Rachael Dottle
Graphics Journalist at Bloomberg News
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolRachael Dottle is a graphics journalist and data visualization designer with a decade of experience turning urban and spatial data into clear, investigative storytelling for outlets including Bloomberg News, FiveThirtyEight, and ABC News. Trained in Quantitative Methods and Data Science at Columbia, she blends rigorous statistical thinking with cartographic craft—having geocoded historic addresses and produced maps for a Princeton University Press book. Her background spans newsroom graphics, public-sector transit analytics, and academic research consultancy, giving her a rare fluency in both rapid news graphics and long-form spatial analysis. Known for designing workshops and tools to democratize GIS and data skills, she pairs technical fluency in ArcGIS/QGIS and mapping workflows with a journalist’s instinct for narrative clarity.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Quantitative Methods for Social Science Research, Data Science, Quantitative Methods for Social Science Research, Data Science at Columbia University in the City of New YorkBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Urban Studies, Specialization in Sociology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Urban Studies, Specialization in Sociology at Barnard College
Github Skills (28)
transport7
overpass-api7
spatial-data7
networkx7
geography7
spatial6
public-transport6
gis6
spatial-analysis6
urban-planning5
geospatial5
geopandas5
python5
openstreetmap5
network-analysis4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
adottle/shiny-giggle
Oct 2017 - Sep 2022
Contributions:2 PRs, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 11 months
rdottle/rdottle.github.io
Aug 2017 - Jan 2024
Contributions:13 PRs, 150 pushes, 5 branches in 6 years 5 months
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