Rob Barry
Director Of Data Journalism
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRob Barry is the Director of Data Journalism at The Wall Street Journal, where he leads a team building AI tools for investigative reporting and enterprise projects. With 11+ years at the Journal and prior investigative and database-editing roles at the Miami Herald, he combines rigorous data analysis with newsroom storytelling to surface high-impact public-interest reporting. He started his career creating web-based newsroom applications and continues to bridge technical tooling and editorial workflows to speed evidence-backed journalism. Trained in both mathematics and English, Rob blends quantitative rigor with narrative clarity, making complex datasets understandable and actionable. Colleagues describe him as a hands-on leader who mentors reporters in coding and data methods while driving product-oriented solutions that scale across the newsroom.
11 years of coding experience
B.S., Mathematics and English, B.S., Mathematics and English at University of Miami
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (30)
console9
binding8
command-line8
windows8
chat7
address-parser7
cmd7
richtextbox6
python-bindings6
autosize6
winforms6
linux6
jquery6
python6
normalization6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
wsjdata/wsjdata.github.io
May 2015 - Sep 2018
Contributions:23 commits, 27 pushes in 3 years 4 months
jekyll-blogjekylljekyll-thememinutes
robbarry/r-lib
Jun 2015 - Jun 2020
Contributions:17 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 1 month
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