Michael Corey
Geospatial, Technology And Data Lead Associate Director
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Corey is a geospatial technology and data leader with 14 years of experience applying GIS, cartography, and data journalism to public-history and equity-focused projects. As Associate Director at Mapping Prejudice and a former senior editor/developer at Reveal and the Star Tribune, he builds production data pipelines, PostGIS-backed mapping platforms, and Python/Django tooling that power investigative reporting and public-facing trackers. He bridges technical implementation and storytelling—mentoring teams, coordinating cross-organizational partnerships, and translating archival research (including racial covenant mapping) into interactive, auditable maps. Based in Saint Paul, he combines open-source geo expertise and newsroom rigor to make messy government and historical data usable for reporters, policymakers, and the public.
15 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Heritage Studies and Public History, Master's degree, Heritage Studies and Public History at University of MinnesotaNews Internet Journalism, Journalism, Religion, Politics, Art History, News Internet Journalism, Journalism, Religion, Politics, Art History at Drake University
Github Skills (72)
octave10
health10
rendering9
midi9
cartography8
crf8
parserator8
gis8
time-series8
address-parser8
mapnik8
3d7
visuals7
google-sheets7
bulk-loader7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
cirlabs/django-boundaryservice
Apr 2014 - Sep 2015
Contributions:13 commits, 2 pushes in 1 year 4 months
apipythonboundaryboundary-datarestful
UMNLibraries/racial_covenants_processor
Aug 2023 - Jun 2026
The Deed Machine, from Mapping Prejudice
Contributions:1 PR, 182 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 10 months
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