Nael Shiab
Senior Data Producer, Interactives And Visualizations
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolNael Shiab is a senior data producer specializing in interactives and visualizations at CBC/Radio-Canada with 11 years of experience blending journalism and software. Trained in investigative reporting, he moved from videojournalism into data-driven storytelling, building award-worthy news interactives and teaching a university course on data journalism. He maintains practical open-source resources like simple-data-analysis and the Code Like a Journalist guide, reflecting a focus on reproducible, accessible workflows for reporters. Based in Montreal, he brings a rare combination of newsroom instincts, coding fluency, and pedagogy that helps newsrooms turn complex datasets into clear, engaging stories.
11 years of coding experience
Master of journalism, Investigative reporting, Master of journalism, Investigative reporting at University of King's CollegeBaccalauréat en communication, Journalisme, Baccalauréat en communication, Journalisme at Université du Québec à Montréal
French, English
Github Skills (74)
duckdb10
bundler10
spatial10
jsx10
deno10
javascript10
bun10
sql10
data-visualization10
rust10
executable10
data-science10
typescript10
nodejs10
data-analysis10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
nshiab/simple-data-analysis-flow
Aug 2022 - Oct 2022
This node-based editor allows using the open source library simple-data-analysis.js without code.
Contributions:2 releases, 69 commits, 22 PRs in 2 months
data-analysisjavascriptdataflow-programmingeditorflow-based-programming
nshiab/simple-data-analysis
Apr 2022 - Jan 2023
Easy-to-use and high-performance JavaScript library for data analysis. Works with tabular and geospatial data.
Contributions:119 releases, 77 reviews, 420 commits in 8 months
data-analysisjavascript-librarydatadata-sciencejavascript
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