Misato Nakayama
Data Journalist
Tokyo, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolMisato Nakayama is a data journalist based in Tokyo with three years of focused experience translating complex datasets into investigative stories and visual narratives. A Stanford-trained Fulbright scholar in data journalism, she has worked with newsrooms and organizations—including The Asahi Shimbun, Google Trends, Reuters/Big Local News and Nikkei—to surface trends in politics, climate and labor markets. She combines traditional reporting and interviewing with hands-on data curation, analysis and daily trend newsletters, making technical insights accessible to broad audiences. Her background in economic and international studies and earlier investigative work at Kroll give her reporting a discipline for verification and a knack for finding policy-relevant angles that others miss.
3 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Economic/International Studies (Double majors), Bachelor's degree, Economic/International Studies (Double majors) at Washington CollegeMaster of Arts - MA, Journalism (Data), Master of Arts - MA, Journalism (Data) at Stanford University
Japanese, Chinese, インドネシア語
Github Skills (1)
database6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
MisatoNakayama/go-big-with-github-action-nicar
Mar 2025 - Mar 2025
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
MisatoNakayama/my-first-visual-story
Mar 2024 - Mar 2024
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
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