Tom Wills
Freelance Software Engineer
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Wills is a Berlin-based freelance software engineer and data journalist with 12 years of experience blending investigative storytelling and technical tooling to uncover public-interest stories. Trained in International Relations and Investigative Journalism, he builds data-driven investigations, documentaries, livestreams and video productions for artists and non-profits, translating complex research into clear, engaging media. He pairs investigative techniques—source verification, data analysis and narrative design—with engineering skills to prototype bespoke pipelines and visualizations that surface previously hidden patterns. As a freelancer he moves between rapid, scrappy experimentation and rigorous, auditable reporting workflows, comfortable shipping end-to-end projects on tight timelines. Tom’s hybrid background means he often bridges editorial teams and technical stakeholders, turning investigative leads into reproducible analyses and publishable outputs. Based in Berlin, he brings a global perspective informed by academic training in Sussex and London and a practice focused on impact-driven storytelling.
12 years of coding experience
MA, Investigative Journalism, MA, Investigative Journalism at City University, LondonBA, International Relations, BA, International Relations at University of Sussex
French, Arabic
Github Skills (22)
python6
java6
underground5
explore3
zeal3
crystal-lang2
meilisearch2
search-engine2
ingest2
full-text-search2
creative-commons2
indexer2
elasticsearch-client2
typescript1
machine-learning1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
times/data
Jan 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:3 commits, 2 pushes in 2 months
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