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Data Reporter

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full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Washington • District of Columbia • Washington • United States

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Salary

💰 $80,000 - $110,000 per year

About the role

  • Identify and analyze publicly available data from DC and surrounding jurisdictions to uncover impactful stories and actionable insights.
  • Use AI tools and coding platforms (e.g., Claude Code or similar) to clean, analyze, and interrogate datasets, and to prototype user-facing interfaces.
  • Pitch, report, and write original data-driven stories that reflect what DC residents are talking about — and what they should be talking about next.
  • Build useful reader-facing tools — such as searchable databases, maps, explainers, or trackers — that make local systems more transparent and accessible.
  • Contribute regularly to the City Cast DC podcast, explaining findings in plain language while bringing personality and curiosity to the conversation.
  • Create visual and social assets that extend the reach of your reporting and make data engaging.
  • Help grow support for the City Cast DC Neighbors membership program, including pitching during campaigns.

Requirements

  • A deep curiosity about DC and an appreciation for the region’s complexity, politics, bureaucracy, and neighborhoods.
  • Experience working with data — including sourcing, cleaning, analyzing, and verifying datasets. Comfort using spreadsheets, basic coding tools, and AI-assisted data workflows.
  • Strong writing skills with a voice that is confident, human, and engaging and the ability to clearly explain dense or technical information.
  • Experience working in a deadline-driven editorial environment.
  • Enthusiasm for helping audiences understand systems that affect their daily lives — housing, schools, traffic, taxes, safety, and more.
  • A solutions-oriented mindset that sees journalism not just as storytelling, but as service.
  • Willingness to experiment as we build the future of City Cast DC
  • Bonus but not required:
  • Experience building simple user interfaces or reader tools.
  • Familiarity with local government data and civic tech communities.
  • Comfort speaking on mic and contributing meaningfully to podcast conversations.
Benefits
  • excellent benefits
  • The Data Reporter will report to the Managing Editor of City Cast DC
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Soft Skills
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