Madison Dong
Weather Graphics Multimedia Editor, Front-End
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMadison Dong is a journalist-turned designer-developer with 11 years of experience crafting data-driven visuals and interactive front-end experiences for top newsrooms, currently shaping weather graphics at The New York Times. Trained in journalism, computer science, and design at Northwestern, she blends narrative clarity with technical craft to turn complex datasets into accessible, engaging stories. Her career includes roles at Axios, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Texas Tribune, where she built newsroom tools and visual projects under tight editorial deadlines. Known for a hands-on, creative approach (and a poetic GitHub bio), she pairs rigorous engineering with a reporter’s instinct for audience impact.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Journalism, Computer Science, Design, Bachelor of Science - BS, Journalism, Computer Science, Design at Northwestern UniversityIllinois Mathematics and Science Academy
English
Github Skills (2)
planning7
visuals5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mfdong/mfdong.github.io
Aug 2019 - Dec 2024
Contributions:4 PRs, 18 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 5 months
mfdong/workshop
Apr 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:9 pushes, 8 branches in 1 day
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