Linda Gorman
Interactive News Developer at The Associated Press
Greater Boston United States
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Top SchoolLinda Gorman is an Interactive News Developer based in Greater Boston with 12 years of experience building data-driven web experiences for journalism and mapping platforms. She combines a journalism and information management background with an MS in Computer Science to craft engaging interactive stories and visualizations at The Associated Press and previously supported Esri’s StoryMaps. Comfortable across backend and frontend stacks, she’s contributed to open-source PHP tooling (enhancing Timber’s post/comment APIs and tests) and has hands-on experience with Python, Flask, React, and mapping/visualization tooling. Colleagues rely on her ability to bridge editorial needs and engineering constraints, turning complex datasets into clear, usable interfaces. A detail that sets her apart: she blends newsroom sensibilities with solid software engineering, having taught introductory and OOP Python while shipping production sites for institutions like MIT and NEJM Catalyst.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Magazine Journalism; Information Mgmt. and Technology, Bachelor of Science (BS), Magazine Journalism; Information Mgmt. and Technology at Syracuse UniversityThe University of UtahKansai Gaidai UniversityCertificate, Computer Science, Certificate, Computer Science at Boston University - Metropolitan CollegeMount Pleasant High School
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Github Skills (5)
wordpress10
php10
twig10
timber10
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
timber/timber
Oct 2015 - Sep 2016
Create WordPress themes with beautiful OOP code and the Twig Template Engine
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:83 commits, 33 PRs, 40 pushes in 11 months
Contributions summary:Linda primarily contributed to the Timber library, a PHP library for creating WordPress themes. They added new methods to the post and comment objects, enhancing the functionality available to developers within their Twig templates. The user also implemented a list filter and tests and refined existing code related to pagination and comment moderation. The user's work focused on extending the core features of the Timber library.
template-enginetwigwordpressphptimber
SyracuseNewhouse/icc505-F13
Nov 2013 - Dec 2013
Contributions:57 commits in 19 days
fallinteractivescomputer-visionpanicc
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