Jon Keegan
Adjunct Assistant Professor at Beautiful Public Data
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolJon Keegan is a data journalist and technology reporter in the NYC area who blends investigative reporting with design-driven data visualization, currently covering AI and Big Tech for Sherwood News and teaching data visualization at Columbia Journalism School. With 13 years of experience across The Markup, Tow Center, and a long tenure at The Wall Street Journal, he led interactive graphics teams and created cultural-impact pieces like the "Blue Feed, Red Feed" that made filter bubbles visible to mainstream audiences. He runs the newsletter Beautiful Public Data, curating visually striking government datasets and signaling a persistent interest in making public data accessible and beautiful. Jon’s background as an illustrator and interactive designer gives him a rare mix of storytelling, code, and craft that informs both newsroom tools and investigative projects. He frequently operates at the intersection of design, journalism, and research, translating complex data into clear, societally relevant narratives.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BFA Illustration, BFA Illustration at Syracuse University
Stackoverflow
145reputation
11kreached
1answer
4questions
Github Skills (35)
data-journalism8
california7
iframe6
php6
css6
bitmap6
django6
canvas6
facebook6
colors6
tabletop5
facebook-graph-api5
python5
accessibility5
graphic4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jonkeegan/cassini-tools
Nov 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:14 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
jonkeegan/command-line-graphics
Mar 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:8 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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