Mitchell Thorson
Lead Data Visualization Engineer
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMitchell Thorson is a Lead Data Visualization Engineer with 11 years of experience translating complex data into engaging, award-winning interactive visuals and web applications. At The Urban Institute he turns policy research into public-facing stories, tools, charts and maps, and previously spent nine years driving graphics and tooling at USA TODAY where he built scrapers, maps, component-based visuals, and maintained the team’s front-end and back-end infrastructure. He blends JavaScript (including Svelte), Python, R, GIS, information design and cloud deployment skills to own projects end-to-end—from data pipeline and analysis to design and production. A former instructor in Columbia’s Lede Program, he pairs newsroom collaboration with engineering rigor, ensuring visual journalism is both accurate and scalable. Colleagues rely on him not just for polished graphics but for the behind-the-scenes developer tools and workflows that keep teams publishing under deadline.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Art and Visual Technology - Graphic Design, BA, Art and Visual Technology - Graphic Design at George Mason University
Github Skills (8)
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mitchthorson/mitchthorson.github.io
Jan 2015 - Nov 2023
Simple little homepage
Contributions:2 PRs, 20 pushes, 4 branches in 9 years
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mitchthorson/congress-legislators
Jan 2017 - Nov 2023
Contributions:2 pushes in 6 years 11 months
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