Kazuki Ogiwara
准教授 at 専修大学
Tokyo, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolKazuki Ogiwara is a data journalist and visualization designer based in Tokyo who blends 15 years of newsroom experience with academic rigor as an associate professor at Senshu University. He founded Data Graphics Inc. after driving innovation at SmartNews and Google News Lab and producing award‑winning reporting-graphics at Toyo Keizai, including a Good Design Award. Trained in human sciences (Tsukuba) and design/digital media (Edinburgh), he focuses on making complex datasets legible and actionable for newsrooms worldwide. His hands-on work spans front-end implementation—evident in a COVID‑19 visualization project where he led UI and JavaScript improvements—to tooling and pedagogy, and he is the author of Data Thinking: An Introduction. Colleagues know him for marrying meticulous data plumbing with narrative design, and for launching practical products that lower the barrier for journalists to produce high-quality data stories.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Design and Digital Media, Master of Science (MSc), Design and Digital Media at The University of EdinburghBachelor's degree, Human Sciences, Bachelor's degree, Human Sciences at University of Tsukuba
Github Skills (5)
html10
javascript10
front-end-development10
css9
chartjs8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
kaz-ogiwara/covid19
Feb 2020 - Jan 2021
新型コロナウイルス感染症（COVID-19）の国内における状況を厚生労働省の報道発表資料からビジュアルにまとめた。
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:599 commits, 30 PRs, 590 pushes in 11 months
Contributions summary:Kazuki's commits primarily involve modifications to JavaScript and HTML files, indicative of front-end development. They added source files, fixed date formats, and modified the `js/script.min.js` and `js/script.js` files. The changes also included modifications to the index.html and css/style.min.css files, which suggest the user worked on the UI of the project. These changes indicate a focus on user interface implementation and responsiveness.
kaz-ogiwara/kaz-ogiwara.github.io
Jul 2016 - Oct 2022
Contributions:152 commits, 195 pushes, 3 branches in 6 years 3 months
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