Lo Bénichou
Journalist And Developer at AFP
Paris, Ile-de-France
Summary
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Top SchoolLo Bénichou is a journalist-turned-developer with 12 years of experience building data-driven storytelling and newsroom tools across major outlets including AFP, The Washington Post, Mapbox, WIRED and CalMatters. Combining frontend engineering chops with reporting instincts, Lo designs interactive visualizations and experimental narratives that bridge editorial and product teams, having founded Mapbox’s Narratives Desk to embed creative data work into partnerships. At The Washington Post they explored emerging platforms like 5G and spatial computing for immersive reporting, and now apply that blend of technology and journalism at AFP in Paris. Fluent in translating newsroom needs into production-ready code, Lo’s background in political science and history informs a strong editorial sense for civic and public-interest projects. Notably, their career threads formal newsroom roles with product advocacy and developer enablement, making them as comfortable mentoring newsroom engineers as shipping user-facing interactions.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Political Science/History, International Relations and Affairs, Political Science/History, International Relations and Affairs at University of California, Berkeley
English, French
Github Skills (90)
tabletop9
mapbox-gl-js9
sublime9
maps8
easing8
sublime-text8
ckeditor8
tiles8
addon8
appearance8
messaging7
mapbox-gl7
geojson7
chat7
spatial7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
lobenichou/the-litography-project-blog
Mar 2014 - May 2014
Contributions:179 commits in 1 month
lobenichou/cluster-properties-mbx
Apr 2019 - Oct 2022
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 3 years 6 months
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