallasMorningNews/need2know
May 2016 - May 2018
Contributions:18 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
DallasMorningNews/template
Aug 2014 - May 2015
Contributions:29 commits, 7 pushes in 8 months
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