Thomas De Beus
Datajournalist Bij Pointer
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolThomas De Beus is a data journalist with 11 years of experience using data-driven reporting, analysis and visualization to turn complex datasets into impactful stories that narrow the gap between perception and reality. Currently at Pointer (KRO-NCRV), he combines investigative rigor with R-powered charting to spark informed civic engagement and clearer public debate. His background spans national outlets like de Volkskrant and freelance projects where he paired interviews with data to highlight overlooked issues. Trained in Data Driven Journalism and comfortable building reproducible visualizations, he bridges newsroom storytelling and technical analysis. Based in Amsterdam, he brings a curator’s eye for narratives and a coder’s discipline—often uncovering the story hidden in the numbers rather than the numbers themselves.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Online course: Doing Journalism with Data, Online course: Doing Journalism with Data at Data Driven JournalismNieuws & Media, Nieuws & Media at Hogeschool van Amsterdam
Github Skills (35)
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tidymodels8
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tidyverse7
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governance5
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
newatoms/wallsoftheworld
Jun 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:5 PRs, 43 pushes, 2 branches in 1 day
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