Simon Schuster
Capitol Reporter at The Center For Michigan | Bridge Michigan | BridgeDetroit
Lansing, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Schuster is a Capitol reporter based in Lansing with 12 years of experience decoding politics, policy and campaigns for state and national audiences. He blends investigative rigor and quantitative curiosity—evident from a Data Driven Detroit internship and rebuilding backend integrations on the popular open-source newsboat RSS reader—to surface actionable stories from messy data. Simon has led reporting teams and nonprofits, served as executive director of a campaign finance watchdog, and covered high-stakes events from Flint’s water crisis to presidential rallies. Comfortable in the newsroom, on the campaign trail, and the boardroom, he specializes in finding unexpected angles and telling complex stories with clarity.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Public Policy, Master of Public Policy at Michigan State University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (7)
json10
c-language10
rust10
cprogramming-language10
libcurl10
api9
apim9
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
newsboat/newsboat
Jul 2017 - Jul 2021
An RSS/Atom feed reader for text terminals
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 19 commits, 9 PRs in 4 years
Contributions summary:Simon primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the newsboat RSS/Atom feed reader, focusing on improving its stability and features. Their work included addressing cookie handling issues, fixing errors in configuration, and optimizing the TTRSS API integration. Furthermore, they refactored the TTRSS backend to utilize more modern libraries and improve code readability. These changes suggest a focus on enhancing the application's efficiency, error handling, and integration capabilities.
giftrssrss-feed-readerrss-readerterminals
Rachus/SDS200A
Mar 2014 - Jan 2016
Contributions:12 commits, 1 push, 2 comments in 1 year 10 months
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